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Half of Canada’s cannabis cultivation applicants in limbo

More than half of the cannabis site applications in Canada had not transitioned to the new licensing system…

News January 27
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‘Reckoning’ coming: Licensed cannabis cultivators, applicants near 1,000 in Canada

More companies than ever are lining up to be licensed cannabis cultivators in Canada despite an increasingly competitive…

News January 25
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Weekly Deal Watch: Money flow into cannabis appears to be in a lull – here’s why

Only three weeks into January, observers likely have noticed a big dip in the amount of capital raised…

News January 24
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British Columbia, Ontario at bottom of per-person legal cannabis sales

Provinces with more physical cannabis stores saw significantly higher per-person sales in the six weeks after Canada’s legalization…

News January 23
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Class action lawsuit against cannabis firm Organigram will proceed to trial in Nova Scotia

A class action lawsuit targeting Canadian licensed medical marijuana grower Organigram has been approved to proceed to trial…

News January 22
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Tilray to double domestic footprint with acquisition of Canadian marijuana cultivator

British Columbia-based Tilray plans to buy Natura Naturals Holdings for up to 70 million Canadian dollars ($52 million)…

News January 22
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Cannabis firms in M&A hunt look beyond Canada for growth

Canadian medical cannabis companies are increasingly looking internationally for acquisitions to tap growth while consolidation in the country’s…

News January 22
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CIBC compares cannabis to gold rush, predicts ‘beginning of global seismic shift’

The birth of the legal cannabis industry in Canada is akin to the gold rush, but very few…

News January 18
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Tilray, Authentic Brands Group enter revenue-sharing deal for cannabis products

Tilray, the British Columbia-based cannabis heavyweight, signed a revenue-sharing agreement with Authentic Brands Group (ABG) to market and…

News January 17

Weekly Deal Watch: Canadian cannabis producers ink key deals to continue global expansion

Canadian marijauna producers continue to march their way to global market domination, targeting Europe and South America for…

News January 17
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