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Big Pharma ‘missing link’ in Canada’s emerging marijuana industry

The entrance of multinational pharmaceutical companies into Canada's cannabis sector will mark one of the next major themes…

News January 31
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Canadian cannabis firm Green Growth enters Arizona with $12M Desert Rose purchase

Toronto-based Green Growth Brands is entering its third U.S medical marijuana market with the $12.35 million cash acquisition of…

News January 31
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Molson Coors CBD-beverage partner Hexo closes CA$57.6 million share offering

Hexo Corp., a licensed producer of cannabis based in Quebec, Canada, raised 57.6 million Canadian dollars ($43.7 million) Wednesday when…

News January 30
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What cannabis shortage? Canada has ‘sufficient supply,’ Ottawa says

Canada’s federal government says the country has more than enough legal cannabis to meet demand even as some…

News January 30
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In race to win Europe, Aurora Cannabis and other Canadian companies pursue EU-GMP

In an effort to add to their international credibility and gain leverage over competitors, more Canadian medical marijuana…

News January 30
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Medical marijuana firm Khiron expands in South America with CA$13.7M acquisition

Khiron Life Sciences, an integrated medical cannabis company with core operations in Colombia, has agreed to buy Uruguay’s…

News January 29
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Ontario Cannabis Store offers opportunities for delivery, insurance firms

(This story has been updated with the application deadline for transportation and delivery services. – Ed.) The Ontario Cannabis Store…

News January 28
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Chart: US-affiliated medical cannabis firms led fundraising on Canadian Securities Exchange in 2018

U.S.-affiliated medical cannabis companies dominated Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) fundraising in 2018, raising nearly $2 billion through 50…

News January 28
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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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