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Task force releases report on Canada rec marijuana legalization

Canada should permit adults as young as 18 to buy recreational marijuana through a variety of retail channels,…

News December 13
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Canadian medical cannabis grower partners with First Nations leader

Cronos Group, which owns two federally licensed medical marijuana growers in Canada, is partnering with the former national…

News December 7
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Canadian prime minister seeks crackdown on illegal dispensaries

Though the Canadian government is on track to legalize recreational cannabis in 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he’s…

News December 5
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A major marijuana merger in Canada

Canada’s biggest medical marijuana company, Canopy Growth Corp., just got bigger by acquiring competitor Mettrum Health Corp. for…

News December 5
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Report: MMJ producers would also supply Canada’s rec program

Canada’s 36 federally licensed medical marijuana producers would become the initial cultivators for the country’s proposed legalized recreational…

News December 1
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Report: Canada’s MJ legalization could be ‘game changer’

By 2021, Canada’s legalized adult-use cannabis market could have some 3.8 million legal consumers and sales of 6…

News November 29
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Proposed rules for rec MJ in Canada due Wednesday

A Canadian task force will deliver a report Wednesday to the cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on…

News November 28
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Flush with fresh funding, Privateer looks to expand overseas footprint

By Omar Sacirbey Privateer Holdings, a cannabis-focused private equity firm, plans to spend a significant chunk of the…

News November 22

Grower surpasses CA$1 billion in valuation

Canopy Growth Corp., the federally licensed Canadian cultivator that made history earlier this year when it listed on…

News November 16
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Another Canadian medical marijuana firm licensed to export

Aphria, a federally licensed medical marijuana cultivator in Canada, has been chosen to export product to Australian biotech…

News November 11
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