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Ramm Pharma buys Polish hemp firm from TGOD for CA$1.2 million

Toronto-based Ramm Pharma Corp. acquired HemPoland from The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings for 1.2 million Canadian dollars ($910,000)…

News September 6
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Marijuana companies lay off hundreds, retrench amid economic woes

While business around the world shuttered as COVID-19 spread, the marijuana industry was deemed "essential" in nearly 30…

News September 6
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British Columbia cannabis distribution center resumes operations

The union representing workers at British Columbia's only cannabis wholesaler paused its job action, allowing for the resumption…

News September 1
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Canada business leaders note ‘lost opportunity’ for cannabis in Trudeau-Scholz meeting

Olaf Scholz’s recent trip to Canada is raising eyebrows among Canadian business executives over what wasn’t discussed during…

News September 1
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Canadian firm TGOD reports loss, receives offer for Polish hemp subsidiary

Canadian cannabis producer The Green Organic Dutchman lost $6.8 million Canadian dollars ($5.2 million) on record quarterly sales…

News August 30
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BC strike ‘undermines struggling cannabis sector,’ business group says

The Cannabis Council of Canada business group wants the province of British Columbia to come up with a…

News August 29
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How a cannabis industrial park is partnering with Canadian micro-cultivators

Experienced marijuana growers face plenty of challenges transitioning to the regulated market, but Canadian cannabis industrial park Sitka…

News August 29
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Stock exchange fines, suspends trading of United Kingdom CBD maker

British CBD maker Love Hemp Group was fined 100,000 pounds ($118,347) by the London-based Aquis Stock Exchange for…

News August 25
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Aurora Cannabis buys profitable vegetable firm for CA$45M, sells Sky greenhouse

Aurora Cannabis is diversifying into the vegetable propagation and ornamental flowers business amid a massive marijuana glut in…

News August 25
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RIV Capital signs lease for marijuana facility in Buffalo, New York

RIV Capital entered into a lease agreement for the development and operation of a planned flagship marijuana cultivation…

News August 24
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