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Descrease article font size Increase article font size A break-in at a Winnipeg cannabis store led police to the recovery of two stolen vehicles and other contraband. Officers were called to the Henderson Highway shop around 6 a.m. Wednesday, and got there just in time to see a pickup truck …
Read More »Split The Pot tops $1M, biggest prize payout for Ontario hospital lottery
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Thirteen winners have been announced in the Ontario-wide Split the Pot Lottery. The winners were drawn on June 21 and announced on Monday. Grand River Hospital Foundation is one of 58 Ontario health care providers and related fundraisers participating in the lottery. …
Read More »Split the Pot lottery returns with 58 Ontario hospital foundations involved
More hospitals in Ontario are going to be benefitting from the Split the Pot 50/50 lottery. Thursday marked the launch of the third installment of the hospital lottery which will have a minimum $500,000 grand prize. The official launch was held at the Grand River Hospital in Kitchener. This time …
Read More »Canopy Growth is selling its old chocolate factory pot facility to Hershey
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The town of Smiths Falls, Ont., is having a full-circle moment as pot producer Canopy Growth announced Thursday it would sell its primary cannabis cultivation facility — once a factory for Hershey Canada — back to the prodigal chocolatier. The move will see …
Read More »Cannabis price ‘race to the bottom’ hurts market’s future: OCS CEO
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 1, 2023 11:31 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — The head of Ontario’s cannabis distributor says the “race to the bottom” happening with pot prices risks hurting the market’s future. Ontario Cannabis Store chief executive David Lobo says …
Read More »Feds should ease THC limits for edibles and pot packaging rules, watchdog says – National
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 26, 2023 11:26 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s competition watchdog says the federal government should consider easing restrictions on cannabis packaging and limits on how much of pot’s psychoactive component can be edible products. The Competition Bureau says …
Read More »Delta 9 announces layoffs, closure of Winnipeg medical clinic – Winnipeg
Delta 9 Cannabis is laying off staff at its Winnipeg-based production facilities and closing its Osborne Village medical clinic as part of cost-cutting measures announced Monday. The company said the layoffs will affect roughly 40 per cent of production staff — 40 employees — in Winnipeg. Read more: Canada on …
Read More »Ontario made $520M from pot last year. So why do retailers say they’re struggling?
The province of Ontario made more than a half a billion dollars from the cannabis industry in the last fiscal year, according to public accounts released by the government on Friday. But that $520 million is coming at least partially at the expense of struggling local retailers, according to Michael Armstrong, a …
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