Delta’s Portable Cannabis Decontamination Pods Can Help Hospitals Sterilize Large Amounts of PPE – LPC Licensed producers in Canada have really come together to help fight COVID. Zyus Life Sciences announced in May that its researchers were searching for a faster way to produce the active protein compounds in a COVID-19 vaccine. Back in March, Aurora…
Province Lifts Restrictions on Ownership Percentage and Store Numbers – LPC The Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) removed the Alberta retail cannabis cap for ownership. Previously, one owner could not own more than 15 per cent of the market, and no more than 37 locations total. The Alberta retail cannabis cap is no longer…
Represents Considerable Opportunities for Canadian Licensed Producers – LPC Lebanon legalized medical cannabis on April 20, 2020 to permit the cultivation, trade, research, and medical use of cannabis. It is the second in the region after Turkey. Worldwide, medical cannabis is legal in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece,…
Some of the World’s Biggest Cannabis Companies Asking for Help to Save the Industry – LPC The Canadian government has set up a stimulus fund of $10 billion through Export Development Canada and the Business Development Bank of Canada. This is to help companies survive the economic disaster the COVID-19 outbreak brought on. However, cannabis…
Province Sees Surge of Cannabis Retailers as Applications Grow to 800 – LPC Ontario’s new wave of cannabis stores are started to crest after the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) got rid of its cannabis retail store lottery system. Several stores have opened recently or announced plans to open. In London, Friendly Stranger…
Saskatchewan Licensed Producer Fights Cash Flow, Bad Press – LPC Zyus Life Sciences Inc. seems like any other medical cannabis startup in Canada. The Saskatchewan-based company received its Processing Licence from Health Canada last December. Its state-of-the-art Innovation Place facility is still under construction – for the most part. Yet one thing may set Zyus…
Ford Shoots Back at LPs, Says They Didn’t Have Supply – LPC Ontario Premier Doug Ford promised his province will have the most cannabis shops in Canada during his talk with BNN. “We’re going to open up stores,” Ford said. “We’re going to have more stores than all the provinces combined, so we’re going to…
“Very Limited Supply” Only Available in 27 Stores Province-wide – LPC The first wave of cannabis 2.0 products hits Ontario today, though it may seem more like a ripple. The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS), which manages distribution in the province, said that there is a “very limited supply”. A spokesperson said that supply to be…
Company Files International Patent for Mentabinol – LPC CanaQuest Medical Corp. announced expansion plans into the global medical cannabis market. Chairman and co-founder Paul Ramsay said it now has Health Canada sales, export, and import licences lined up. Its medical sales licence is through its subsidiary company, ADC BioMedical Corp. “We can expand globally very…
Will Christmas Cannabis Edibles Be Under the Tree This Year? – LPC Cannabis edibles, vapes, beverages, and topicals are scheduled to hit the market in mid-December. Theoretically, at least. Several companies have applied to Health Canada during the 60-day review period. That means this could be the first year of Christmas cannabis edibles as stocking…
