Litigator Marie Henein Points to CannTrust, Her Current Case, as Part of the Problem – LPC Cannabis lawyer and litigator Marie Henein said the cannabis industry bump in the road is a natural part of the business cycle. Henein is a partner at Toronto-based Henein Hutchison LLP. She said moving from an illegal cannabis market…
What is Certified-Organic Cannabis – and Does Anybody Care? – LPC Habitat Craft Cannabis today announced the company received its Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) Organic Aquaculture Standard Certification. According to its press release it is the first licensed producer (LP) to receive this certification. (Please see link at the end of this article.) But what…
Province Starts Accepting Applications January 6 with New Stores Open in April – LPC The Ontario cannabis retail market is finally opening up. The province announced it will do away with its controversial cannabis retail licence lottery. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) starts accepting operator licence applications on Jan. 6, 2020. Store…
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…
Math, Not Gloom and Doom, the Cause in Most Cases – LPC The consumer market saw legal cannabis sales decline in September, with recreational cannabis sales down 2.4 per cent from August. The legal market sold approximately $123 million, down from $126 million in August. However, not all analysts saw it as a “gloom and…
Health Canada Inspectors Getting Overwhelmed by Requests – LPC Last summer, Health Canada inspectors got a tip that CannTrust was growing cannabis in unlicensed rooms. That led to its cannabis production licence suspension, layoffs, and the destruction of its cannabis supply. More recently, Hexo had its licences suspended as well – again for growing cannabis…
Government Agency Introduces Hybrid Model It Will Still Be Part of – LPC The OCS wholesale cannabis monopoly is coming to an end. The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) announced that it is creating a hybrid distribution model. Under the new model, the private sector will be able to buy directly from licensed producers (LPs) as…
Newest LP Helps Companies Extract CBD and THC Just in Time for Edibles Rush – LPC GreenLeaf Productions Inc. might be a new licensed producer (LP), but it’s no stranger to extract processing. Founder and president Mike Hodgson opened the processing facility in southwestern Ontario initially to extract CBD from hemp. Now that GreenLeaf…
Aphria Stocks Tumble on Prominent Short Seller’s Report Quintessential Capital Management’s Gabriel Grego released a report on Aphria Inc. entitled “A Shell Game with a Cannabis Business on the Side” causing the stock to drop 27 per cent on Monday, December 3 to $7.60 per share. It dropped again Tuesday to close at $5.99 per…
Highlanders Cannabis Corp. in North Sydney, NS Will Produce Wide Range of Products A StirlingPharma pharmaceutical plant that closed in 2011 will soon be brought back to life as a cannabis production facility – and the new owners are local. As in, four generations local. Tiffany Walsh, who founded and is company president and…
