Insights and Stories on Marijuana

StatsCan to add marijuana economic impact to GDP data

Nov. 21, 2017 at 7:17 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — As Canada gears up to legalize recreational marijuana, the country’s statistics agency said on Tuesday it will begin measuring the economic impact of the current illegal use and production of the drug and add it to growth data. Statistics Canada said it will begin tallying the […]

Constellation hedges bets on pot boom with Canopy stake

Oct. 30, 2017 at 5:04 pm CDT

By Gayathree Ganesan siddharth-cavale

Toronto exchange may delist marijuana firms with U.S. operations

Oct. 17, 2017 at 1:50 am CDT

By Alastair Sharp

Post-secondary cannabis credentials on offer

Sep. 22, 2017 at 5:20 pm CDT

By Staff

Hothouse produce grower to devote site to marijuana

Jun. 8, 2017 at 8:16 pm CDT

By Staff

With demand, deregulation, ‘opportunities abound’ for hemp

Feb. 2, 2017 at 7:39 pm CST

CNS Canada — Aggressive contracting in the hemp sector is expected to bump up Canadian acres — another benefit for growers who will experience less red tape this year. “We’ve seen a lot of activity on the contracting side for growers,” said Kim Shukla, executive director of the Canadian Hemp […]

By Jade Markus

Marijuana firms look to get creative with brand building

Dec. 16, 2016 at 5:28 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian marijuana companies, facing potential limits on advertising for recreational pot, are selling health food products and cultivating a lifestyle image to win customers in an anticipated multibillion dollar market. Canada is set to become the first G7 country to legalize recreational marijuana nationally when it […]

By Leah Schnurr

Flower growers turn to weed ahead of legalization

Dec. 1, 2016 at 7:13 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Some Canadian flower growers are turning to weed, with the country’s plan to legalize marijuana for recreational use expected to spur a spike in legal sales of the drug. While medical marijuana is already legal in Canada, the Liberal government said in April it will introduce […]

By Rod Nickel

End of reefer madness could clear air for Canadian hemp

Oct. 18, 2016 at 4:07 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Anticipated legislative changes for marijuana production could spill over to hemp, according to the head of an industry group — but this year, Canada’s hemp producers are struggling to meet a surprise demand increase from Asia. “There’s lots of discussion with things changing in the marijuana arena; […]

By Jade Markus

Canada to press U.S. on ‘ludicrous’ marijuana border policy

Sep. 9, 2016 at 6:04 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters –– Canada will push the United States to change a border policy that has banned Canadians who admit to having used marijuana from travel to the U.S., given Canada’s plans to legalize pot, a government spokesman said Friday. The case of a Canadian man barred from U.S. […]

By Andrea Hopkins

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