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Hiku Brands Co. agreed to buy WeedMD Inc. for about $243 million in stock to add medical marijuana to its offerings as pot producers seek new partners ahead of legalization this year.
Apr 18
Nearly 80 per cent of Canadians say they would not be more likely to try cannabis or increase their consumption levels once legalization occurs, according to new data from Statistics Canada.
Apr 18
McDonald's PlayPlaces aren't becoming pot places, not even in Colorado, the first state with legal recreational marijuana sales.
Apr 18
Canada – and Canadian companies are "at the front of the line" in the burgeoning cannabis sector – but will face pressure to maintain their leadership role in the new space, say a top investor in the sector.
Apr 17
Aurora says the new facility, to be named "Aurora Sun," will be the size of 21 football fields and 50 per cent larger than its "Aurora Sky" operation at Edmonton International Airport.
Apr 16
Municipalities will have to grapple with a host of thorny issues once recreational cannabis is legalized in Canada -- but it's the matter of home-grown marijuana plants that's expected to cause them the biggest headaches.
Apr 16
Licensed medical marijuana producer Aphria Inc. reported a $12.9-million profit in its latest quarter, boosted by the sale of some of its shares in U.S. company Liberty Health Sciences.
Apr 16
In the boardroom at his former merchant bank office in Calgary, Sonny Mottahed is taking down a black-and-white photo of the wooden derricks over Spindletop, the historic crude find that started the Texas oil boom.
Apr 12
Advertising medical cannabis is essentially banned in Canada, with some exceptions. And while recreational pot rules are expected to be less stringent, the federal government has proposed strict restrictions, akin to those imposed on tobacco.
Apr 12
The Mississauga, Ont.-based coffee chain announced Thursday it has formed a partnership with National Access Cannabis in a plan to develop and operate NAC-branded recreational pot dispensaries, with the initial launch in Western Canada.
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