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Competition Bureau recommends changing THC limits for edibles, easing cannabis packaging restrictions
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. A variety of cannabis edibles are displayed at the Ontario Cannabis Store in Toronto on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
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Singapore executes man over kilo of cannabis, defying international calls for clemency
Leelavathy Suppiah (L), sister of a convicted drug trafficker Tangaraju Suppiah, who is scheduled for execution, reacts during a press conference in Singapore on April 23, 2023. - The family of a Singaporean man due to be hanged next week over a kilogram of cannabis pleaded for clemency from the authorities April 23 and urged a retrial. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP) (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Singapore to resume executions after six-month break
FILE - The Merlion statue spouts water at a park with the background of a business district in Singapore on Sept, 21, 2019. A Singaporean man is scheduled to be hanged next week for abetting an attempt to smuggle cannabis into the island-state, in a resumption of executions after a half-year pause, activists said Thursday, April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)
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U.S. cannabis companies look to ‘4/20′ to light up sales
FILE PHOTO: A worker organizes cannabis flowers before the opening of the first legal recreational marijuana dispensary located in the East Village in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
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Mississauga, Ont., votes to allow legal retail cannabis stores
Ontario's largest municipality without any legal cannabis retail stores has voted to now allow the shops. Mississauga, Ont., was one of dozens of municipalities to bar retail cannabis stores from their communities when legalization came into effect in 2018. Cannabis is displayed at a storeins in Rutland, Vt., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Lisa Rathke
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Cannabis shop robberies spur push to end restrictions on window displays
Customers enter the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation cannabis store in Halifax on Oct. 17, 2018. A spate of cannabis store robberies has many in the industry calling for provinces to relax regulations requiring window coverings or cannabis to be kept out of sight of minors. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Supreme Court says Quebec ban on homegrown pot plants is constitutional
The flag of the Supreme Court of Canada flies on the east flagpole in Ottawa, on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Canada's highest court has upheld the acquittal of a Quebec man who refused to provide a sample of his breath to officers who didn't have immediate access to a breathalyzer test. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Cannabis carnage continues as former CannTrust enters CCAA protection again, seeks liquidation
Cannabis plants are shown during the grand opening event for the CannTrust Niagara Greenhouse Facility in Fenwick, Ont., on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
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Shoppers Drug Mart moves away from medical cannabis, will transfer patients to Avicanna
The logo for Shoppers Drug Mart is shown in downtown Toronto, on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Eduardo Lima
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Global banking crisis threatens to further squeeze funding for U.S. cannabis sector
FILE PHOTO: Marijuana plants for the adult recreational market sit on the back of a tractor for planting at Hepworth Farms in Milton, New York, U.S., July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
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Cannabis ‘price war’ could cause ‘significant’ damage to industry, Hexo chief executive says
A flowering cannabis plant is seen during a tour of the Hexo Corp. facility in Masson Angers, Que., Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Cannabis companies weigh pricing strategies after OCS margin cut
Staff work in a marijuana grow room at Canopy Growth's Tweed facility in Smiths Falls, Ont. on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. Canopy Growth Corp. reported a smaller quarterly loss compared with a year ago as its net revenue fell 25 per cent.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Ontario Cannabis Store to reduce price margins in bid to help shops compete with illicit market
Chocolate edibles available for authorized retailers are displayed at the Ontario Cannabis Store in Toronto on January 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
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Twitter becomes first social media platform to allow cannabis ads in U.S.
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 28, 2022 The Twitter logo is seen on a sign on the exterior of Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, California. - Thousands of Twitter users on February 8, 2023, reported problems using the platform as the Elon Musk-owned social network began letting paying users post tweets as long as 4,000 characters. (Photo by Constanza HEVIA / AFP) (Photo by CONSTANZA HEVIA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canopy Growth’s boom and bust: A timeline
Staff work in a marijuana grow room that can be viewed by at the new visitors centre at Canopy Growths Tweed facility in Smiths Falls, Ontario on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Hong Kong to ban CBD, place it in same category as heroin and fentanyl
FILE - Coffee, biscuits, green tea and chocolate mooncake that contain cannabidiol, or CBD, a substance from the cannabis plant, are displayed at the Found Cafe in Hong Kong on Sept. 13, 2020. Hong Kong will ban cannabidiol or CBD from the beginning of next month, authorities announced Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
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Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Monday - and why
Clothes are displayed in a Lululemon Athletica retail store in New York, U.S., March 30, 2017.
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Cannabis company Tilray Brands reports second-quarter loss as it temporarily slows production
FILE PHOTO: Cannabis plants grow inside the Tilray factory hothouse in Cantanhede, Portugal April 24, 2019. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo
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Cannabis-infused figs in Quebec may be delicious, but black market still thriving
A variety of cannabis edibles are displayed at the Ontario Cannabis Store in Toronto on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. Quebec has some of the toughest cannabis laws on the books in the country and strict rules when it comes to selling edibles that could appeal to youngsters, when it began stocking consumables on the shelves earlier this year, cauliflower bites was an anticipated choice. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
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New York opens its first legal recreational cannabis dispensary
New York City Council Member Carlina Rivera bags her purchase of cannabis gummies at Housing Works, New York's first legal cannabis dispensary, during a press conference to kick-off its opening, Thursday Dec. 29, 2022, in New York. Housing Works, a minority-controlled nonprofit serving people with HIV and AIDS, as well as homeless and formerly incarcerated people, will be the first of 36 recently licensed dispensaries to begin selling cannabis to the general public. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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The real reason why there are two marijuana stores on every block
Chad Finkelstein
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Former CannTrust compliance worker says unlicensed growing was ‘very openly’ discussed
Cannabis cuttings are photographed at the CannTrust Niagara Greenhouse Facility during the grand opening event in Fenwick, Ont., on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
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Legal and political uncertainties plague cannabis sector despite signs U.S. is moving closer to legalization
Seth Jacobs holds buds from his legal cannabis farm in Washington County, in upstate New York, Oct. 7, 2022. During this yearÕs harvest, the operators of two New York farms took some time away from their busiest season to discuss the pleasures and challenges of a plant that is not always so easy to grow in their part of the world. (Paul Barbera/The New York Times)
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Canopy Growth CEO says he is hopeful for cannabis reforms after U.S. midterm elections
FILE PHOTO: A sign featuring Canopy Growth Corporation's logo is pictured at their facility in Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada, January 4, 2018 .Picture taken January 4, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo
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Former CEO of Canadian Cannabis Corp. agrees to six-year ban in OSC settlement
Ben Ward, CEO of Canadian Maricann Group Inc. speaks during the Cannabis Business Europe 2018 congress in Frankfurt, Germany, August 28, 2018. Picture taken August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
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Canada was poised to be a leader in clinical cannabis trials. Four years in, bureaucratic red tape continues to smother progress
A worker packages cannabis oil at Canopy Growth Corporation's Tweed facility in Smiths Falls, Ont., on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Cannabis producer Canopy Growth looks to grow U.S. business with new holding company structure
FILE PHOTO: A sign featuring Canopy Growth Corporation's logo is pictured at their facility in Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada, January 4, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo/File Photo
soccer
Canada takes the hard road at FIFA Women’s World Cup
Canada's coach Bev Priestman arrives for the football draw ceremony of the Australia and New Zealand 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup at the Aotea Centre in Auckland on October 22, 2022. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP) (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images)
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Women’s World Cup draw to set the stage for 32-team soccer tournament next year
Canada's coach Bev Priestman gestures to her players during a friendly soccer international between Canada and Australia in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. After sweeping No. 12 Australia in a two-game series Down Under, the seventh ranked Canadian women's soccer team turns its attention to a pair of friendlies in Spain. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Rick Rycroft
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On his deathbed, a pot-dealing pioneer is at peace with his life as ‘General Patton in the War on Drugs’
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Uber Eats to process cannabis deliveries in Toronto through new Leafly partnership
Cannabis is shown in a display jar on the first morning of opening for Toronto's "The Hunny Pot," one of the retail stores licensed to sell Cannabis in Ontario, on Monday, April 1, 2019. Toronto cannabis shoppers will soon be able to request cannabis deliveries through Uber Eats. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Did Joe Biden just put the war on drugs on notice?
Akwasi Owusu-Bempah
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Biden’s signal that U.S. will loosen cannabis policies ‘relatively modest,’ Tilray CEO says
FILE PHOTO: Cannabis plants grow inside the Tilray factory hothouse in Cantanhede, Portugal April 24, 2019. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo
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Canadian cannabis stocks surge after Biden pardons offenses, calls for review of law
Marijuana plants for the adult recreational market are seen hanging in a drying room at a farm in Suffolk County, N.Y., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Cannabis industry’s downturn slows supply of drug for scientists
A woman holds a hemp plant used for research on Friday, June 25, 2021, in Long Pond, Pa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Matt Slocum