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Where’s the help for the cannabis industry in the 2024 budget?
Beena Goldenberg
alberta
Alberta distillery behind jumbo vodka jugs wants apology after getting ‘load of hate’
An Alberta distillery behind four-litre vodka jugs that stirred controversy this week says it was unfairly targeted on social media and wants an apology from the cabinet minister who said the product was not responsibly priced. Four-litre jugs of vodka are shown at Super Value Liquor in Edmonton on Tuesday April 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
alberta
Alberta cabinet minister says no floor prices coming in jumbo vodka jug controversy
4 litre jugs of vodka are shown at Super Value Liquor in Edmonton on Tuesday April 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
canada
Mother says package presenting cannabis like ‘treat’ put children in N.S. hospital
The mother of a nine-year-old boy says packaging that depicts highly potent cannabis as a "treat," as shown in this handout image, led her son and his classmates at a Halifax school to consume them and become violently ill earlier this week. Katrina MacDonald, who is also a health-care worker, said her son threw up multiple times and had to be rushed to emergency, while the mother of another child — who spoke on the condition of anonymity — said her child was taken to intensive care for treatment before stabilizing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Katrina MacDonald *MANDATORY CREDIT*
international business
Morocco reports first legal cannabis harvest of 294 metric tonnes
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the Rif mountains, northern Morocco, March 13, 2021. Picture taken March 13, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
canada
Vancouver returns business licence to purveyor of psychedelics
Dana Larsen, owner of the Medical Mushroom Dispensary and Coca Leaf Cafe, is photographed at the dispensary located at 651 East Hastings Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, January 26, 2023. Rafal Gerszak/The Globe and Mail
world
Thailand to ban recreational cannabis use by year-end, says health minister
FILE - A cannabis plant close to harvest grows in a grow room at the Greenleaf Medical Cannabis facility, June 17, 2021, in Richmond, Va. Virginia lawmakers passed legislation Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, that, if approved by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, would allow recreational retail sales of marijuana to begin in 2025. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
report on business
Germany decriminalizes recreational cannabis, but falls short of initial plans to open market quickly
A display explaining the medical uses of cannabis features a container inscribed with the word "Hashish" in Berlin's Hemp Museum as the Bundestag (German lower house of parliament) is scheduled to vote on the decriminalisation of cannabis, on February 23, 2024. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)
european business
Germany’s parliament votes to legalize limited marijuana possession and allow ‘cannabis clubs’
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting on February 21, 2024 at the Chancellery in Berlin. (Photo by Ralf HIRSCHBERGER / AFP) (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
There are good reasons to be anxious about growing cannabis use in Canada
Daniel Myran
canada
B.C. teens trying cannabis, alcohol or tobacco at lowest rate in 30 years, study finds
Hand taking bottle of beer from shelf in alcohol and liquor store. Customer buying cider or supermarket staff filling and stocking shelves. Retail worker working. Woman choosing lager or pale ale
report on business
Aurora Cannabis reports $25.2-million net loss as it buys Australian medical pot firm
Aurora Cannabis Inc. has signed a deal to buy a controlling interest in Bevo Agtech Inc., a supplier of vegetable seedlings and flowers. Cannabis seedlings at the Aurora Cannabis facility Friday, November 24, 2017 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
decoder
Peak pot? Cannabis sales growth is going up in smoke
Harvested cannabis is shown in Fenwick, Ont., on June 26, 2018. A Senate committee says the current cannabis market and legislation has kept Indigenous Peoples from sharing in the economic opportunities that the legalization of recreational pot created. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
report on business
Cannabis firm Tilray Brands reports US$46.2-million quarterly loss, revenue up 34% from year ago
FILE PHOTO: Cannabis plants grow inside the Tilray factory hothouse in Cantanhede, Portugal April 24, 2019. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo
report on business
Indigenous cannabis entrepreneurs choose between government red tape and reserve ‘red markets’
Robert Stevenson is Anishinaabe of the Bear Clan and owner of Medicine Wheel, a cannabis dispensary operating under the ‘red market’ on Alderville First Nation.
report on business
Canopy Growth Corp. reports net loss of $324.8-million in second quarter
Staff work in a marijuana grow room at Canopy Growth's Tweed facility in Smiths Falls, Ont. on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
Magic mushrooms are following a path well-trodden by cannabis
André Picard
canada
Magic mushroom dispensaries raided, owner arrested as Vancouver Police pivot focus from street drugs
driving concerns
My adult brother is using our parents’ address to get cheaper insurance. What happens if he gets caught?
Cars drive along Colborne Lodge Drive in Toronto's High Park on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Yader Guzman/The Globe and Mail
report on business
Five years in, how much is the legal cannabis sector in Canada worth? Take our news quiz
report on business
Orchids, veggies and beer: Canadian cannabis producers pivot in tough market
Workers sort plants at an orchid-growing operation at Bevo Farms in Leduc, Alta. on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Aurora Cannabis Inc. holds a stake in Bevo Agtech Inc., a company growing flowers and tomato seedlings, and offering reprieve from the volatile cannabis business. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
canada
Manitoba court upholds province’s ban on growing non-medical cannabis at home
A Manitoba judge has upheld the province's ban on homegrown non-medical cannabis. Cannabis plants grow inside of Thrive Cannabis's production facility in Simcoe, Ont., Tuesday, April 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tara Walton
opinion
Five years after marijuana’s legalization, why are its health effects still so hazy?
Ruth A. Ross
report on business
Cannabis shops in Canada lucky to be in business amid competition, advertising rules and THC limits
Sean Kady, co-owner of Cosmic Charlies, is photographed at the cannabis store in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
report on business
Government review of Cannabis Act drags despite ‘sense of urgency’ from marijuana industry
Cannabis company Canopy Growth Corp. has signed a deal with Indiva Ltd. for the exclusive rights and interests to manufacture, distribute, and sell Wana branded edible products in Canada. Staff work in a cannabis grow room at Canopy Growth's Tweed facility in Smiths Falls, Ont. on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
report on business
From high flying to burnout, Canada’s cannabis industry faces downturn five years post-legalization
A review of the federal legislation that paved the way for the legal recreational use and sale of cannabis says companies in the legal market report struggling to realize profits and maintain financial viability. A young cannabis plant is shown in Fenwick, Ont., Tuesday, June 26, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
advisor stocks
U.S. cannabis reforms could send pot stocks higher
FILE — Cured cannabis buds are displayed at Grassroots Vermont, a medicinal cannabis production facility, Dec. 7, 2018, in Brandon, Vt. Vermont has started taking prequalification applications from potential marijuana growers and retailers as it prepares for a retail market to open this fall of 2022. (Robert Layman/Rutland Herald via AP, File)
u.s. business
U.S. Senate looks at cannabis banking reform, but industry says it’s not enough
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
report on business
Legal cannabis labels inflate THC potency contained in products, executives say
A customer shows the marijuana he bought in a cannabis store in Quebec City, Quebec on October 17, 2018. - Nearly a century of marijuana prohibition came to an end Wednesday as Canada became the first major Western nation to legalize and regulate its sale and recreational use. Scores of customers braved the cold for hours outside Tweed, a pot boutique in St John's, Newfoundland that opened briefly at midnight, to buy their first grams of legal cannabis.In total, Statistics Canada says 5.4 million Canadians will buy cannabis from legal dispensaries in 2018 -- about 15 percent of the population. Around 4.9 million already smoke. (Photo by Alice Chiche / AFP)ALICE CHICHE/AFP/Getty Images
stars and dogs
The Globe’s stars and dogs for the week
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investment ideas
Pot stocks gain as U.S. move to ease curbs lifts sentiment
An employee shows a growing cannabis or hemp plant in a box at the Cannabis Museum in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.
canada
Meet the deceptively pretty creeping bellflower, and the gardeners on a mission to kill it
Creeping Bellflower, an invasive species, growing along Rogers Rd. in these pictures, are photographed on Aug 24, 2023. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
first person
How I fill my pantry shelves with preserved summer sunshine
report on business
Cannabis firm Tilray takes full ownership of Truss Beverage from Molson Coors Canada
A man walks past the Canadian medical cannabis producer "Tilray" headquarters at its European production site in Cantanhede, on April 24, 2018. - The Canadian company Tilray, which aims to become one of the world's leaders in the therapeutic cannabis industry, inaugurated its European production site today in the central Portuguese town of Cantanhede. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP/Getty Images
world
German cabinet passes landmark bill legalizing recreational marijuana use, cultivation
German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach poses on the day of a press conference on the cannabis law in Berlin, Germany August 16, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
opinion
Too many cannabis shops, too much production: the industry’s perennial problem
Michael Armstrong