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Cannabis firm Aurora in talks to buy both CanniMed, Newstrike

By GFM Network News January 20, 2018

Toronto | Reuters — Canadian marijuana producer Aurora Cannabis is in talks with rivals CanniMed Therapeutics and Newstrike Resources to buy both businesses in a friendly deal that would create the nation’s top weed company, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. The deal signals an easing of tensions following an offer in […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Feds, provinces end dispute on how to split pot tax revenues

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 11, 2017

Ottawa | Reuters –– The Canadian government and the 10 provinces on Monday settled a disagreement on how to split the revenues from a proposed federal tax on the sale of marijuana once the drug is legalized, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said. Morneau told reporters that for an initial two years, 75 per cent of […] Read more

A illegal marijuana grow operation in the RM of Rockwood, east of Balmoral, Man., in June 2017. (Photo courtesy Stonewall RCMP)

Crops, Reuters

StatsCan to add marijuana economic impact to GDP data

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 21, 2017

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 production and sale of cannabis […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Constellation hedges bets on pot boom with Canopy stake

By GFM Network News October 30, 2017

Reuters — Constellation Brands has bought a nearly 10 per cent stake in Canadian cannabis producer Canopy Growth Corp. for about $245 million, making it the first major wine, beer and spirits producer to invest in legal cannabis. The move by the maker of Corona beer and Svedka vodka comes as Canada and a growing […] Read more

A hemp plant in Alberta. (Jennifer Blair photo)

Crops

Post-secondary cannabis credentials on offer

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 22, 2017

Degree and diploma aggies interested in producing commercial cannabis and/or hemp will be able to get college-certified starting next year. Niagara College announced Tuesday it will launch a graduate certificate program in commercial cannabis production in 2018, a program it bills as Canada’s “first post-secondary credential” in the crop’s production. Niagara picked up approval this […] Read more

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Hothouse produce grower to devote site to marijuana

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 8, 2017

Canada’s only publicly traded greenhouse produce-growing company plans to put up one of its British Columbia greenhouses for a new venture in cannabis production. Vancouver-based Village Farms announced Tuesday it has partnered with Victoria-based medical cannabis producer/processor Emerald Health Therapeutics in a 50/50 joint venture to grow cannabis for medical use and, pending changes to […] Read more

Plants seized at an illegal grow op in the RM of Fisher, Man. in February. The proposed federal Cannabis Act would limit home production of cannabis to four plants per residence at a maximum height of 100 cm per plant. (Photo courtesy Fisher Branch/Peguis RCMP)

Crops

Feds introduce cannabis legalization bill

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 13, 2017

The federal government is set to decriminalize cannabis possession and use and to allow limited home-grown pot plants starting in mid-2018, while sticking close to the existing licensing system for wholesale-level production. The government on Thursday introduced the Cannabis Act, which will allow adults — that is, ages 18 and up — to legally possess […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Panel calls for Canada to require plain-packaged pot products

By GFM Network News December 13, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian government should regulate the production of cannabis when it is legalized for recreational use and require plain packaging for such products, an official panel recommended on Tuesday, a potential setback to growers who hoped to build brands. How cannabis is sold should be left up to the provinces and […] Read more

An unauthorized outdoor cannabis “grow” operation found by RCMP northwest of Winnipeg in August 2013. (Photo courtesy Manitoba RCMP)

Crops, Reuters

Canada to allow medical marijuana users to grow their own

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 11, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Medical marijuana patients in Canada will be allowed to grow a limited amount of cannabis for their own use or designate someone to grow it for them, the government said Thursday. The government had been given six months to comply with a federal court ruling that struck down the previous administration’s […] Read more

This 1932 photo of the Grainews ladies softball team, can suggest everything in life can go from one extreme to another. The real challenge is to find a balance.

Columns, Hart Attacks

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Will medical marijuana be enough to ease Lee Hart's modern day stress

By Lee Hart April 13, 2016

One mission I am on this week is to get a prescription for medical marijuana so I can better cope with this struggling economy, or maybe I am worried about the terrorist threat that comes with allowing immigrants into Canada, or, man, have you seen the price of celery lately? … I don’t even want […] Read more

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Tag Archives Cannabis

Cannabis firm Aurora in talks to buy both CanniMed, Newstrike

Feds, provinces end dispute on how to split pot tax revenues

StatsCan to add marijuana economic impact to GDP data

Constellation hedges bets on pot boom with Canopy stake

Post-secondary cannabis credentials on offer

Hothouse produce grower to devote site to marijuana

Feds introduce cannabis legalization bill

Panel calls for Canada to require plain-packaged pot products

Canada to allow medical marijuana users to grow their own

Fuel your tank — one way or another

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