‘Thrive inside the box’: Building a cannabis brand within a regulated market

Canada’s newly instated Cannabis Act presents a hodge-podge of regulations that borrow from alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceuticals. Within those...

Legal pot averages $9.70 per gram, versus $6.51 from illegal dealers: Stats Can

A Statistics Canada analysis has determined legal cannabis costs a heckuva lot more than the illegal alternative. Stats Can...

It’s official: Shoppers Drug Mart now sells medical cannabis online

Shoppers Drug Mart is officially in the cannabis business, and is starting with a launch in Ontario. The company...

Lift & Co. cannabis expo descends on Vancouver this week

Lift & Co. is readying to host a four-day cannabis expo in Vancouver this week that's being touted as "Canada's premier cannabis...

First cannabis recall in Alberta after mould detected

Alberta’s first cannabis recall was announced on Jan. 4 after mould was detected in a single batch of product.

COLUMN: Canadian cannabis brands must be able to compete

The year 2018 will forever be remembered as annus cannabis – the year cannabis legalization came to Canada. We...

Vancouver’s first licensed cannabis shop opens Saturday

The first licensed and legal pot shop will open its doors in Vancouver on Saturday (Jan. 5). Evergreen...

Top ten cannabis stories of 2018 (via NICHE Canada)

What a year it was! Cannabis topped the news headlines pretty much every week in 2018. Legalization was a political...

B.C. pot producer partners with Labatt on THC and CBD drinks

Labatt has partnered with B.C. cannabis producer Tilray to research non-alcoholic THC and CBD drinks. “Labatt is committed...

Canadians bought $43 million of cannabis in first two weeks of legalization

Statistics Canada says sales at cannabis stores totalled $43.0 million during the two week period following legalization day on Oct. 17.