The makers of “Just A Drop” bathroom spray have jumped into Canada’s cannabis industry. New Brunswick-based PreLam Enterprises says it has developed a product that eliminates the smell of marijuana, and doesn’t just mask it. “It’s not an air freshener, it encapsulates the molecule and knocks it down to the ground,”...
Canadian Cannabis Updates is a Canadian-based podcast, delivering regular news updates and interviews concerning the legalization of cannabis. In this episode, a pro boxer shares his story of discovering CBD for pain relief and how it changed his life. This is the story of Jesse Bartlett, who is now the...
Cannabis legalization is more than just buying and selling legal marijuana. With that in mind, a Kwantlen Polytechnic University course is delving into several different aspects of cannabis to engage first-year students. “One of the purposes of Arts 1100 is that it introduces first-year KPU students to a range of arts departments,” says...
Canadian Cannabis Updates is a Canadian-based podcast, delivering regular news updates and interviews concerning the legalization of cannabis. In this episode, Cult Collective's Chief Engagement Officer Owen Reader talks about his marketing ideas in the legal cannabis space. Cult Collective is an audience engagement firm that is focused on helping their clients...
An event touted as Canada's premier cannabis business conference is readying for an event in Vancouver this December. "O’Cannabiz is a gathering of the complete Canadian and International industry conducting high level networking under one roof," event organizers say, noting more than 4,000 people are expected to attend the conference,...
How much are you willing to fork out for pot? Statistics Canada's "Question of the Month" asks how much people are willing to pay for a gram of cannabis, following marijuana being legalized across the nation. "We want to hear from consumers—what price are you willing to pay?" their website states+ See...
Canadian Cannabis Updates is a Canadian-based podcast, delivering regular news updates and interviews concerning the legalization of cannabis. Check out this latest podcast, an interview with "canna-preneur" Abi Roach, founder and owner of Hot Box Cafe, a Cannabis Vape lounge in Toronto. According to the company's website, Hot Box Cafe is...
For decades, Hilary Black has been sowing the seeds of legalization. Story by JENNI BAYNHA Do you remember the first-ever dispensary in Vancouver? Hilary Black does, because she opened it. Her story started with her work for the first medical cannabis organization in the country; she would then go on to spend the...
In the midst of the ongoing opioid epidemic that's took more than 1,400 lives in B.C. last year alone, a new clinical trial aims to find out if cannabis can treat pain as well as fentanyl. Tetra Bio-Pharma received Health Canada's approval for the trial last August to study whether...
We have entered the new world of cannabis. The legalization of recreational cannabis has galvanized entrepreneurs, provided lucrative opportunities in a variety of sectors, and given Canada the opportunity to be known on the world stage as the country that pioneers groundbreaking cannabis research. After such a historic year, what’s next? Opportunities...