A small amount of legal recreational cannabis products in Ontario have gone unaccounted for, according to the provincial regulator responsible for adult use in Canada’s largest market. Roughly 1,428 units of cannabis products were “lost or …
Author: Amy Hansen
Canopy, Aphria cited for ‘critical’ cannabis regulatory breaches in 2018, new Health Canada report shows
Canadian cannabis giants Canopy Growth and Aphria were among a half-dozen licensed producers cited for serious regulatory violations in Health Canada’s compliance report covering the 2018-19 fiscal year. The federal cannabis regulator also disclosed th…
Medical cannabis registrations surge in Canada amid pandemic
The number of active medical cannabis registrations in Canada grew at the fastest pace in nearly three years during the latest quarter, defying predictions that the medical sector would fizzle after adult-use prohibition came to an end. Canada added 73…
Australia weighs wide-ranging medical cannabis reforms
Australia is weighing reforms that have the potential to transform the country’s cannabis sector. The Department of Health, through the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), is seeking comments on a review of the regulatory processes for the ma…
Barbados eyes January start for medical cannabis industry
Barbados has set January 2021 for the launch of its medical cannabis sector, as the country looks to gain a competitive edge over other Caribbean nations planning to capitalize on the nascent industry. The Eastern Caribbean country will regulate activ…
Aurora Cannabis strikes deal to sell cultivation facilities, document suggests
Canadian producer Aurora Cannabis has an agreement in principle to sell at least two cultivation facilities in Canada that were closed earlier this year, Marijuana Business Daily has learned. The two buildings – one in Saskatchewan and another in…
Aurora lays off 200, idles most of flagship Sky marijuana facility
Aurora Cannabis has cut a little more than 200 positions as it reduces production at its flagship marijuana greenhouse in Edmonton, Alberta, to just a quarter of its capacity, Marijuana Business Daily has learned. Separately, the company’s chief scienc…
Bermuda plans adult-use, medical cannabis industry, following in Canada’s wake
Bermuda is taking its first steps to formally lay the legal groundwork for a regulated adult-use and medical cannabis industry, potentially setting up a clash with the United Kingdom, which has thus far stifled an attempt by the British Virgin Islands …
Hexo doubles down on cannabis beverages, cuts loss to CA$4.2 million
Canadian cannabis producer Hexo reported a net loss of 4.2 million Canadian dollars ($3.2 million) for the quarter ended Oct. 31, 2020, a significant improvement over its CA$170 million loss in the previous three-month period. The Ottawa, Ontario-based…
UK reveals it’s withholding approval of BVI cannabis law over treaty obligations, upcoming talks
The United Kingdom will decline to approve a 6-month-old bill to open commercial opportunities involving medical cannabis in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) until a deal is reached between the two nations over the transfer of narcotics licensing autho…