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Pot Product Manufacturing Jobs Fell By One-Third This Year, StatsCan Says

Canopy Growth has laid off an unspecified amount of staff from one of its Ontario facilities, The Canadian Press reports. The newswire service said Canopy conducted a number of layoffs from its facility located at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., but didn’t …

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Push On For Alberta Bottle Depots To Accept Cannabis Containers For Refunds

The group that oversees bottle depots in Alberta says people should be allowed to drop off cannabis containers and get a small refund just as they do for bottles and cans. The Alberta Bottle Depot Association says paying a deposit on the containers and…

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Ontario Cannabis Regulator Promises To Double Monthly Store Approvals

Ontario’s cannabis store regulator says it will double the number of shops it authorizes this fall. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario says it will step up the pace of its approvals process at the province’s direction. In April, the Ontario g…

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Three Cannabis Stores in the Works For Smiths Falls

Smiths Falls could be home to three new cannabis stores. ShinyBud Cannabis Co. has applied to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) to open a store at 8 Beckwith St. N. – the latest company to apply to open a cannabis retail store in town…

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Manitoba Man Taking Province to Court Over Ban on Growing Pot at Home

A Manitoba man has filed a constitutional challenge over the province’s rules about growing pot at home. Jesse Lavoie filed the notice of application on Wednesday, naming the government of Manitoba, the attorney general of Manitoba and the attorney gen…