Employees at Stachs, a cannabis delivery operator in the Northern California towns of Clearlake and Cotati, ratified a three-year contract with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW). In its announcement of the agreement on Monday, the uni…
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Oregon streamlines license application process for adult-use cannabis firms
Marijuana regulators in Oregon adopted temporary rules for recreational cannabis business applicants to speed up the process and help ease a licensing backlog. According to a release from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC), which regulates lic…
Alberta lifting retail cannabis store cap in November
Alberta’s government is lifting the cap on the number of retail cannabis store licenses that can be held by a single person or group of people. Currently, a person or a group can hold no more than 15% of the total number of retail stores in the p…
Schwazze scraps deal to purchase Colorado marijuana edibles maker
Schwazze added to its growing list of scuttled deals by terminating its planned acquisition of a fellow Denver-based cannabis company, infused edibles manufacturer Canyon. According to the company’s 8-K filing on Oct. 9, the term sheet that detai…
Retail marijuana sales take a slight downturn in Colorado
Retail cannabis sales had been on a steady upward trend month-on-month in Colorado despite the coronavirus pandemic, but that momentum backslid in August. According to CPR News, the Colorado Department of Revenue’s numbers show consumers spent $2…
How the new California cannabis appellations law borrows from the wine industry
California’s marijuana industry has no further to look than the Napa Valley when establishing regional identities for its cannabis products. The Napa Valley Vintners Association, in fact, offers a blueprint for California cannabis producers to fo…
California outdoor marijuana cultivators to designate products by growing region
California’s marijuana market is borrowing a page from the state’s world-famous wine industry thanks to a new law intended to help outdoor cannabis growers brand and market their products by highlighting where and how they’re produced…
Sacramento, California, opens 10 retail cannabis permits for social equity
The capital city of California is adding 10 more retail marijuana storefronts to its existing 30, yet another sign that the state’s legal market is continuing to grow over time. The change stems from a unanimous vote by the City Council this week…
Sunniva, CA$58 million in debt, granted initial creditor protection
Vancouver-based marijuana firm Sunniva Inc. has received an initial creditor protection order from the Supreme Court of British Columbia as it pursues restructuring. The cross-border firm made the announcement in a news release on Monday, joining a num…
San Francisco cannabis store workers OK union-negotiated pact
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union scored another victory in the legal marijuana market when workers at a San Francisco retail store voted in favor of a UFCW-negotiated contract. According to a news release, workers at Stiiizy-Mission, locate…