cannabis

Left to right, Kurtis Tingley and Dakota Tollefson are both part of Pineapple Victoria’s management team. (Courtesy of Pineapple Victoria)

30% of Victoria cannabis store’s profits get passed around to employees

The dispensary is drifting from a model where profits from the business mostly benefit shareholders

 

Owner and president Terry Robinson, sales manager Leah Hermann and processing lead Mat Harris at ShuCanna, B.C.'s first farmgate licensed dispensary. (Rebecca Willson-Salmon Arm Observer)

Salmon Arm dispensary first in B.C. with farmgate licence to grow onsite

ShuCanna hosting grand opening event Friday, Oct. 27

 

Cannabis seedlings at an Aurora Cannabis facilty in 2017 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Orchids, veggies and beer: Canada’s cannabis producers pivot

Tough market for core product finds firms finding complementary products to smooth the bumps

 

Sean Kady, co-owner of Cosmic Charlies is photographed at the cannabis store in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Pot shops lucky to be in business amid competition, ad rules and THC limits

Not all cannabis retailers are managing to stay afloat

Sean Kady, co-owner of Cosmic Charlies is photographed at the cannabis store in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
A review of the federal legislation that paved the way for the legal recreational use and sale of cannabis says companies in the legal market report struggling to realize profits and maintain financial viability. A young cannabis plant is shown in Fenwick, Ont., Tuesday, June 26, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin

Cannabis profits hard to come by, review of Cannabis Act finds

Federal report says public health experts remain supportive of precautionary approach

A review of the federal legislation that paved the way for the legal recreational use and sale of cannabis says companies in the legal market report struggling to realize profits and maintain financial viability. A young cannabis plant is shown in Fenwick, Ont., Tuesday, June 26, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
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B.C. judge allows cannabis ‘fire sale’ to stave off CRA destruction threat

Judge says CRA was intending to destroy remaining inventory of cannabis firm

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A man holds a joint while smoking cannabis, in Vancouver on Wednesday Oct. 17, 2018. Statistics Canada says nearly five per cent of cannabis users are at risk of developing an addiction to the drug, according to a survey of households. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Risk of cannabis addiction higher for young men, people with anxiety

StatCan survey finds nearly 5 per cent of users at risk

A man holds a joint while smoking cannabis, in Vancouver on Wednesday Oct. 17, 2018. Statistics Canada says nearly five per cent of cannabis users are at risk of developing an addiction to the drug, according to a survey of households. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Doctors concerned more people using cannabis during pregnancy

Study based on data from 980,398 pregnancies in Ontario between January 2015 and July 2021

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Ted Smith, the founder of the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club and the club’s lawyer Kirk Tousaw, stand with supporters outside of the Victoria courthouse prior to filing a lawsuit against the province. (Hollie Ferguson/News Staff)

Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club files lawsuit, injunction against province

VCBC has been raided three times, faces $6.5M in fines

Ted Smith, the founder of the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club and the club’s lawyer Kirk Tousaw, stand with supporters outside of the Victoria courthouse prior to filing a lawsuit against the province. (Hollie Ferguson/News Staff)
The second annual B.C. Cannabis Summit was hosted in Kelowna April 21-23, 2023. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

B.C. Cannabis Summit blunt and blazing the way for a better legal market

The summit was held at Kelowna’s Eldorado Hotel and Manteo Resort

  • Apr 24, 2023
The second annual B.C. Cannabis Summit was hosted in Kelowna April 21-23, 2023. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Ted Smith, founder of the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club, gave a speech on the importance of continuing to support medical cannabis users. (Hollie Ferguson/News Staff)

‘We will survive’: Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club holds 4/20 rally at legislature

Ted Smith, VCBC founder, said support is still needed for medical cannabis users despite legalization

Ted Smith, founder of the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club, gave a speech on the importance of continuing to support medical cannabis users. (Hollie Ferguson/News Staff)
Leadership Council is calling for changes to the Cannabis Act for communities to better access the benefits of legalization. Kootenay Krush Farms is located near Parsons. (Black Press Media File)

First Nations group calls for changes to Cannabis Act

First Nations Leadership Council says rights, needs ignored by colonial government during legalization

Leadership Council is calling for changes to the Cannabis Act for communities to better access the benefits of legalization. Kootenay Krush Farms is located near Parsons. (Black Press Media File)
UBCO researchers isolated the genome for black root rot, a fungus killing cannabis plants in a licensed growing facility in the BC Kootenays. Here, healthy roots, left, are compared to those affected by black root rot. (contributed)

‘Nightmare ooze’ a strain on cannabis industry: UBC Okanagan researcher

The research can be read in the Plant Disease journal

  • Apr 20, 2023
UBCO researchers isolated the genome for black root rot, a fungus killing cannabis plants in a licensed growing facility in the BC Kootenays. Here, healthy roots, left, are compared to those affected by black root rot. (contributed)
FILE - An Uber sign is displayed inside a car in Palatine, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Uber Eats launches cannabis delivery service in Victoria

Starting immediately, residents over the age of 19 can use the Uber Eats app to order

FILE - An Uber sign is displayed inside a car in Palatine, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Customers enter the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation cannabis store in Halifax on Oct. 17, 2018. A spate of cannabis store robberies has many in the industry calling for provinces to relax regulations requiring window coverings or cannabis to be kept out of sight of minors. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Pot shop robberies spur push to end restrictions on window displays

Window coverings can encourage thieves who know their crime won’t be seen once inside, some owners say

Customers enter the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation cannabis store in Halifax on Oct. 17, 2018. A spate of cannabis store robberies has many in the industry calling for provinces to relax regulations requiring window coverings or cannabis to be kept out of sight of minors. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Members of the B.C. Community Safety Unit raiding the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club on March 23. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria cannabis club prepares to sue B.C. government following raid

The Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club is already facing almost $6.5 million in fines

Members of the B.C. Community Safety Unit raiding the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club on March 23. (Black Press Media file photo)
An Adastra employee making cannabis products at the firm’s Aldergrove-area facility. (Black Press Media files)

Class action lawsuit targets Langley firm at centre of cocaine controversy

A law firm is seeking stockholders in Adastra Holdings for the planned lawsuit

An Adastra employee making cannabis products at the firm’s Aldergrove-area facility. (Black Press Media files)
A lab worker making cannabis products at Adastra Lab Holdings in the Langley Township. (Black Press Media files)

UPDATED: Langley lab can produce cocaine, but not for sale to public

Cannabis producer suggested cocaine could be part of business plan

A lab worker making cannabis products at Adastra Lab Holdings in the Langley Township. (Black Press Media files)
BLK MKT by Avant won the 2022 Cannabis Brand of the Year Canada. (blk-mkt.ca)

High praise for Kelowna cannabis brand

BLK MKT won the 2022 Cannabis Brand of the Year by ADCANN

  • Jan 30, 2023
BLK MKT by Avant won the 2022 Cannabis Brand of the Year Canada. (blk-mkt.ca)
Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club founder Ted Smith said the club’s Johnson Street store and consumption site remains open despite the building’s owner serving them an eviction notice effective Jan. 2. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

‘Panic buying’ at Victoria cannabis club as it defies eviction

The club is hoping to negotiate a pause in the eviction until their new location is ready in March

Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club founder Ted Smith said the club’s Johnson Street store and consumption site remains open despite the building’s owner serving them an eviction notice effective Jan. 2. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)