Pot Industry

• Pot industry calls for greater urgency in review of Cannabis Act

  As the fifth anniversary of recreational pot legalization approaches, cannabis stakeholders worry the longer they wait for regulatory change, the more the industry will struggle.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2023
  
• Cannabis legalization named top Canadian business news story of 2018

  In an annual poll of the country's newsrooms conducted by The Canadian Press, business editors and reporters across the country chose cannabis legalization in a landslide, with 60 per cent of the votes cast.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2018
  
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• Help wanted: Canadian marijuana companies search for workers ahead of legalization

  Stigma may once have kept people from applying for work with a cannabis company, but those perceptions have shifted, said one industry insider.

  Jan 14, 2018
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• Scotiabank, Royal Bank will no longer provide accounts for pot-related businesses

  Scotiabank and the Royal Bank of Canada say they aren't providing accounts to companies associated with the marijuana industry.

  Canada

  Sep 12, 2016
• Publicly traded cannabis firm Tweed posts first profit as sales surge

  Tweed Marijuana Inc. said Monday it had its first profitable quarter since receiving a federal licence to produce and sell medical pot.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2015
• Feds condemn Vancouver rules on medical pot

  The federal government is critical of the City of Vancouver's plan to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, saying it does not support making drugs more accessible.

  Apr 23, 2015