Black Market

• Illegal tobacco growth cost B.C. up to $591M in tax revenue over 3 years: Retail report

  Illegal cigarette sales could comprise up to 67 per cent of Ontario's total tobacco market, 45 per cent in B.C. and 44 per cent in Newfoundland.

  Politics

  Sep 22, 2023
  
• Contraband tobacco inhales 30 to 50 per cent of B.C. market, retailers, industry fear

  Retail organizations, merchants and tobacco industry officials estimate between 30 and 50 per cent of tobacco sales in B.C. are contraband products.

  Health

  Dec 16, 2022
  
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• Coronavirus: Apparent face mask sales caught on video in Winnipeg parking lot

  Videos taken in a Winnipeg apartment building parking lot show what appears to be the sale of the coveted items — for $50 a box.

  Apr 2, 2020
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• New Ontario cannabis products may not eat into black market, experts say

  The Ontario Cannabis Store, the province's pot distributor, has announced that a raft of new products is slated to start appearing in brick-and-mortar retailers on Monday and be available for online purchase 10 days later.

  Cannabis

  Jan 5, 2020
• Hundreds of cannabis stores in Alberta but users still turning to black market

  Data from Statistics Canada shows 40 per cent of Canadian cannabis users still buy from illegal sources.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2019
• Optimism grows in Sask. despite gap in legal and illegal pot prices

  Despite the gap in legal and illegal cannabis prices, optimism is growing throughout Saskatchewan when it comes to cost.

  Canada

  Jul 17, 2019
• B.C. saw lowest average weed price hike in Canada after legalization: StatCan

  B.C. users reported paying an average of just 3.7 per cent more for their cannabis compared to a 17 per cent jump countrywide.

  Cannabis

  Apr 10, 2019
• Woman charged after London police, OPP raid illegal pot shop

  The raid comes days before Ontario's first legal cannabis retail stores are set to open their doors.

  Crime

  Mar 29, 2019
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• Cannabis store owner links black market to slow Sask. sales

  Statistics Canada data shows that Saskatchewan has the slowest cannabis sales among the provinces, but has above average consumption habits.

  Cannabis

  Feb 26, 2019
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• Bob Layton: Smoking in Hawaii

  Hawaiian politicians are working to ban smoking on the islands.

  Commentary

  Feb 8, 2019