Schrödinger’s Lozenge: Is a lozenge an edible, or an extract? In Canada, the answer depends on if it’s a cannabis product. April 18, 2023 Brian MacIver Canada, Edibles & Infused Processors, News & Insights 0 Comments In January 2023, Health Canada, the federal authority overseeing the sale of medical and adult-use cannabis in Canada, began issuing stop-sale letters to licensed producers manufacturing “edible extracts,” mostly lozenges and dissolvable gummies. These products, producers held, were classified as… Read More→
Nearly four years after cannabis legalized, mandatory review of the law is months overdue August 4, 2022 AggregatedNews Canada 0 Comments The review should have started Oct. 17, 2021 — three years after legalization — but so far there's been no indication from Health Canada when the process may begin With the federal government almost one year late in launching a… Read More→
‘This approach to labelling is misleading Canadian cannabis consumers’ March 18, 2021 AggregatedNews Canada 0 Comments Mandesh Dosanjh, CEO of Pure Sunfarms, calls out discrepancies in potency labelling practices in a LinkedIn post. The CEO of B.C.-based licenced producer Pure Sunfarms is sounding the alarm about potency labelling practices among Canadian cannabis companies. In a blog… Read More→
Are Marijuana Stocks Suddenly in Delisting Danger? November 22, 2019 AggregatedNews Cannabis Investments 0 Comments At this time last year, cannabis stocks were one of the hottest investments on Wall Street. That's because Canada, just a month earlier in Oct. 2018, had become the first industrialized country in the modern era to legalize recreational marijuana.… Read More→
Information Update – Health Canada warns of potential risk of pulmonary illness associated with vaping products October 12, 2019 Press Release Canada, Vaping Crisis 0 Comments OTTAWA, Oct. 11, 2019 /CNW/ - Health Canada is advising Canadians who use vaping products to monitor themselves for symptoms of pulmonary illness (e.g., cough, shortness of breath, chest pain) and to seek medical attention promptly if they have concerns… Read More→
CannTrust’s prospects of resuming cannabis sales soon dim after violations at second facility August 14, 2019 AggregatedNews Banking, Finance & Real Estate 0 Comments What’s likely is someone’s going to wait until the company bleeds out further, before coming in to see what’s left' CannTrust’s stock took another major hit on Monday after the embattled cannabis producer disclosed it had received a second non-compliance… Read More→
Canadian Advertising and Promotion Regulations Really Are As Strict As We Thought April 10, 2019 AggregatedNews Canada 0 Comments By Alison Malsbury, Attorney at Harris Bricken I was fortunate to spend a couple of days last week in Vancouver, B.C. attending an American Bar Association Business Law Section meeting, where I joined a panel to discuss the myriad intellectual property… Read More→
Clever Leaves First Colombian Company to Export Medical Cannabis to Canada February 7, 2019 Press Release Canada, Colombia, South Of The Border 0 Comments PRESS RELEASE Health Canada has authorized Clever Leaves to import dry cannabis flower for scientific purposes Bogotá, Colombia, February 7, 2019 -- Ecomedics S.A.S., (“Clever Leaves” or the Company”), a leading vertically-integrated Colombian licensed producer of pharmaceutical-grade medical cannabis serving… Read More→
Shoppers Drug Mart granted licence to sell medical marijuana online December 9, 2018 AggregatedNews Canada 0 Comments TORONTO -- Shoppers Drug Mart has been granted a licence to sell medical marijuana online. Health Canada's list of authorized cannabis sellers and producers has been updated to reflect that the pharmacy can sell dried and fresh cannabis, as well… Read More→
MediPharm Labs Corp. Receives Sales Licence from Health Canada November 13, 2018 Press Release Canada, Press Releases, Processing 0 Comments PRESS RELEASE TORONTO, Nov. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediPharm Labs Corp. (“MediPharm Labs” or the “Company”) (TSXV: LABS) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, MediPharm Labs Inc., has received its sales licence from Health Canada (the “Sales… Read More→
Health Canada just saying no to old-school anti-marijuana ad campaigns September 3, 2018 AggregatedNews Canada, Marketing 0 Comments OTTAWA -- In the past, public health campaigns warning of the harmful effects of drugs delivered one resounding message: Don't do it. But now that the federal government has decided to legalize marijuana, Health Canada has undertaken new strategies to… Read More→
Golden Leaf Holdings Ltd., A lot is happening under CEO William Simpson’s watch May 29, 2018 Rob Meagher Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments It has been a couple of years since CBE visited with William Simpson, CEO of Golden Leaf Holdings. In October 2015, I wrote a piece titled, "In Search of the Holy Grail: Chalice Farms"that outlined his vision for Chalice Farms, one… Read More→
Sunniva Receives Confirmation of Readiness From Health Canada May 29, 2018 Press Release Canada, Press Releases 0 Comments PRESS RELEASE VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NetworkWire – Sunniva Inc. ("Sunniva" or the “Company”) (CSE:SNN)(OTCQX:SNNVF), a North American provider of cannabis products and services, is pleased to announce a major milestone with the receipt… Read More→
With a high school diploma and a degree from the “school of hard knocks”, True Leaf’s CEO has a plan May 16, 2018 Rob Meagher Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments After reviewing a bunch of press releases issued by True Leaf Medicine International, CBE interviewed CEO Darcy Bomford recently and learned a lot about his company and strategy, Health Canada and the race to become one of its new licensees.… Read More→
Construction Well Underway at True Leaf Cannabis Cultivation Facility May 3, 2018 Press Release Canada, Cultivation, Press Releases 0 Comments PRESS RELEASE Ground preparations are complete at the North Okanagan site of True Leaf Campus; structure will take shape this month VERNON, British Columbia, May 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- True Leaf Medicine International Ltd. (“True Leaf”) (CSE:MJ) (FSE:TLA) (OTCQB:TRLFF),… Read More→