The Canada Cannabis Council's mission is to act as the industry's voice in the development, growth and integrity of the regulated cannabis industry and the "responsible use of cannabis for medical and non-medical purposes".

The Cannabis Canada Association (CCA), Canadian Medical Cannabis Council (CMCC), as well as Canopy Growth Corp., have joined together to create a single national industry association for the sector, to be called the Cannabis Canada Council (“Cannabis Canada” or “C3”).

To govern the unified organization, the general membership has elected the following individuals to the Board of Directors:

Canopy Health Innovations ("Canopy Health" or "CHI"), the partly-owned biopharmaceutical research and development affiliate of Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX: WEED) ("Canopy Growth"), today announced that it has, alone or with its subsidiary Canopy Animal Health or through its joint-venture Beckley Canopy Therapeutics, filed eight provisional US patents pertaining to the delivery and application of cannabis and cannabinoid-based therapeutics in certain indications. Specifically, the eight patent applications relate to the following:

Micron’s president, Alfred Wong, discusses the two-part system and how the company’s partnership with Aurora may help drive the technology forward.

Micron Waste Technologies, a Vancouver-based organic waste technology company, began working with Aurora Cannabis in late 2017 to develop a waste solution specific to the cannabis industry, says Micron’s president, Alfred Wong.

What a difference a year or so makes.

Right now, as we speak, criminal cases are wending their way through Canada’s court system for individuals who were caught running “dial-a-dope” businesses. In case you’ve not run into that term before, it’s people who run a phone service to sell drugs. You dial, place an order, set up a meeting, hand over the money and get the goods.

If it’s a police officer on the other end of the line instead of a regular customer, the handover might end up with the seller in jail.

Now, with the changes in cannabis laws, it looks like our provincial liquor monopoly is getting into the dial-a-dope business as well, but you’ll be dialing this dealer on the internet, and delivery will be even more convenient.

As U.S. and Canadian government policies toward marijuana grow more divergent amid Canada's push for legalization, their stock exchanges have seen a flurry of cross-listing activity from companies eager to snap up investment capital and carve out dominant positions in a growing global market.

Marijuana producers that operate in U.S. states where pot is legal are prevented from public listings in their home country because the drug is prohibited at the federal level, so they turn their focus north for a legal avenue to raise public capital.

Grassroots Liberals know what the party needs to stand for in the next election. They made it clear to Justin Trudeau and his government this weekend that they expect the party to continue to push for progressive change, even if it runs counter to the prime minister's own position, and even if it requires more spending than a government wrestling with deficits can afford.

The 15 policy resolutions adopted Saturday at the Liberal Party's policy convention in Halifax aren't binding — they don't have to be part of the 2019 campaign platform. But to ignore them will be difficult, especially when the Liberals are making a concerted pitch for support from young people and progressive voters.

MLAs say age limit, retail and policing of pot up for discussion.

Community consultations on the territory's new marijuana legislation will kick off next week, the Northwest Territories government announced Friday.

The whirlwind tour will see MLAs from two committees visit 16 communities in 11 days.

The Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Implementation Act, or Bill 6, is currently under review by the standing committees on social development and government operations.

There are four, 12-inch industrial air filters attached to the ceiling of the Puffin Hutt at 268 Water St.

The air filters keep the smoke of customers at a reasonable level as they sit, relax and get stoned on cannabis they brought from home — the Puffin Hutt does not sell cannabis products.

In the mid-afternoon on Friday, about 80 cannabis enthusiasts were in the lounge, the former home of the Stetson and, most recently, Velvet Nightclub.

At 4:20 p.m. on April 20, the four, 12-inch industrial air filters were turned off.

Each customer lit their cannabis cigarette and let the smoke fill the room.

Shortly thereafter, the fog over St. John’s harbour was merely the second-thickest fog in the city.

Cronos Group Inc. (TSXV:CRON)(NASDAQ:CRON) and MedReleaf Corp. (TSX:LEAF) wouldn’t exactly be considered “start-ups” with market capitalizations of $1.55 billion and $1.95 billion, respectively, heading into Friday’s trading. But it probably would be fair to put these two licensed growers in the “up-and-comer” category when you compare them against the likes of Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED), with a market capitalization of $6 billion, Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB), currently valued at $4.9 billion, or Aphria Inc. (TSX:APH), trailing behind at $2.3 billion. There’s still a lot that has yet to unfold between now and legalization day, not to mention what will inevitably be an…

A mental health executive from Steinbach says just because cannabis will become legal in Canada later this year doesn't mean it's good for you. Chris Summerville, Chief Executive Officer of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada, says it can, in fact, do a lot of harm. He explains, people who have a history of mental illness in their family or who have mental health problems, have a 5 to 7 times greater risk of developing psychosis, often leading to schizophrenia.

Chris Summerville"Psychosis is when you have hallucinations like hearing voices that are not there or you have fixed thoughts that have no basis in reality, like believing that the aliens are about to take over the earth."