Canada’s oil and gas industry is calling on the federal government to expressly prohibit pot use in safety-sensitive workplaces if it moves ahead with its plans to legalize marijuana.

In an Aug. 29 letter to the government’s Task Force on Marijuana Legalization, Regulation and Restriction, oil and gas industry safety association Enform warns alcohol and drug use is already “at the forefront” of the challenges facing the upstream petroleum industry’s workplace safety efforts and marijuana legalization could make the situation worse.

Chronic headaches, migraines and tension headaches are all painful conditions which can have debilitating effects on patients’ lives. An estimated 50% of the world’s population suffers from headache disorders, with over 2.7 million migraine sufferers reported in Canada.

Whether they sell baby clothes or medical marijuana, some businesses are looking at delivery alternatives after prolonged and uncertain negotiations despite a tentative agreement announced last night between Canada Post and the union.

The tentative pact between the postal service and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers was reached after warnings that mail delivery could be disrupted several times over the summer.

Jennifer Babcock runs the small baby-wear business Eaby Chic from Ottawa, and says she lost national and international customers because of the uncertainty around Canada Post.

As in the alcohol industry, tech platforms connect buyers with sellers but don't deliver themselves.

There can be no doubt that the promise of "on-demand" has fueled enormous growth in the technology industry over the past half decade. Whether it's lunch or dinner coming from DoorDash or Munchery, groceries coming from Instacart or Shipt, toiletries coming from Postmates or Google Express, or super-fast deliveries from Amazon Prime or Deliv, one thing is clear: if you want an item or service instantly, you can bet there's a business to answer the call.

The quintessential on-demand service is Uber, which has raised over $12 billion in outside capital for an app that sends a ride your way at the tap of a button. It's that simple.

MMPRsoft tapped to handle sales for Canada's only pharmacist-controlled producer and distributor.

Alberta is gradually becoming a leader in medical cannabis production, thanks in part to some Edmonton software developers.

Edmonton’s MMPRsoft, a web-based cannabis-operations program, recently secured a deal to handle the end-to-end operations of CannTrust Inc. – Canada’s only pharmacist-controlled licensed producer and distributor of medical cannabis.

MMPRsoft manages e-commerce and webstore development as well as facility management, which includes equipment inventory, crop management, customer relationships, health clinic partnerships and dealings with the department of Veterans Affairs.

Originally created for military vets, the clinic offers its counselling services to all.

A large "Plants Not Pills" sign faces busy Kings Road in Sydney, N.S., the slogan for the chain of Marijuana for Trauma clinics.

Marijuana for Trauma was founded in Fredericton with the goal of helping veterans dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.

That was the plan when the group opened a facility in Sydney last year, but it soon began branching out.

It now offers its services to civilians interested in finding out more information about the uses of medicinal marijuana.

Health Canada allows nurses to administer medical marijuana, but health facilities may have other policies.

A Toronto mother whose son suffers from chronic seizures due to a rare genetic condition is frustrated that some nurses in Toronto hospitals have refused to administer cannabis oil, which she says brings him relief.

Maria Niembro, mother of 11-year-old Francesco, told CBC's Metro Morning on Monday that she has to administer the cannabis oil herself to her son, who suffers from CFC, or Cardio-facio-cutaneous, syndrome.

Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX:CGC) ("Canopy Growth" or "the Corporation") today released its financial results for the first quarter fiscal 2017 ended June 30, 2016.  All financial information in this press release is reported in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise indicated. 

Consolidated financial results include the accounts of the Company and its wholly‑owned subsidiaries Tweed Inc. ("Tweed"), Tweed Farms Inc. ("Tweed Farms") and Bedrocan Canada Inc. ("Bedrocan Canada"). 

First Quarter Fiscal 2017 Highlights

Hemp useful for food, cosmetics and textiles.

You could be forgiven for thinking a field full of tall, leafy crops in Baileys Brook is an illicit operation – but it’s perfectly legal, and not for smoking.

Bradley Jardine and Doug MacEachern are the owners of Northumberland Hemp, with 150 acres of industrial hemp growing in the province – mainly in Pictou County – that they process into hemp seed oil, flour and protein powder.

“As you can tell, it looks exactly the same as marijuana and that’s because it’s the same plant. It just has no THC, or very low levels,” Jardine said in an interview beside a 40-acre field where the plant is growing.

Recipes include cannabis cooking oils, flour and butter.

A group of Calgarians took part in a special cooking class Saturday to learn to cook with marijuana.

First up, Crystal Gooding explained her recipe for CannaCoconut Oil, which is coconut oil infused with marijuana.

"You're going to dump your cannabis in there, your ounce... and you're going to bring it to a good simmer," she told the group of about 15 people who turned up at the 420 Clinic in Inglewood for the cooking class.

Gooding also shared recipes for cannabis olive oil, cannabis flour and cannabis butter.

"My favourite is melting [the cannabis butter] and putting it on popcorn," she said.