The legal sale of cannabis has vaporized more than $6 million worth of provincial beer sales, Manitoba's finance minister claimed as he continued to predict no net revenue from recreational weed.

Almost six months after Canada legalized the sale of recreational cannabis, Manitoba is not expecting to make a profit off the new industry, Finance Minister Scott Fielding said Monday.

Expenditures related to legal cannabis will outpace revenue from its sale for years, said Fielding, who declined to say whether the province will make any cannabis revenue projections in the provincial budget expected on Thursday.

He also suggested any cannabis profits could be offset by reduced beer sales, based on Colorado's experience following legalization.

More young children are accidentally eating weed edibles, and Canada's pediatricians have had enough.

The mayor of Kamloops, British Columbia says rules around cannabis today may be different tomorrow, after the city recently rejected two different applications for legal pot shops.

Ken Christian says there is still another shoe to drop on the legal cannabis front when edibles are legalized later this year.

He believes that will alter the dynamic and with such a new industry, he thinks there will be a natural re-evaluation of the rules.

Christian says he thinks the entire retail cannabis landscape will be reassessed once legislators have a year or two of legalization under their belts.

He says the city is probably over-served with cannabis stores right now.

One of the hottest segments in the beverage industry is the increasing popularity of seltzer waters. Among the fastest growing consumer discretionary sectors is the recreational marijuana industry. A Durango collaboration is looking to tap into the popularity of both markets.

Jonny Radding and Aaron Miles of Durango Organics have joined with Matt Vincent of Ska Brewing Co. and Ska Fabricating to produce Oh Hi Beverages, THC-infused sparkling seltzers, which should be hitting recreational marijuana dispensaries in Colorado beginning in mid-March.

When Sacha Hockenhull organized his first cannabis exposition in Calgary four years ago, his friends said he would get arrested and his family threatened to disown him.

On Saturday, he watched hundreds of people file through HempFest at the Edmonton Convention Centre, the first major event of its kind in the city since recreational marijuana legalization.

"Now the conversation is totally different," said Hockenhull. "When I say I run a cannabis show, people say, 'Tell me everything you know.'"

Alberta is leading the country in cannabis retail sales, according to Statistics Canada. The province's retailers sold nearly $33 million worth of cannabis between the Oct. 17 and Dec. 31.

Since weed became legal in Canada back in October 2018, Canadian border agents have confiscated way more weed lately but it's not for the reason you'd think. CBSA revealed recently that the number of weed confiscations at the border went up over 60% from 2017 to 2018. In fact, in just over one month after legalization, there were 329 cases where CBSA seized cannabis from travellers at the border. 

On Tuesday (February 26), the Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC) signed supply agreements with licensed producers (LPs) Organigram Holdings (TSXV:OGI,OTCQX:OGRMF) and Zenabis Global (TSXV:ZENA,OTC Pink:ZBISF) to add product to its lineup of recreational marijuana.

Both producers will have to wait for the public process of the SQDC to determine the exact start date and final agreement in terms of quantity sold to the province.

Zenabis informed shareholders it expects to supply product starting the second quarter of 2019.

It was recently announced that Dad & Dudes one of the pioneering companies manufacturing craft beer infused with CBD was acquired by the company specializing in cannabis brands Cannabiniers which is based in San Diego. Dad & Dudes was founded by Mason Hembree with his father Thomas in 2010.

Initially, the company was not dealing with any CBD products. It was mainly focusing on eight-inch pizzas and craft beer. The first CBD infused beer from the company had a rather unusual name, the Secret Stash of George Washington and was launched in the year 2015 at the Great American Beer Festival at Denver.

Canopy Growth Corp (NYSE:CGC) reported stellar third-quarter results on February 14, setting the hearts of cannabis bulls aflutter. Since then, the company has given marijuana investors ever more reason to cheer.

Canopy Growth announced that it will be working with Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc (OTCMKTS:ANCTF, TSE:ATD), which has a global footprint of 16,000 convenience stores (including 7,800 in the U.S.), to launch a premium cannabis brand. This new strategic partnership could open the door to global cannabis stores and be a massive first-to-market win for Canopy Growth.

Canopy Growth Corp. has announced that the Ontario cannabis producer is partnering with Martha Stewart in the development of their newest line of products. According to CTV News, the celebrity homemaker will be joining the cannabis company as a product advisor, lending her extensive knowledge of consumer products to the rapidly-expanding cannabis industry.

The partnership between Canopy Growth and Martha Stewart will be focused on hemp-derived CBD products for both human and animal consumer markets.