Shopify wants to dominate online cannabis sales in Canada.

The e-commerce giant recently inked a deal with the government of Ontario to handle online cannabis sales for the provincially-backed Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation.

Loren Padelford, a VP and GM at Shopify who's charged with heading up the company's cannabis push, discussed the company's strategy in an interview with Business Insider.

Snoop Dogg will have a connection with the cannabis business in Delta.

Well known for his love of herb, the rapper through his co-founded venture capital firm Casa Verde Capital invests in the cannabis industry, having signed a partnership deal a couple of years ago with Tweed Inc. and parent company Canopy Growth. The deal gives the Ontario-based marijuana producer, already the largest supplier of legal medical marijuana in Canada, exclusive rights to use certain content and brands owned by the rapper’s company LBC Holdings, including the Leafs By Snoop cannabis brand which has several strains.

Beleave Inc. ("Beleave" or the "Company") (CSE: BE) (OTCQX: BLEVF) is pleased to announce that it has completed the construction and commissioning of a new state-of-the-art industrial extraction laboratory at its production facility located in Hamilton, Ontario. The laboratory design is based on recent work stemming from research collaborations with principal investigators at Ryerson University, Department of Chemistry and Biology, and which has led to the development of a proprietary and large-scale industrial method for the extraction and purification of cannabinoid compounds from plant tissue.

Banning Canadians from growing a few marijuana plants in their homes or backyards once recreational cannabis is legalized would be both paternalistic and unenforceable, former federal justice minister Anne McLellan says.

McLellan, who chaired the federal task force on cannabis legalization, offered that opinion Wednesday during an appearance before the Senate’s social affairs committee, which is examining the federal government’s bill to legalize pot use.

The bill would allow individuals to grow up to four plants per dwelling — a provision that has raised concerns among senators, apartment and condo owners, municipalities and police.

As a major policy change comes down the pike in Canada on legalizing marijuana, a consultant on the topic told a Cornwall business audience that this “fluid” event will leave businesses with questions even after it’s legalized.

Ivan Vrana worked 18 years with Health Canada on the cannabis file before moving over to the private sector, consulting on marijuana in 2013. He’s been with the Ottawa consulting firm, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, as its vice president of public affairs since 2015.

Vrana told a chamber of commerce luncheon at Ramada Cornwall on Wednesday that the provincial and federal governments still have a lot to do before pot is legal for recreational use in this country.

With the impending legalization of marijuana and a rise in the number of people using medical marijuana to treat any number of ailments, employers are increasingly concerned about how they will be able to manage or control marijuana use at work. The recent decision of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal in Aitchison v. L & L Painting and Decorating Ltd. demonstrates that employees do not have unfettered rights when it comes to using medical marijuana in the workplace.

In advance of Ontario’s election on June 7, the Human Resources Professionals Association is setting out several recommendations for the province’s political parties, including more clarity around recreational marijuana rules.

In light of the drug’s impending legalization, the HRPA’s election suggestions call for setting a clear legal definition of impairment as well as the grounds under which an employer can test an employee for cannabis use. As well, the organization wants the government work with other provinces to co-ordinate the regulations in order to ensure organizations with a national workforce are able to follow policies and communicate effectively with employees.

Cannabis Compliance Inc. ("CCI"), a Toronto-based compliance consulting firm, is pleased to announce the acquisition of NHP Consulting Inc. ("NHP"), a regulatory compliance firm dedicated to servicing the health products, cosmetic, food, and medical device industries. The transaction will result in a merge of the two businesses, incorporating the staff at NHP into the larger CCI family.

Jack Greydanus expected to go on growing peppers at his greenhouse in Enniskillen Township, just like he had for more than a decade, and then a cannabis company came calling.

Today, he’s the “landlord” of Lambton County’s first cannabis greenhouse where High Park Farms, an affiliate of B.C.-based Tilray, said this week thousands of cannabis plants had arrived after a 36-hour trip from Vancouver Island.

The first harvest is expected in June, in anticipation of the legalization of recreational use of marijuana in Canada later this year, the company said.

Tilray, which also has a medical cannabis growing facility in British Columbia, has said it began looking in 2016 for a second site elsewhere in Canada, including locations around southern Ontario.

Toronto is fortunate to have two large cannabis events (420 & Global Marijuana March) each year that are free and open to the public. Over the years, each event became better known even though they have both faced opposition over the years.