Company plans to employ 40 to 50 people if approved.

An Ontario-based medicinal marijuana company is looking to expand into Saskatchewan. 

The Canopy Growth Corporation bought Saskatchewan-based rTrees Products on Tuesday.

The Sask. company is a late-stage applicant to the federal government's medical marijuana system.

Though they are not yet licensed, the company has already posted ads for four positions in Yorkton, Sask.

If the company is licensed, it will operate out of a 90,000 square foot facility in Yorkton under the name Tweed Grasslands. 

The company said it eventually plans to hire 40 or 50 employees, if they are approved.

The company said it hopes attain a licence "within months."

Federal government plans to legalize recreational adult marijuana means multi-millions in investments and hundreds of jobs for Saugeen Shores area residents according to John Fowler, founder and CEO of Supreme Pharmaceutical/7ACRES, a licensed medical marijuana cultivation operation in Tiverton. 

Fowler briefed Saugeen Shores councillors on the current growth spurt at his facility at the April 24 town committee of the whole meeting in Port Elgin.

Fowler was introduced by Port Elgin BIA (Business Improvement Area) chair Jeff Carver who announced 7ACRES as a title sponsor of this year's BIA Farm to Table dinner, with a $2,500 donation and a booth at the weekly Farmer's Market.

One of the top reasons why many turn to cannabis is stress management. However, for those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), access to this simple green herb can make the difference between drowning in hypervigilance and full engagement with the present. One doctor has seen the transformative powers of cannabis firsthand. Dr. Mike Hart has been successfully treating PTSD with medical cannabis and lifestyle interventions for the past three years. Here’s how.

Last week, the federal government tabled long-awaited legislation to legalize and regulate non-medical cannabis use and supply in Canada. Under the proposed cannabis legalization plan, the provinces will be mandated and get to decide and design their respective cannabis retail distribution systems.

This is, by no means, a trivial responsibility. Rather, getting the design of retail models for cannabis right will be crucial for whether legalization will work for or against the paramount goal of furthering public health.

Local reaction is starting to roll in after the federal government announced its plans for the legalization of recreational marijuana.

Pickering resident Marko Ivancicevic is a long-time marijuana activist in Durham and a partner in Cannabis Consultants of Canada, a company that assists medical marijuana users with obtaining authorization to possess and produce cannabis legally.

He welcomed the government's announcement.

"Obviously, like many Canadians I'm happy youth will not be saddled with simple possession charges, as well as any other individuals with simple possession charges," he said.

The government has said the new legislation will kick in no later than July 2018, but marijuana remains illegal until then except for medical marijuana users.

Village Cannabis Dispensary and Canadian Green both targeted.

Police raided two pot shops in Toronto Tuesday evening.

One of the raids was at the former Cannabis Culture at 461 Church Street, now called Village Cannabis Dispensary.

The other raid was at Canadian Green at Bloor Street West and Landsowne Avenue, said Constable David Hopkinson of the Toronto Police Service.Hopkinson did not provide any information about how much marijuana was seized. He said charges are pending and investigations are still open.

Canada's biggest licensed producer of medical marijuana launched its first collection of feminized seeds for sale last week. 

In response to a federal court ruling, Health Canada reintroduced "provisions for individuals to produce a limited amount of cannabis for their own medical purposes or to designate someone to produce it for them" as part of the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR) last August.

But even through ACMPR, growing your own medicine may be way more challenging than the three or four clicks required to shop online for your weed.

Algae Dynamics announces a development agreement with Western University to do research on cannabis oil in the context of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder & schizophrenia.

Canopy Growth Corporation is being added to the influential S&P/TSX Composite Index in another milestone for Canada’s fledgling marijuana industry.

The cannabis producer will be added to the index’s health-care sector prior to the start of trading on March 20, S&P Dow Jones Indices said late on Friday. It said it will be the first marijuana company to join the index.

Big institutional investors and index funds use the index to guide buying decisions, so being included can lead to more demand for a stock. Canopy shares were up 2.2 per cent at $11.07 late on Monday.

Emblem Corp. (TSX VENTURE:EMC) ("Emblem" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has retained the consulting services of Nate Nienhuis for its Canadian cannabis operations.

"This is a major development for our Company," said Gordon Fox, CEO of Emblem. "Mr. Nienhuis is recognized throughout North America as one of the pre-eminent experts in cannabis horticulture and cannabis extraction. He is also an engineer and has consulted extensively on environmental systems, lighting systems and building envelope design for closed-box cannabis production facilities. He has the exact skills that Emblem needs to design and operate the facilities that will fulfill our mandate of producing the highest quality cannabis products for the Canadian market."