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Cannabis industry laments lack of progress toward allowing consumption spaces

Tara Deschamps – THE CANADIAN PRESS Sep 27, 2021

TORONTO – At Behind the Bend cafe, diners sitting by a fire pit nibble on charcuterie and enjoy vanilla bean ice cream served in pineapple boats, but the menu isn't the reason many flock to the Lambton Shores, Ont. spot. Customers…

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Bars, cannabis sector eligible for $40B credit program from government bank

Colin Perkel – THE CANADIAN PRESS Apr 7, 2020

TORONTO – Devastated bars and lounges as well as the country's hard-hit cannabis sector will have access to $40 billion in new credit being made available via the government's business bank during the COVID-19 crisis, its CEO said on…

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Canadian Cannabis Industry Boosts Home Prices: Report

Building Oct 28, 2019

According to a report released by RE/MAX, Canada's cannabis industry has increased home sales and prices, particularly in Eastern Canada, where there's a greater number of large-scale cannabis producers. Smiths Falls, Ontario, home…

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Real Estate’s Budding Industry

John Lorinc Mar 12, 2019

Limited and imperfect information is making many landlords question what to do about retail-cannabis tenants. To many, the answer is “wait and see.”

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The New Dealers?

Daoust Vukovich LLP Mar 8, 2019

Ontario government releases strict regulations for recreational cannabis retailers.

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Cannabis company hopes to replace jobs lost in mill closure in small B.C. town

Laura Kane, THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov 12, 2018

Arnold Meyer spent 40 years working at the Tolko Industries Ltd. mill in Merritt, B.C., but then he faced the reality of being laid off. The 62-year-old was one of about 200 employees who lost their jobs in 2016, crippling the economy of…

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High times: optimism in Smiths Falls, the little town that marijuana saved

Andy Blatchford, THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct 15, 2018

The place pot put on the map, weed capital of Canada, the little town that marijuana saved — folks in Smiths Falls have many ways of describing their community's transformation, but all of them stick to a common theme. The Ontario…

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Condo boards should set out rules before cannabis legalization: lawyers

THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct 10, 2018

Homeowner groups need to quickly establish rules for marijuana growing and consumption in an effort to nip any problems in the bud, say lawyers who specialize in property law. Robert Noce, a partner with Miller Thomson LLP in Edmonton,…