BioSteel creditors list shows company owes millions to the who's who of sports
SMITHS FALLS, Ont. - BioSteel Sports Nutrition Inc. owes a slew of top-ranking sports teams and leagues millions of dollars. In a preliminary list filed by the sports drink company which obt...
Read MoreThe economic roller-coaster of a small Canadian town fuelled by chocolate and cannabis
SMITHS FALLS, Ont. - A small eastern Ontario town that was once known as the province's chocolate capital is preparing for the sweet return of Hershey's. "It's like an old f...
Read MorePsychedelic drug MDMA eases PTSD symptoms in a study that paves the way for possible US approval
The psychedelic drug MDMA can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers reported in a new study published Thursday. The company sponsoring the research said it plans lat...
Read MoreHealth professionals, patients challenge court rejection of psilocybin use in training
A group of health-care workers and patients have turned to Federal Court in an effort to overturn Health Canada's rejection of their request to use a restricted psychedelic drug for profession...
Read MoreAt Spiritleaf, shopping for cannabis has gone ‘mainstream’
Just over two years after the federal government legalized the sale of cannabis and cannabis products in Canada, the retail market is thriving. Many areas have seen a number of stores open up in t...
Read MoreCanopy Growth lands creditor protection for BioSteel business, intends to sell brand
Tired of its sports drink business weighing on its books, Canopy Growth Corp. is making moves to shed the division. The Smiths Falls, Ont., cannabis company announced Thursday that it had ob...
Read MoreCopenhagen mayor urges foreigners to stop buying marijuana at city's drug oasis following shooting
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Copenhagen’s mayor has urged foreigners not to buy weed in the city's Christiania neighbourhood where a 30-year-old man was shot and killed and four othe...
Read MoreMounties eyeing change to recreational cannabis use policy for members
OTTAWA - The RCMP is looking at easing a policy that requires front-line officers and many other employees to refrain from recreational cannabis use for four weeks before duty. A change to t...
Read MoreCanadian pot stocks jump on reports that U.S. may ease cannabis restrictions
TORONTO - Embattled Canadian cannabis stocks jumped this week on the hope that the U.S. may ease restrictions on the substance. The Associated Press reported that the U.S. health department...
Read MoreMarijuana recommendation by US health agency hailed as first step to easing weed restrictions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has delivered a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration on marijuana policy, and Senate leaders hailed it thi...
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