The first P.E.I medical marijuana facility is under construction.
Called Canada's Island Garden, the 24,000-square-foot facility, which will contain two floors for growing cannabis and a 3,600-square-foot office, is slated for completion in November. It is in BioCommons Research Park — a business…
Health Canada has granted Hydropothecary, CanniMed, and Tilray medical marijuana oil production licences.
On July 8, 2015 the Government of Canada announced it would allow licensed producers of medical marijuana to produce and sell medical marijuana oil under new supplementary licences. This was…
Health Minister Rona Ambrose has ordered a crackdown on groups that illegally advertise marijuana, and has reiterated the Conservative party's pledge to keep storefront dispensaries illegal in an press release issued on Saturday.
"The law is quite clear that dispensaries, whether they…
The Federal Court of Canada has certified a class-action lawsuit involving over 40,000 people in the medical marijuana access program.
Justice Michael Phelan heard the certification application in Federal Court in Halifax in June. On July 27, 2015, the Federal Court of Canada…
Stratford, Ontario city council will consider an agreement of purchase and sale on July 27th 2015 with GreenSeal Cannabis Company Ltd. for two parcels of industrial land totaling 1.7 acres in the city’s Wright Business Park, with an option in the agreement…
By Paula McCooney
This article originally appeared on Ottawa Citizen, April 23rd 2015.
A former Health Canada manager who helped Canadians navigate the sometimes hazy world of medical marijuana access has been appointed CEO of an emerging company that educates patients on…
This article has been re-posted from the May - June 2005 Cannabis Health Journal.
The following interview was conducted by Cannabis Health with Dr. Richard Viau, Acting Director General of Health Canada’s Drug Strategy and Controlled Substances Programme.
In preparation for the interview, we…