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KELOWNA–Fiore Cannabis Ltd. (CSE: FIOR) (OTCQX: FIORF), a licensed multi-state cannabis cultivator, producer and retailer, today announced it has signed a Letter of Intent to purchase California Patients Club, a cannabis delivery company operating in the state of California, for US$1.2 million payable in a stock and cash transaction. The delivery business will further integrate ...

KELOWNA, B.C.– Klonetics Plant Science Inc announced they received its Health Canada Nursery Cultivation licence to produce cannabis starting materials available for sale to the cannabis industry in Canada. Its impressive 25,000 Square Foot state of the art facility in Kelowna will produce Ready to Flower plants at an industrial scale, providing 2.8 million ready ...

SANTA BARBARA– HERBL, California's largest cannabis supply chain solutions company, today announced its acquisition of Blackbird a cannabis distributor and direct-to-consumer software solutions company based in Nevada. The transaction allows HERBL to leverage Blackbird's ecosystem of national retail and logistics insights to enter the Nevada market and create the most comprehensive supply chain platform in the industry. ...

SAN JOSE–TPCO Holding Co. (NEO: GRAM.U) (OTCQX: GRAMF), California’s leading vertically integrated cannabis company, is pleased to announce that it has selected Josephine & Billie’s, a Los Angeles-based cannabis brand and retail concept, as the Company’s first social equity corporate venture fund investment. Founded and led by Black women, Josephine & Billie’s was developed to ...

CAPE TOWN–Goodleaf Company, the leading cannabis brand in South Africa, has merged with Highlands Investments, formerly Canopy Growth Africa, in a deal valued at almost $50 million. The transaction has resulted in the largest vertically integrated cannabis operation in Africa, with an investment in excess of $25 million to date. "We are delighted to conclude ...

SASKATOON–Small- and medium-sized enterprises contribute to the growth of Western Canada's economy. The Government of Canada is supporting high-growth businesses as they increase productivity, find new markets, and create opportunities for Saskatchewan. Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages, and Minister responsible for Western Economic Diversification Canada, announced $11,513,951 for 11 projects under ...

LAS VEGAS– The Nevada legislature passed a bill on Monday allowing cannabis lounges. One kind of licence allows an existing dispensary to add a space for a lounge. Strangely, only one lounge is allowed no matter how many locations a dispensary has in Nevada. The other model permits independent businesses to build a consumption lounge ...

SEATTLE– Amazon released a statement confirming that it will no longer test job seekers for cannabis. Furthermore, the company said that they back cannabis legalization. "In the past, like many employers, we've disqualified people from working at Amazon if they tested positive for marijuana use," the company said in a blog post on Tuesday. "However, ...

EDMONTON, AB–Nova Cannabis Inc. (TSXV: NOVC), today announced several business developments intended to accelerate the Company's growth, including: Entering into two conditional asset purchase agreements to acquire a total of six retail cannabis locations in Ontario, which will be operated under the "Value Buds" banner; Acquiring the Queen Street West "Nova Cannabis" store and converting it to ...

BOULDER–(TSX: CWEB) (OTCQX: CWBHF) Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc., a marketer of hemp CBD wellness products announced the collaboration of its CW Labs division on a preclinical sleep and anxiety study with the University of Colorado-Boulder's REACH (Research and Education Addressing Cannabis and Health) Center. The scientific investigation uses the Company's full spectrum hemp formulations with ...

LOS ANGELES–Elegance Brands, Inc, a beverage company with a focus on innovation, announced today the launch of its own self-distribution company – aptly named "Elegance Distribution Company" – to distribute Elegance Brands products throughout Los Angeles and San Bernardino county. The Elegance Distribution Company will serve over 1,400 retailers throughout Los Angeles and San Bernardino. Long time sales ...

SAN FRANCISCO–Simpson Foundation, Inc, which operates, and partners with university research centers across the United States, is pleased to announce their lab tested, A-grade formula of Rick Simpson Oil (RSO). Famously favored California Rick Simpson Oil cannabis consumers, the company expands its reach with newly leased farmland throughout the Midwest. The latest research looks at ...

DENVER–GrowGeneration Corp. (NASDAQ: GRWG), a chain of specialty hydroponic and organic garden centers, today announced the launch of GrowGeneration.com. The company's newly redesigned e-commerce platform now includes the option to Buy Online Pickup in Store. The BOPIS service will be available at select GrowGen locations. GrowGeneration.com is a one-stop e-commerce destination for commercial and craft growers, ...

BOULDER–Front Range Biosciences, a cannabis and hemp genetics platform company, announced today plans to begin a partnership with Colorado's leading medical and adult use cannabis operator, Native Roots Cannabis Co. Under the agreement, Native Roots will establish a new tissue culture program at their flagship Denver facility leveraging FRB's proprietary Clean Stock® platform. Since 2010, ...

VANCOUVER, B.C., Nextleaf Solutions Ltd. (CSE: OILS) (OTCQB: OILFF), an innovative cannabis extractor, provided shareholders with the following commercial update and comments on its second-quarter results: Nextleaf Provides Commercial Update Nextleaf announced that subsequent to the quarter-end it completed the second wholesale order from its recently announced customer, a NASDAQ-listed global cannabis company. The Company's ...

CHICAGO–Budtenders at Modern Cannabis (MOCA) in the River North neighborhood of Chicago have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 777 – the first group of cannabis workers to do so. "Congratulations to our newest members," said Jim Glimco, President of Local 777. "As more and more states legalize recreational cannabis and the industry expands exponentially, workers ...

TORONTO–Cannabis Jacks, Northern Ontario's fastest growing cannabis retail store chain, announced today another 3 new stores have opened in Timmins, North Bay and Val Caron in the city of Greater Sudbury. The stores are located at: 3020 Highway 69 North, Val Caron – The City of Greater Sudbury 1881 Cassells Street, North Bay 1869 Riverside Drive, Timmins Cannabis Jacks has ...

LONGMONT, Colo.,– Hemp seed breeders must collaborate with academic-run, varietal trials to tackle hemp's total THC problem and move the industry forward, says Matt Haddad, CEO of Trilogene Seeds, a hemp seed breeder. "Ninety-five percent of all the hemp grown last year was marijuana. It went hot," Haddad says. "We need to bring more academic analysis ...

DENVER–GrowGeneration Corp. (NASDAQ: GRWG), a chain of specialty hydroponic and organic garden centers, today announced its acquisition of The Harvest Company, a northern California-based hydroponic supply center and cultivation design innovator with stores in Redding and Trinity County. The Harvest Company serves growers in Northern California's Emerald Triangle – the largest cannabis-producing region in the ...

VANCOUVER, B.C.–Nextleaf Solutions Ltd. (CSE: OILS) (OTCQB: OILFF), a cannabis extractor, announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the Company a patent to a method for refining raw cannabis plant material, adding to Nextleaf's already expanding U.S. patent portfolio. Nextleaf's latest U.S. patent covers a method for separating cannabinoid-rich trichomes from ...

SASKATOON–BOLD Growth Inc., a licensed producer based in Saskatchewan is pleased to announce it has been granted a license from Health Canada to sell cannabis oil products, effective May 12, 2021. This license will allow BOLD to continue expanding their craft product offerings into new categories such as vapes, edibles, topicals and extracts. The company ...

ROSH HAA'YIN, Israel–Cannibble FoodTech Ltd an Israeli Foodtech start up, announced that it reached an agreement to develop a new line of CBD infused shakes with one of Canada's leading Cannabis companies. Cannibble will develop for the Canadian company a line of CBD infused shakes with new and unique flavors. Once the product development is ...