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Aurora vs Curaleaf: M&A Clash Reaches Shareholder Decision Point
EDMONTON - STAMFORD – Aurora Cannabis Inc. filed its Directors' Circular, unanimously urging shareholders to REJECT the unsolicited takeover bid from Curaleaf Holdings Inc., calling the offer inadequate and warning it puts long-term shareholder value ...
Week in Review: Cannabis & Psychedelics Industry Highlights
LOS ANGELES – Some weeks move the needle. The past fortnight moved the whole dial. A Phase 3 breakthrough, a nine-figure pharma bet, a federal price tag on legalization, hemp THC ban delay, and a ...
ATB Cormark Conference: Cannabis Operators Focus on Debt and Cash Flow
NEW YORK – Senior executives from major MSOs, including Green Thumb Industries, Trulieve Cannabis, Verano Holdings, Curaleaf and Vireo Growth are scheduled to hold private meetings with institutional fund managers in Manhattan next week at ...
CRB Monitor and NCS Analytics Partner to Bridge the Cannabis Compliance Data Gap
DENVER – Two of the industry's most data-intensive platforms that have long operated on parallel tracks in the Cannabis compliance space announced a formal partnership, combining regulatory licensing records with real-time operational analytics into a ...
Decibel Reports Q2 2026 Financial Results
CALGARY – Decibel Cannabis Co. Inc. reported second-quarter net revenue of $35.6 million for the period ended June 30, 2026, the best three-month result in the company's history. A licensed Canadian Cannabis producer simultaneously raised ...
Organigram Pulls Sanity Group Into a Single Global Structure
TORONTO – Organigram Global Inc. did not wait out the calendar. Roughly four months after the April 2026 closing of its acquisition of Sanity Group GmbH, the Canadian Cannabis producer announced an accelerated integration of ...
Aurora Takes Ownership of UK Patient Supply Chain with Birmingham Acquisitions
EDMONTON – Aurora Cannabis Inc. has acquired two licensed UK pharmaceutical entities, consolidating vertical control of its distribution network in one of Europe's most active medical Cannabis markets. Through a wholly owned subsidiary, Aurora announced ...
Aurora vs Curaleaf: M&A Clash Reaches Shareholder Decision Point
EDMONTON - STAMFORD – Aurora Cannabis Inc. filed its Directors' Circular, unanimously urging shareholders to REJECT the unsolicited takeover bid from Curaleaf Holdings Inc., calling the offer inadequate and warning it puts long-term shareholder value ...
Week in Review: Cannabis & Psychedelics Industry Highlights
LOS ANGELES – Some weeks move the needle. The past fortnight moved the whole dial. A Phase 3 breakthrough, a nine-figure pharma bet, a federal price tag on legalization, hemp THC ban delay, and a ...
ATB Cormark Conference: Cannabis Operators Focus on Debt and Cash Flow
NEW YORK – Senior executives from major MSOs, including Green Thumb Industries, Trulieve Cannabis, Verano Holdings, Curaleaf and Vireo Growth are scheduled to hold private meetings with institutional fund managers in Manhattan next week at ...
Whitney Economics Updates Review of Federal Tax Pressure on Legal Cannabis Operators
PORTLAND – Whitney Economics refreshed its analysis on the federal tax burden facing state-regulated legal Cannabis operators, estimating that they paid $2.24 billion in excess taxes in 2025 alone due to Section 280E of the ...
A LIFE IN A DAY: Clayton Smith: CEO: AULV Health
NEW YORK- A LIFE IN A DAY offers viewers another look at well-known people who are in various areas of the industry. We can see from their LinkedIn profile what they do for work, but ...
Vireo Growth Completes Acquisition of Hawthorne Gardening Company
MINNEAPOLIS – Vireo Growth Inc. announced it has closed acquisition of The Hawthorne Gardening Company from The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, marking the completion of a deal first outlined in a nonbinding memorandum of understanding in ...
Cannabis Sales Climb as Alcohol Purchases Slip, Statistics Canada Reports
OTTAWA – New federal data from Statistics Canada reveal that recreational Cannabis sales in Canada rose while alcohol declined in the fiscal year, ending March 31, 2025. Parallel trends appear in U.S. frequency-of-use surveys, where ...
Sensi Seeds and Death Row Records Partner to Release Exclusive Strains in U.S.
AMSTERDAM – Sensi Seeds, the Dutch seed bank founded in 1985, has brought its collaboration with Death Row Records to American home cultivators. The move makes selected Cannabis strains available in the United States for ...
Ascend Wellness Partners with NuProject to Introduce ROOTS
NEW YORK – Ascend Wellness Holdings announced it had teamed up with the non-profit NuProject to launch a six-month business readiness program called ROOTS (Readying Opportunities for Operational & Trade Sustainability). The initiative targets licensed ...
WM Technology to Delist from Nasdaq
IRVINE – WM Technology, Inc., the company behind the Weedmaps online Cannabis marketplace, announced that it will voluntarily pull its Class A common stock and warrants from the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The move comes ...
Bioxyne to Manufacture Medical Cannabis Products for Aurora Cannabis
SYDNEY – In a development that highlights the growing emphasis on dependable supply chains across the medical Cannabis sector, Bioxyne Limited has secured a manufacturing agreement with Aurora Cannabis Inc. to produce pharmaceutical-grade medicinal Cannabis ...
Distressed Assets Are Reshaping Cannabis M&A
LOS ANGELES- Distressed assets are now driving the next phase of Cannabis M&A. What appears on the surface to be a slowdown in deal activity is, in reality, a shift in how transactions are being ...
Charlotte Figi Day: The Enduring Legacy of a Girl Who Sparked a Revolution in Cannabis
LOS ANGELES – Every year on April 7, Colorado officially observes Charlotte Figi Day, a day set aside by proclamation of Governor Jared Polis to honor a remarkable young girl whose courage, suffering, and breakthrough ...
Innocan Pharma Closes Additional Insider Debenture
HERZLIYA-CALGARY – Innocan Pharma Corp. announced that it had completed the closing of an additional secured debenture with its largest shareholder, Tamar Innovest Ltd., for gross proceeds of $200,000. The financing follows the company’s earlier ...
New Mexico Allocates $630K for Medical Psilocybin Treatment Equity Fund
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the state’s annual budget bill, setting aside $630,000 to create the Medical Psilocybin Treatment Equity Fund and extend access to supervised psilocybin therapy for low-income and rural ...
Vireo Growth and MWBE-Led Ace Venture Announce Strategic Partnership
NEW YORK – Vireo Growth Inc. has struck a deal with minority and women-owned business enterprise (MWBE) of Ace Venture of NY to hand over controlling ownership of its long-running medical Cannabis operations in the ...
Why NECANN Boston Is Becoming a Strategic Growth Engine for Cannabis Brands
BOSTON- If you want to understand where the U.S. Cannabis industry is heading next, look east—and more specifically, look at NECANN Boston. Returning April 24–25 at the Hynes Convention Center, the New England Cannabis Convention ...
Minnesota OCM Opens New Window for Hemp Edible Licenses
ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) began accepting applications again on April 1 for three types of lower-potency hemp edible (LPHE) business licenses: retailer, manufacturer and wholesaler. OCM Executive Director Eric ...
