From the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the provincial government has maintained that it would keep both cannabis and alcohol retailers open out of concern closures may have on health care and CUTeven policing CUTas closures could fuel the black market. But cannabis retailers are… Read More »Cannabis retailers plead with Ontario to allow reopening in lockdown zones
Like the recessions before it, this year’s pandemic-induced economic downturn has had its winners and losers. Shoppers Drug Mart is one of the winners. Its parent company, Loblaw Companies Ltd., saw profits rise during the first quarter of 2020 despite the added costs of pandemic… Read More »Shoppers Drug Mart has become a huge pandemic winner — and it didn’t happen by accident
A Vancouver city councillor says she’s concerned compliance officers won’t have the necessary resources to effectively make use of new COVID-19 enforcement powers. On Friday, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth granted new authority to police, liquor, gaming, and cannabis inspectors and conservation officers to issue… Read More »Vancouver councillor says more resources needed to enforce new COVID-19 fines