If you think you’ve seen a lot of new cannabis shops popping up around Toronto recently, it’s not all in your imagination. While many businesses are struggling during the pandemic, new cannabis retailers keep opening in the city and across Ontario. Does that mean the… Read More »More cannabis shops keep opening despite lots of competition and the pandemic
Ontario has announced that a “provincewide shutdown” will begin on Boxing Day and last for four weeks in southern areas of the province and two weeks in northern areas. The government had previously planned to implement the measures beginning on Christmas Eve, sources told Global… Read More »Ontario to enter ‘provincewide shutdown’ on Boxing Day
TORONTO – The Canadian Paediatric Society is advising parents unable to breastfeed their newborns to stay away from unregulated breast milk sold or shared online. The society says that in most cases, mothers unable to breastfeed their babies should turn to commercial formula instead. Meanwhile,… Read More »Parents unable to breastfeed should use formula instead of online milk exchange: CPS
Three years before Premier Doug Ford’s government cancelled the Hamilton LRT over what it described as skyrocketing costs, Metrolinx and the Ministry of Transportation knew the project would be significantly more expensive than the $1 billion public estimate, according to Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk.… Read More »Metrolinx knew Hamilton LRT would cost far more than $1 billion years before it was cancelled, auditor general says
They’re considered essential but you will not find anyone inside pot shops in Toronto and Peel Region, the provinces two lockdown zones. “All we’re asking for is an opportunity to do right by our customers in the community, have a consistent playing field and, you… Read More »Coronavirus: 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
HURON COUNTY – The 2020 Agri-Food Forum will be held virtually for the first time since it’s inception in 2009, due to the current health crisis. Traditionally the forum is a two-day event with bus tours and presentations but this year it will be two… Read More »Agri-Food Forum to be held online this year
OTTAWA – A nine-month investigation has led to 16 arrests and 138 criminal charges, mainly drug-trafficking counts, in eastern Ontario and Quebec, police say. The Ontario Provincial Police say they executed 12 search warrants in Ottawa as well as Gatineau and Luskville, Que., last Thursday… Read More »Police in Ottawa area arrest 16 in connection with wholesale drug trafficking
Saturday marks the second anniversary of the legalization of cannabis and two years in Ontario Provincial Police say the province is grappling with a black market that’s running rampant with ties to major criminal organizations. Morganne Campbell reports. Source link
BROCKTON – Mayor Chris Peabody drew council’s attention to an important matter during the Sept. 22 council meeting. A public meeting has been scheduled for Oct. 13 concerning the proposed use and expansion of the former Energizer building on the west side of Walkerton, for… Read More »Public meeting scheduled regarding proposed marijuana facility