British Columbia

B.C. and N.B.-based Zenabis is an ACMPR Licensed Producer of cannabis with its sights set on the global marketplace. While Canada moves forward with the world’s largest nationally-regulated cannabis marketplace, professionals everywhere are preparing for this momentous shift in federal policy. Zenabis already has production facilities in Delta, British Columbia and Atholville, New Brunswick. Together, […]

1st NASDAQ-traded company CEO Mike Gorenstein of Cronos Group and most pro-cannabis Republican, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher to address group; Dozens of Promising Cannabis Companies Pitch Investors in ‘Shark-Tank’ Style Format Vancouver, BC – On the heels of Trump backing states’ rights on marijuana and former Speaker of the House John Boehner joining the cannabis industry, […]

The student union at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus have approved a pilot program that will allow their student health insurance to cover medical cannabis, according to a CBC News report. This is the second university in Canada to approve allowing medical cannabis coverage under its healthcare plan after the University of Waterloo approved […]

Canadian medical cannabis producer Canopy Growth Corp. has been granted a license for the largest federally-licensed cannabis cultivation site in the world – it’s 1.3 million-square-foot site in Aldergrove, British Columbia. The site is one of two operating under a partnership with BC Tweed, known as the BC Tweed Joint Venture. The license covers more […]

Darcy Bomford is the CEO of True Leaf Medicine International, a Canadian company with one department in the national medical cannabis program and another that manufactures hemp-based wellness products for pets. In this interview, Ganjapreneur.com podcast host TG Branfalt talks with Darcy about Canada’s medical cannabis program, the strict licensing process that producers undergo there, […]

The British Columbia, Canada government has laid out some of the details for how it will regulate adult-use cannabis sales in the province, setting the legal purchasing age at 19 and, like other provinces, leaving distribution to the government via BC Liquor Distribution Branch. Private companies will be able to run the retail side; however, […]

Back for its second year, the Lift Cannabis Business Conference (LCBC) comes to Vancouver on January 12, 2018, featuring professional development panels led by cannabis industry experts. Coming less than six months ahead of recreational cannabis legalization in Canada, the Vancouver LCBC offers a critical opportunity for entrepreneurs and investors interested in upcoming opportunities north […]

IBM is pitching blockchain technology to the British Columbia, Canada government as “an irrefutable chain of custody audit for the seed-to-sale of cannabis.” According to the Oct. 1 document, IBM says the technology can help the government “take control of sourcing, selling, and pricing” of cannabis products, assist producers with inventory management in real time, […]