There will be free cannabis samples and experts to answer pot-related questions — but no munchies — at London's first cannabis consumption event this weekend. Lux Smoke Cannabis at 467 Wharncliffe Rd. S. is holding the event Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. in a nearby parking lot, where nine licensed pot producers will set up booths. The event is the brainchild of Lux owner Marga Vertolli, who has been exploring the concept for the…
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A London entrepreneur is tapping the healing power of cannabis roots for a new line of skin-care products.
Jen Grant, a biochemical engineer with a 15-year track record of launching and running companies, is the founder of empyri, a skin-care line that uses extracts from the roots of marijuana and hemp plants.
“There is not a single consumer product on the market with cannabis roots in it,” Grant said.
Grant’s products don’t contain any tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or cannabidiol (CBD), two of the most-known components in marijuana, allowing her company to sell directly to customers, unlike cannabis products that must be sold though the Ontario Cannabis Store.
Production workers at a Southwestern Ontario cannabis company could be the first in Canada’s marijuana industry to unionize, a move one union official hopes will create a “ripple effect” across the sector.
Employees at WeedMD, a London-headquartered company with more than 200 workers at its operations in Strathroy, Aylmer and Bowmanville, have been signing union cards with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union over the past three weeks, national representative Kevin Shimmin said Wednesday.
Representing 250,000 workers across Canada, UFCW wants to begin negotiating a contract with the company next week, Shimmin said.
After being shunned for their big-city counterparts, smaller Southwestern cities are finally getting cannabis retail stores.
Nearly one year after the brick-and-mortar business began opening in Ontario, setting up shop mostly in mid-sized and large cities, operators are now setting their sights on places the size of St. Thomas (population 39,000) and Stratford (31,500).
“It’s much like any other retail. You’re looking for the biggest untapped market, not necessarily the biggest market,” said professor Michael Armstrong of the Goodman School of Business at Brock University.
Cities and towns in Southwestern Ontario will soon find out whether they’ll be home to the any of the second wave of cannabis retail stores opening in the fall.
Applicants vying for a shot at one of 42 marijuana retail licences had until Friday to submit an application to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), the province’s pot regulator, with the winners to be announced on Aug. 20.
But one leading cannabis lawyer says the financial requirements placed on applicants may be problematic, because many financial institutions remain skeptical of the marijuana industry.
Cannabis producer Beleave plans to hire 240 employees at its planned south London greenhouse and outdoor cultivation operation, the company’s chief executive says.
London is very progressive in its view of this industryBill Panagiotakopoulos
Beleave bought the former Heritage Garden Gallery greenhouse in September, paying $6.7 million for the 34-hectare property at 6867 Wellington Rd. South.
City hall issued a building permit to the company earlier this month to begin renovations on the 23,000-square-metre greenhouse, Beleave said.
