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Kingston cannabis shop insists job seekers be regular users
Job applicants must be regular cannabis users.
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Mississauga to allow cannabis stores
Jennawae Cavion, the founder at Calyx + Trichomes in Kingston and the Executive Director at NORML Canada, notes that the move is good in general, but could be a difficult one for those operating stores just outside the boundaries of the city.
“Congratulations to Mississauga for finally realizing the harm they have done in their municipality over the last four years by opting out of cannabis sales. They not only allowed the unregulated market to flourish, they also created a false bubble in border cities where their residents would drive to
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THC Testing—What it says vs What it is
Jennawae Cavion of Calyx and Trichomes in Kingston, had a simpler idea: “They should just put a range on the label,†she says. “Or, even a disclaimer: ‘Flower in bag may be lower than advertised THC.’â€
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Ready-to-use, pre-ground cannabis gains popularity in Canada
Milled marijuana shoppers are so devoted that Ontario cannabis store proprietor Jennawae Cavion calls them “Shredheads,†referencing the popular Shred brand of ground cannabis from Canadian grower Organigram Holdings.
Based on past experience, Cavion associated ground cannabis with poor quality, and at first she didn’t stock it.
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Kitchener, Ont., cannabis retailer launches campaign over what he calls ‘illegal kickbacks’
“Offers usually come on products that are pure trash that need to be moved or worse, products that are pure trash with artificially inflated price to account for these kickbacks.”
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Ontario cannabis shop sales data circulating, provincial pot regulators investigate
Ontario cannabis stores are seeing their sales data shared among competitors without approval for at least the second time in a year, sparking concerns for shops competing in an already intense industry.
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Ontario cannabis retailer group calls out “kickbacksâ€
A group of Ontario cannabis stores are calling for an end to “kickbacks†that they say are used to incentivize shelf space for some producers.
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Ontario cannabis retailer group calls out “kickbacksâ€
A group of Ontario cannabis stores are calling for an end to “kickbacks†that they say are used to incentivize shelf space for some producers.
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Ontario cannabis store regulator under pressure over alleged ‘pay-to-play’ deals
Jennawae Cavion, co-founder and CEO of Calyx + Trichomes in Kingston, said pay-to-play is common in many industries, “but they’re straight up not allowed in Ontario, and I don’t understand why the AGCO and other provinces don’t do anything about it.â€
“It’s a really thin veil,†she said.
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Cannabis industry still recovering from OCS, LDB distribution shutdowns in August
Jennawae Cavion, co-owner of Calyx + Trichomes Cannabis in Kingston, Ontario says she expects it won’t be until the end of the year, at the earliest, before she is fully recovered and her shelves fully replenished.
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The importance of competition
Why any monopoly is bad for customers and the viability of any cannabis business involved. By: Jennawae Cavion | Executive Director, NORML Canada When I’m
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Time to end Ontario’s legal cannabis monopoly, industry says
Independent retailers say they’re bearing the biggest brunt of these shortfalls.
Jennawae Cavion, founder and CEO of Kingston, Ont. retailer Calyx+Trichomes, told the National Post they had to temporarily shutter one of their two outlets just to stay in business.
“It’s really scary to have your entire livelihood in the hands of people who are pointing fingers at other people,†she said.
