Skylar Soroka | The Kingston Whig Standard In the aftermath of the LaSalle Causeway bridge closure, downtown Kingston tourism looks different — and some small businesses say they are suffering. For Zoe Yanovsky, owner of Chez Piggy Restaurant and Pan Chancho Bakery and Café, the closure has had a significant…

Although she says there’s an argument to be made that the sales on the platform might bring in new customers, from her perspective, this would just mean cannibalising sales that might have already come through their own online store. It’s too expensive, and for what?” asks Cavion. “It’s a terrible…

Jennawae McLean, co-owner of Calyx + Trichomes Cannabis and the Executive Director of Norml Canada, says she agrees with the idea of opening up the limit to at least allow producers to sell more than 10mg per package, even if the potency on individual servings stays the same. “(Ten)mg…

“For the most part, (the proposed changes are) just practical to what the regulations already are, and effectively how things should be behaving,” said Jennawae Cavion, owner of Kingston, Ont., dispensary Calyx+Trichomes and executive director of NORML Canada. “It eliminates a lot of redundancy in a lot of ways.” While many…

Jennawae Cavion, however, founder of Calyx + Trichomes in Kingston and the Executive Director of Norml Canada, says she thinks the money could be better spent on assisting the legal industry instead of on shutting down illegal stores, especially given how easily these stores and websites can open up again.  “I think that…

“We decided to either minimize or eliminate the position of LPs engaging in data deals that fund predatory pricing structures,” says Jennawae Cavion, founder of Calyx + Trichomes in Kingston. “We’re doing this while amplifying the LPs who don’t engage in data deals, who support independent retailers, and who…

“I appreciate that in the beginning there needed to be options for everyone, but now we’re at a point where there’s a lot of retailers who need any sale that they can get,” said Jennawae Cavion, executive director of NORML Canada and owner of licensed Kingston, Ont., retailer Calyx+Trichomes. “This…

“Ten milligrams is a great dosage starting point, and I think that as long as we can have multiple servings per package, that’s the perfect way to look at it, and it’s also how most other jurisdictions have looked at it,” Cavion said.

“We appreciate the reasons why this hasn’t been addressed up to this point,” explains Cavion. “Health Canada has been dealing with a global health crisis. But it’s time for this to be reviewed now.” JENNAWAE CAVION, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT NORML CANADA

Jennawae Cavion, who owns licensed Kingston, Ont., retailer Calyx+Trichomes, said current THC limits are hindering legal retailers' ability to compete with illicit sellers, whose selection of edibles is far more potent.

This week marks five years since cannabis was legalized in Canada, and Jennawae Cavion, Co-Owner at Calyx and Trichomes, said it’s been quite an experience. One topic that sticks out when it comes to the sale of legalized cannabis is the over-saturation of the market.

“We’re still living the dream, it’s just the purgatory dream,” said Jennawae Cavion, the co-founder of Kingston, Ont., cannabis store chain Calyx + Trichomes. Over the last five years, she’s seen Ontario flip-flop on the store licensing process, faced rivals trying to steal business by opening nearby and survived six…