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Provincial cannabis shortage
There is a provincial cannabis shortage, no this isn’t a joke (we wish it was)
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One third of budtenders hired in the last year already left their job: study
Jennawae McLean, the co-founder of Calyx + Trichomes, a cannabis store chain in Kingston, Ont. said budtenders leave their jobs for a variety of reasons.
Many are drawn to the sector because they think cannabis has a “cool factor,” but later realize the job can be as tedious and public-facing as other retail positions.
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Once booming cannabis industry ‘not easy for anyone right now’
“It’s really disheartening to see. There’s a human toll to all these announcements,” says NORML Canada executive Jennawae McLean, who is also a retail store owner in Kingston, Ont.
“All licensed producers are in austerity mode. They are all trying to save, and the budget for staff has become much less. The budget for staffing has become a lot less because they’re limited in where they can save.”
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Canada’s 10mg edibles limit empowering black market, hamstringing legal industry
Jennawae McLean, the 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.
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Canadian cannabis retailer warns of possible suit, fallout from OCS leak
“I hope that infrastructure is put into place so this is avoided in the future, because this is not something that we should, as a private sector, be dealing with when we’re dealing with a government entity – we should be able to trust that our data is being taken care of.”
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Canada’s most ‘crushable’ cannabis drinks
I asked Jennawae to make a list of the top 10 cannabis drinks on the market. I’m not sure anyone has tried more of them than her.
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Two cannabis retailers share stories of strange scam calls, concerns with connections to robberies
Two cannabis retailers are sounding the alarm about a scam that appears to be targeting cannabis stores in Canada.
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Ontario launching cannabis delivery permanently on March 15
Employee safety and drivers’ insurance are among the issues retailers must tackle as they prepare to restart the service
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Ontario sets clearer rules against pay-to-play retail deals
The updated rules also ban house brands and in-store advertising
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Ontario NDP leader calls for vaccine passporting at pot shops
But cannabis stores aren’t causing more infections, retailers say, and shouldn’t be used as a political prop to drive vaccinations.
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Ontario regulator issues warning after unregulated hemp products sold at licenced pot shops
A pair of licensed cannabis stores selling unregulated hemp products has prompted Ontario’s pot regulator to issue a warning to retailers.
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Legal cannabis sales have overtaken illicit market for first time in Ontario, OCS says
New data show sales made through Ontario’s legal cannabis channels have overtaken those made through the illicit market for the first time ever.
