Kieran Delamont
Smoke and fire: How vaping-related illnesses created a panic in Canada
Only 11 cases have been confirmed by Health Canada, but without a clear understanding of the causes, fear and confusion have filled the air Read more
Decade in review: 50 things that defined Toronto in the 2010s
The people, events, movements and stories that left an indelible mark on the city Read more
KIERAN DELAMONT
Small-scale outdoor growing is firing up Legalization 2.0
Former outlaws of the cannabis industry are stoking the next reefer revolution to show consumers what the business of bud could have been – and could still be Read more
New Vaughan bylaw butts out cannabis music festival
Journey Cannabis & Music Festival, which was set to take place this August, has been abruptly cancelled Read more
R. Jeanette Martin
Did legalization kill 420?
"Stoner's Christmas" could end up being more like St. Patrick’s Day – a celebration of substance and consumption without being too commercialized Read more
David Duprey
Can cannabis improve the lives of ex-NHLers shell-shocked by a career of hits to the head?
Canopy Growth has joined the National Hockey League Alumni Association to study the potential benefits of cannabinoids in managing the mental health challenges faced by former hockey players Read more
The TTC’s cannabis catch-22
Even TTC employees who come clean about their medical cannabis use can find themselves reassigned or taken off the job indefinitely Read more
Enzo DiMatteo
Cannabis lottery looks like an attempt by Ford government to ensure legalization fails
"It's a shit show all around" with virtually none of the winners in province's raffle for retail licences having a shred of name recognition within the cannabis industry Read more
R. Jeanette Martin
Maybe by next Christmas, cannabis will be as normal as fruit cake – only more fun
Now that the nation is free to light up, we begin the long and slow process of learning to be normal about it Read more
R. Jeanette Martin
Year In Review 2018: Legalization at last
It's still not perfect, but against the triumvirate of a coming federal election, messed up provincial politics and a global climate calamity, we’d all very much like to have some good weed Read more
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Let the sun shine in: Canada’s first outdoor cannabis farms are promising better quality weed
And at a better price than the quasi-quarantined stuff Licensed Producers are growing indoors Read more
Ontario’s new retail cannabis regs leave room for Big Bud to corner the market
The new regs cap the number of stores that can be owned and operated by a company at 75 but place no limits on licensing or franchising of Big Bud brands through storefront operations Read more
Tanja-Tiziana
Meet the ex-Tory staffers, advisors and Ford campaign strategists pushing private weed sales
However conventional it may be to make use of lobbyists who are used to speaking the language of the party in power, the sheer number with connections to Queen's Park is concerning Read more
Dude, where’s my weed?
Some 150,000 orders were placed with the Ontario Cannabis Store during the first week of legalization, but only a fraction have been filled. What’s the deal? Read more
The Legalization Issue: For Canadian cannabis companies it's brand or die
The rules that come into force when cannabis is legalized on October 17 will prohibit most forms of advertising, so weed companies are turning to private events to accomplish what they can’t do publicly Read more
Cheol Joon Baek
The Legalization Issue: From medpot to the next frontier – psychedelics as medicine
As the country blows the doors open to legal cannabis, medpot pioneer Alison Myrden prepares to go to court to fight for a legal exemption to consume magic mushrooms for her MS Read more
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Legalization is here (hooray), but burning questions remain on cannabis sales in Ontario
The subsidiary of the LCBO that will be responsible for recreational cannabis sales has all but receded from public view in recent months – left in its wake is confusion Read more
R. Jeanette Martin
Feds hint at amnesty on marijuana charges, but not until after legalization
Some 600,000 Canadians have a conviction for simple possession of marijuana – and cops are still busting people despite the fact legalization is just around the corner Read more
Illustration by Jason Carter
Decolonizing cannabis: can legalization set Indigenous communities free?
“This is going to be bigger than tobacco,” says Jamie Kunkel, who owns Smoke Signals, a medical cannabis dispensary on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory east of Belleville Read more
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Women in weed: welcome to the emerging "estrogen oligarchy"
Why hasn’t cannabis been a leader in gender equality? Cannabis has a long tradition, after all, of social conscience, and in an age when gender diversity in business is becoming openly talked about, why hasn’t that translated statistically? Read more