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Canopy Growth may face challenges offloading assets, CEO says

By Nichola Saminather, Shariq Khan February 15, 2020
Reuters — Canada’s biggest cannabis producer, Canopy Growth Corp., could face challenges offloading assets as it seeks to winnow its facilities down to focus on its most lucrative markets and […] Read more

A worker pushes a cart of marijuana plants at the Canopy Growth facility at Smiths Falls, Ont. on Jan. 4, 2018. (File photo: Reuters/Chris Wattie)
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More pain in store for Canadian marijuana companies

Aurora Cannabis, Tilray cut jobs

By Nichola Saminather February 8, 2020
Toronto | Reuters — Investors are bracing for more job cuts and writedowns at Canadian cannabis producers before the industry stabilizes and becomes profitable, after two of the biggest weed […] Read more


File photo of a worker checking cannabis plants at a Tilray factory hothouse at Cantanhede, about 220 km north of Lisbon, on April 24, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Rafael Marchante)
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Tilray, in cost reduction mode, cuts 10 per cent of workforce

By Nichola Saminather February 5, 2020
Toronto | Reuters — Tilray Inc. has cut 10 per cent of its 1,443-strong workforce as part of a global restructuring effort to reduce costs, the cannabis producer said Tuesday. […] Read more

Manitoba’s Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority (LGCA) has been running billboards such as this one in Winnipeg to educate the public ahead of edibles’ entry to the recreational market. (Dave Bedard photo)
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Cannabis patients boost Aurora edible sales

By Nichola Saminather December 20, 2019
Toronto | Reuters — Aurora Cannabis this week became the first major Canadian company to sell edibles and vapes for medical use, a small base that nevertheless helps shore up […] Read more

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As ‘Cannabis 2.0’ kicks off, industry strangled by limited retail outlets

By Nichola Saminather, Shariq Khan October 17, 2019
Reuters — A year after Canada legalized use of recreational marijuana, cannabis stocks have lost half their market value, and investors betting that the launch of higher-margin pot-infused drinks and […] Read more


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Vape product concerns weigh on cannabis companies

By Nichola Saminather September 30, 2019
Toronto | Reuters — A U.S. recommendation that consumers avoid vaping products containing the active ingredient in marijuana ahead of their legalization in Canada next month could be a blow […] Read more

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Labatt to partner with Tilray to tap cannabis drink market

By Nichola Saminather, Susan Taylor December 19, 2018
Toronto | Reuters — Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, and Canadian pot producer Tilray Inc. are partnering in a US$100 million joint venture to research cannabis-infused non-alcoholic drinks for […] Read more

A small marijuana plant grows in a lab at the new Commercial Cannabis Production Program at Niagara College in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, October 9, 2018.  Photo: Reuters/Carlos Osorio/File

U.S. pot firm Curaleaf to triple planned equity offering

By John Tilak, Nichola Saminather October 24, 2018
Toronto | Reuters – U.S. cannabis retailer Curaleaf Holdings Inc is raising about $400 million, almost three times its original target, in Toronto, in a deal that would value the […] Read more


Canopy Growth CEO Bruce Linton applauds after handing Ian Power and Nikki Rose, who were first in line to purchase the first legal recreational marijuana after midnight, their purchases at a Tweed retail store in St John’s, N.L. on Oct. 17, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Chris Wattie)
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Sober start as recreational marijuana becomes legal in Canada

By Julie Gordon, Nichola Saminather October 18, 2018
Toronto/Vancouver | Reuters — Canada became the first industrialized nation to legalize recreational cannabis on Wednesday, but a lawful buzz will be hard to come by in its biggest cities […] Read more

(CanopyGrowth.com)
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Big Weed hits up Europe hoping for expansion cash

By Nichola Saminather, Simon Jessop September 17, 2018
Toronto/London | Reuters — A favorite of DIY stock pickers, Canadian cannabis firms are trying to bolster their institutional investor base by ramping up efforts to woo European funds as […] Read more

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