Alberta

A new study based on medical data from Alberta, Canada, has revealed a connection between cannabis use disorder and an increased risk of cardiovascular issues. Published in Addiction, this research analyzed data from nearly 60,000 adults from 2012 to 2019. Published in Addiction...

DEA Boosts Production Of Cannabis & Psychedelics For Research In 2023 The DEA is proposing that 6.7 million grams (14,770 pounds) of marijuana be grown for research, more than double the amount suggested for 2022 (3.2 million grams).  The agency also raised the quota for “all...

Canadian cannabis company Atlas Biotechnologies Inc has launched Atlas Thrive CBD gum, in partnership with NordicCan. This innovative addition to the line of Atlas Thrive products, provides another convenient, easy-to-use, and discreet way for adults to integrate CBD into their existing health and...

High Tide Inc. (NASDAQ: HITI) (TSXV: HITI) (FSE: 2LYA) has launched its cannabis Delivery on Demand program at select Canna Cabana locations in Alberta. Through the company's Delivery on Demand program, customers will be guaranteed delivery within two hours of placing their order, or in any...

Heritage Cannabis Holdings Corp. (CSE: CANN) (OTCQX: HERTF), a leading cannabis company offering innovative products to both the medical and recreational legal cannabis markets in Canada and the U.S, announced a definitive white label agreement with BRNT Ltd, an Alberta-based brand house and...

Canadian retailer of recreational cannabis High Tide Inc. (OTCQB: HITIF), is opening its 73rd branded retail location in Canada. The new adult-use store is located at 4600 Bowness Road NW, in Calgary's Montgomery neighborhood in the vicinity of the University of Calgary campus. The...

Cannabis company Zenabis Global Inc. (TSX: ZENA) is poised to merge with an undisclosed licensed cannabis producer. The news came on the heels of Sundial Growers Inc.'s (NASDAQ: SNDL) attempts to buy the Vancouver-based company. Last week, it agreed to acquire a special purposed...

Sundial Growers Inc. (NASDAQ: SNDL) teamed up with chocolatier company Choklat Inc. to enter the edible market in Canada. Sundial and Choklat opted to launch a cannabis-infused confectionary brand, including a wide range of chocolate bars, drinking chocolate, and infused sugar. Under the sales and...

Radient Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: RTI) (OTCQX: RDDTF) is conducting a strategic review of the company's operations. According to a Friday's update, the board of directors would evaluate costs and underutilized assets for the company to achieve positive cash flow. The Edmonton,...

Here’s the summary of the latest corporate shake-ups in the cannabis industry. Target Capital Names 2 Directors Target Capital Inc. — doing business as CBi2 Capital — named enlisted Ron Hozjan and Theo Zunich as directors. Hozjan spent more than two decades as a senior...

Energy logistics providers USD Partners (NYSE: USDP) and Gibson Energy (TSX: GEI) expect construction of a diluent recovery unit (DRU) to begin next month at the Hardisty Terminal in Alberta, Canada. The unit will enable freight trains to transport a type of heavy crude oil from Alberta to the U.S...

Alberta's government will allow producers to exceed production limits to ship more crude by rail from the Canadian province. Beginning in December, oil producers can request to go above their existing curtailment rules, Energy Minister Sonya Savage said on Oct. 31. "The special allowance program...

U.S.-based energy company Devon Energy Corp (NYSE: DVN) said Wednesday it reached an agreement to sell its Canadian business for C$3.8 billion ($2.8 billion USD) to Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (NYSE: CNQ). What Happened Devon Energy's Canadian business includes heavy oil assets mostly...

On Oct. 17, 2018, Canada made history by becoming the first G7 country and the second country overall to legalize adult-use cannabis. Yet the rollout of legal Canadian cannabis was fraught with shortages, a limited retail presence and poor product selection.  In 2018, legal cannabis...