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Simon Gerard

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Bird’s-eye view: Pistol and Paris is flying high

Posted on: 01 Feb 2022

Proud of BC’s legacy, this brand aims for authenticity.

BC inks cannabis agreements with Indigenous groups

Posted on: 22 Dec 2021

Announcement shows movement toward First Nations establishing themselves in legal cannabis.

Backwoods BC Bud first to join True Leaf’s ‘path-to-market’ program

Posted on: 30 Sep 2021

True Leaf has launched their new “path-to-market” program for micro-cultivators.

The best cannabis accessories from Canadian brands

Posted on: 25 Jun 2021

From handmade to high-tech, we rounded up some of our favourites.

First ‘farm-to-gate’ cannabis facility in BC

Posted on: 25 Jun 2020

The Williams Lake First Nation has broken ground on an upcoming farm-to-gate facility called, Sugar Cane Cannabis.

B.C. LPs growing in the great outdoors

Posted on: 14 May 2020

Growing cannabis outdoors is gaining ground this year in B.C.

Zenabis teams up with Pax, drinks yet to drop

Posted on: 23 Apr 2020

Zenabis is one of only a handful of companies that have an agreement with Pax to supply pods for the Pax Era vaporizer.

Pot in the pandemic

Posted on: 09 Apr 2020

Unity Marguerite talks to the oz. about how COVID-19 has changed the retail experience at the Village Bloomery.

Canada’s first cannabis ‘cigarette’ in production

Posted on: 12 Mar 2020

After gaining attention when they announced their cigarette-style “pure cannabis sticks” Kelowna-Based THC BioMed has now started production. It will be the first filtered cigarette-style pre-roll available in Canada and aimed at being an alternative for smokers looking to quit. Intended for a single-use session, they include commercial-grade filters said to “…protect the consumer but […]

Canopy uproots BC Tweed, 500 jobs cut

Posted on: 05 Mar 2020

The B.C. cannabis community took a huge hit this week, with Canopy Growth cutting around 500 jobs as they suddenly closed their BC Tweed facilities in Delta and Aldergrove. On the morning of March 4, all staff at both facilities were called into a meeting, where they were told everyone was terminated immediately. Canopy Growth […]

Hobo is king of cannabis in Vancouver

Posted on: 27 Feb 2020

Within a year, Hobo Cannabis Company became the biggest name in Vancouver for cannabis retail.