If you enjoy taking a toke every now and then you may be pleasantly surprised to head that Toronto-based company is looking for people who want to smoke weed and get paid for it. AHLOT a Cannabis company that operates out of Toronto is hiring ‘cannabis connoisseurs’ to test out weed from licenced producers across Canada.
As Canada prepares for the legalization marijuana brands are looking to make the industry health focused. With that in mind, one of the biggest concerns about the use of marijuana by regular users is the widely varying effects people can experience.
Currently, the strains and different types of marijuana are not heavily regulated making it difficult to decide what buds to smoke if you are a new user.
The ‘cannabis connoisseur’ job will be part of AHLOT’s Cannabis Curation Committee. The group will essentially try out different strains of marijuana so that AHLOT can get a better understanding of how the drug will affect future patients.
The are five positions available and the job is set to pay $50 an hour. On top of that, there is a $200 monthly bonus.
Who would have thought you could get paid to sit around and smoke weed -0 what a time to be alive.
Source: Metro
Who will be selling marijuana in Ontario once it becomes legal has been a little confusing for consumers. According to CTV the OCS (Ontario Cannabis Stores) won’t be the only ones selling marijuana once it’s legal on October 17, 2018, as the Ontario government will allow private stores to remain open as legalization takes place.
Sources close to the provincial government expect the announcement to be made public as early as next week and will outline the strategy to allow the private sector to own and operate cannabis shops.
The government would still control the distribution of cannabis and would also manage online sales. Under the former Wynne government, Ontario was set to give full control of cannabis sales to the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, with 40 stores set to open in the next few years under the OCS banner.
The new system would see something similiar to what Albert has established which lets private business sell Cannabis with licences granted by the LCBO.
The new change stems from the new Ford government who doesn’t believe the “government should stick their noses into everything”
We will keep you posted as this story develops.
Source: CTV
It’s been a long wait but the Canadian Senate finally passed the bill to legalize recreational marijuana, with a vote of 52 to 29. This means that a legal cannabis market will be open and operating in just 8 to 12 weeks. We are officially the second country to have ever legalized marijuana!
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been promising Canadians to legalize marijuana since his 2015 campaign. He advocated in favour of legalization to take “marijuana off the streets and instead allow adults who use it to purchase it in a safe way.”
It’s been too easy for our kids to get marijuana – and for criminals to reap the profits. Today, we change that. Our plan to legalize & regulate marijuana just passed the Senate. #PromiseKept
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) June 20, 2018
The government had originally aimed at making recreational marijuana available by July 1 but now the date is officially October 17th. Once legal, Canadians will be able to possess and purchase as much as 30 grams at one time. This can be shared with other legal adults. It still hasn’t been fully figured out how marijuana will be sold in Ontario but it seems Doug Ford favours independent retailers as opposed to government-operated stores.
“We’ve just witnessed a historic vote for Canada. The end of 90 years of prohibition. Transformative social policy, I think. A brave move on the part of the government,” Dean said while also noting that he felt great about the outcome.
Source: Narcity.com
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Coffee Chain The Second Cup has recently announced plans to open a network of recreational marijuana dispensaries. The initial plan sees Second Cup opening dispensaries in Western Canada and then moving eastward.
The Mississauga headquarter-based Second Cup announced on Thursday plans to partner with National Access Cannabis Corp. to develop and operate a network of NAC-branded dispensaries across the country.
The partnership plan is for NAC to dispense cannabis and then will work with The Second Cup to “leverage Second Cup’s extensive Canadian retail footprint to construct retail stores,”.
What’s interesting is that The Second Cup has said that it’s possible that some Second Cup locations will be converted into coffee + cannabis shops.
“We’ll look to work with Second Cup to license select storefronts, utilizing our proven business model to deliver secure, safe and responsible access,” NAC’s CEO Mark Goliger said.
Source: Presswire
The Ontario government has finally announced where they intend on locating the initial four cannabis retail stores. The addition of more stores is in the work, but according to the OCS “The identification of additional OCS store locations is ongoing and more information on store locations will be communicated over the coming months.”
Each store will have to adhere to a specific set of provincial guidelines including municipal zoning by-laws, minimizing proximity to secondary and primary school locations.
The LCBO is taking control of the community aspect of the OCS sites and will ensure that OCS stores are responsible partners in the communities they operate in.
According to the government, OCS stores will operate with the same level of customer service and expertise in the product range that customers have come to expect through the LCBO.
Shopify has stepped up to the plate to supply the technology that will power the screens in OCS stores and will supplement customers with health information to inform them on their shopping decisions.
In addition to storefronts, OCS will also provide an e-commerce option to provide Ontarians a safe a secure way of legally purchased cannabis for home delivery.
Ontario Cannabis Store Locations Identified
The OCS has identified the following four locations for initial cannabis retail stores:
- 304 Stone Road West, Guelph
- 770 Gardiners Road, Kingston
- 2480 Gerrard Street East, Toronto
- 570 Harbour Expressway, Thunder Bay
Cannabis isn’t the sketchy, gateway drug we once thought it was. With legalization fast approaching, it’s becoming common knowledge that harem-wearing hippies aren’t the only ones recognizing its many benefits. Along with a new class of consumer, innovative companies like Tweed are aiming to make the helpful herb more mainstream.
So naturally, when I learned Tweed was going to be at TOM (Toronto Men’s Fashion Week), I became excited. I caught up with Amy Wasserman, the Director of Marketing for Tweed to get all the details on the stylish event (it involves a runway!) and its purpose to erase any faux-paus around the conversation of cannabis.
1. What has been the focus of Tweed as we approach legalization?
Over the years, Tweed has committed to engaging with and supporting the creative community. Between the Front Yard Shindig music festival we run every year, to the first of its kind Artist in Residence Program, it was a natural progression for us to move into the fashion space.
2. What was the aim of Tweed?
This event was a great way for us to get out into communities we admire and support the creative class in Canada, while at the same time introducing ourselves to that crowd. The creative class is hugely diverse but it’s generally progressive, innovative and inclusive – all highly admirable traits.
3. Why collaborate with TOM?
I started my career in fashion after studying it in University. I’ve always understood how important a medium this is to a lot of people. It’s a form of expressionism and a form of creative freedom, and we value that at Tweed.
4. How were the designers chosen to partake in the project?
We worked with TOM* to identify a list of designers based on their network of Canadian talent. When we initially discussed the opportunity, I was keeping my fingers crossed to secure 3 to 5 designers… Lo and behold, we managed to secure 19 incredible designers to participate, with a total of 38 looks at the show. How cool is that?
5. How do fashion and cannabis mix?
There are still individuals with deeply-rooted stigmas associated with cannabis use and its consumers and it’s on us as an industry to change people’s mindsets with our actions. The fashion industry is filled with taste-makers , innovators, and creators – together with a shared vision for progress, we can move things forward.
6. A lot of companies are targeting creatives – how is Tweed different?
Not all cannabis companies could have done what we did with the same level of authenticity and integration. I’m very proud with how it turned out. Art doesn’t need to be sacrificed for commerce – they can peacefully coexist to bring about something fun and different, which I believe is what we did. Plus, Tweed, the brand, is inherently tied to fashion by way of its name. With strain names like Argyle, Houndstooth and Herringbone.
7. What does the future of Tweed look like?
This event marks the first of many creatively disruptive and fun collaborations for Tweed. We will have to wait and see how the regulations and laws net out over the coming weeks and months, but with clear guidelines in our hands we will know exactly how we can activate and collaborate,
8. What is the biggest take away you want consumers to have?
An open-mindedness to this new and exciting industry.
Just because something is different, doesn’t deem it bad. A fun fact Wasserman shared about cannabis is that cannabinoids (medicinal property in cannabis) triggers the endogenous cannabinoid system found within every single mammal on Earth.
What this means is that many have reported cannabis as an aid in treating an array of conditions such as chronic pain, PTSD, arthritis, stress and anxiety, sleep disorders, epilepsy, female sexual health and so much more. As Wasserman says, ‘weed is part of our biology!’
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After being revealed on Friday, the overall consensus for the new Ontario cannabis logo is not a very positive one. The pot-selling agency will be called, the Ontario Cannabis Store (or OCS for short) and its logo to represent it is a very minimalist, sans-serif black and white design. Side note, the logo cost around $650,000. People are outraged, of course.
According to CTV News, “the team behind the branding said the design was intended to convey a safe, simple, and approachable environment.” MAJOR emphasis on the safe. It’s a big difference from the design approach for the LCBO design, which has much more detail.
Everyone is taking on Twitter to share their thoughts and feelings on the logo and name:
Source: CTV News
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The LBCO has just announced a working deal with Shopify to use the Canadian e-commerce giant’s platform to sell Cannabis online once the substance is legalized for recreational use across the country on July 1st, 2018. As you probably already know, the LCBO will oversee the legal retail sale of Cannabis in Ontario through stand-alone cannabis stores and online orders.
Shopify will have to work hand in hand with the government to ensure that only legal age residents access products sold through Shopify’s platforms.
Legal online shops that will sell cannabis directly to consumers are expected to launch across the province in July 2018 with the addition of 40 brick-and-mortar stores. The government expects to have around 80 stores in the first year of legalization.
The CBC is reporting that the Ontario government will announce today that there is a plan in place to create a cannabis control board and open 60 storefronts to aid in the management and distribution of marijuana in Ontario.
The interesting aspect of this plan is that the new cannabis control board will not be housed in existing LCBO stores as Premier Kathleen Wynne previously suggested. Additionally, all illegal pot shops in Ontario will be closed down over the next 12 months, so if you enjoy frequenting your local dispensary you will soon be out of luck.
There has yet to be any news on what these new storefronts will be called (CCBO?), what they will look like and when they actually will open, but we will update you as soon as we learn what’s going on.
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If you take sex out of the picture, the meaning of Netflix and Chill makes a lot more sense, especially when you take into consideration Netflix’s newest promotion. According to Variety, as part of Netflix’s promotion for its new series Disjointed; a series about a woman who opens a dispensary, the media company is developing strains of marijuana.
In total, Netflix says it is planning on developing 10 strains, each inspired by ten Netflix shows.
According to Netflix’s press release, each strain has been developed with a special show in mind. Created to compliment the show and make the show more appealing. For example, sillier and comedic shows will be paired with an indicia giving you a chill out in the couch vibe, while dramas will be paired with sativa’s for more cerebral of an experience.