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  • Ontarians gobble up cannabis edibles

    Ontario cannabis shoppers scooped up thousands of edibles and vape products within an hour of them going on sale for the first time on the Ontario Cannabis Store’s website.The online retailer experienced 2,000 transactions on Thursday in the hour after 70 products–cannabis-infused chocolates, cookies, soft chews, mints, tea and vapes–were made available at 9 a.m.
  • Labour action continues at Federated Co-op

    Pension funding behind unrest at Co-op Refinery Complex On December 3, 2019, 729 unionized workers at Regina’s Co-op Refinery Complex, an 800-acre site in the city’s northeast sector that produces up to 145,000 barrels per day, went on strike to protect what they saw as a challenge from management on their pensions.
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  • Health groups take aim at flavoured vapes in new public awareness campaign

    Two Canadian health advocacy groups launched a public awareness campaign Wednesday taking aim at flavoured vape products, with a pointed advertisement that highlights how the products are marketed to children.
  • OPCA to host conference at Convenience U

    The Convenience U CARWACS Show is proud to announce that the OPCA has chosen The Convenience U CARWACS Show as the site of their annual conference for 2020.
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  • Former Alaska refinery owner ordered to pay for solvent leak

    The former owner of an Alaska crude oil refinery has been ordered to pay millions in damages for releasing large amounts of a refinery solvent, sulfolane, into groundwater and polluting hundreds of residents' drinking water wells.
  • Edibles, vapes and other cannabis products on sale in Ontario but hard to find

    Ontario cannabis store shoppers with a hankering for edibles were out of luck Monday.Most of the province's licensed retailers had yet to receive their first shipments of 59 products including soft chews, cookies and chocolates that were slated to start appearing in stores that day.But the Ontario Cannabis Store, the province's pot distributor, said products are on their way and likely already in some shoppers' hands.“Some stores outside the GTA have received products,'' spokesperson Daffyd Roderick said.Roderick said he could not name which stores have received shipments of edibles for security reasons, but said they were all outside the GTA.Those that have placed orders are guaranteed to get them on the regular delivery dates that their other cannabis products usually arrive on, he said.The OCS had previously warned that the supply of edibles could be tight and sell out quickly.
  • Alberta justice minister says province will 'fight back' against carbon tax

    Alberta is promising to continue its fight against the federal consumer carbon tax as the price of gasoline in the province is set to jump.
  • Alberta reports first severe vaping related lung illness to Public Health Agency

    Alberta has reported its first case of a severe vaping-related lung illness after treating a patient in hospital who was having difficulty breathing.
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