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Quick Hits with PJ Barclay, CEO, DriveABLE
Paris, Ontario-based Emblem Corp. recently announced an investment in DriveABLE. DriveABLE we combines technology with proven research to deliver driver impairment assessment tools for commercial fleets, governments, insurers, and the medical community. The partnership with Emblem is to further development technologies and programs that measure cognitive impairments – rather then per se limits. PJ Barclay joined BofC for Quick Hits conversation.
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Quick Hits with Dennis Petke, Director and CEO, Alliance Growers Corp.
Dennis Petke joined Business of Cannabis for a Quick Hits interview to talk about the four pillars upon which Alliance Growers is built – including their state-of-the-art tissue culture facility in British Columbia.
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Quick Hits with Alison McMahon, Cannabis At Work
Alison McMahon, founder of Cannabis at Work, joined Business of Cannabis in-studio to talk about the origins of her company, the training project she is providing in partnership with Kwantlen Polytechnic and how workplaces can ready themselves for the legalization of adult-use recreational cannabis.
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Quick Hits with James Lowe, GrowForce
James Lowe, EVP of Operations at GrowForce, joined Business of Cannabis to talk about his experience and perspective related to Colorado and Canada’s cannabis industry. Specifically, Lowe spoke about the benefits of growing inside versus growing in a greenhouse.
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Quick Hits with Jakob Ripshtein, Chief Commercial Officer, Aphria
Jakob Ripshtein is the Chief Commercial Officer at Aphria, the Leamington, Ontario-based LP. The conversation included their nationwide distribution partners, packaging and brand-building as well as Ripshtein’s background in the spirits industry and what he brings from that industry to cannabis.
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Quick Hits with Megan Henderson, The Growth Op
Megan Henderson is the Executive Producer of The Growth Op – Post Media’s cannabis-focused media property. She joined Business of Cannabis to talk about the origins of The Growth Op as well as the partnership Business of Cannabis and The Growth Op have developed for Green + Silver: Cannabis and Optimal Aging.
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BofC Joins Global National
BofC Co-Founder and President Jay Rosenthal joined Global National on September 20, 2018 to talk about the frenzy surrounding Tilray’s stock price stemming from Tilray’s approval to import medical cannabis into the United States for research at University of San Diego.
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Quick Hits with Pamela Hadfield, HelloMD
BofC connected with Pamela Hadfield, co-founder and Evangelist at HelloMD. HelloMD is on track to have the world’s largest health and wellness oriented cannabis community – and recently entered the Canadian market. Their platform has a wealth of information as well as connections to physicians in Canada that can provide insight and access to medical…
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Quick Hits with Dan Sutton, Tantalus Labs
Dan Sutton of Tantalus Labs joined Business of Cannabis to discuss their facility, the recent profile in Playboy and why Sutton believes it is important to be transparent (and vocal) on social media. Tantalus Labs is a LP based in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. They grow in a purpose-build facility there.
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Talking To My Parents About Medical Cannabis Isn’t Working
Over the past two years, I’ve been having an ongoing and so far unsuccessful conversation with my elderly, South Asian parents about medical cannabis and how it could potentially help them.
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Clearing Out the Haze: Five Things to Know about the Legalization of Cannabis
Canada is on the cusp of an exciting new industry, with a unique opportunity to lead in innovation, development, health and safety, and more.
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Licensed producers announced for online government cannabis store
Now that Ontario’s rolled out a list of licensed producers who will be providing the weed for their online sales, we’ll break it down and see who made it, who didn’t and ask which weed companies could become household names.
