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- Meet the Industry
Conversation with Bruce Dawson-Scully, CEO, WeedMD – The Industry’s Education Leader
WeedMD is finishing the year with a series of significant announcements.
- CBD Market
The (Probably) Working Through the Holidays Edition
View this email in your browser Vol. 03 | December 18, 2017 As the rest of the world slows down to prepare for the holidays, Business of Cannabis, and the entire sector, seem poised to work through the holidays.
- Meet the Industry
Asked Alex Blumenstein, Leaf Forward
Alex Blumenstein heads Leaf Forward the country’s first business accelerator focused on the cannabis industry.
- Medical
WeedMD Secures Supply Agreement with Jarlette Health Services
Adds 20 Long-Term Care Homes and Retirement Lodges to its Platform Toronto, Canada, December 14, 2017 – WeedMD Inc.
- Meet the Industry
Conversation with Pierre Killeen, VP, Hydropothecary
The Hydropothecary Corporation just announced that it acquired 78 acres of land adjacent to its existing 65 acre facility in Gatineau, QC which allows them to construct a new 1.0 million sq. ft. greenhouse on the newly acquired land, increasing its production capacity to 108,000 kg of dried cannabis per year and bringing the Company’s total production to 1.3 million sq.
- News
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- Medical
The Shoppers Edition
View this email in your browser Vol. 02 | December 11, 2017 The big news of last week was the announcement of a deal between Aphria and Shoppers which certainly had the industry – and the Canadian public – talking.
- Meet the Industry
Asked Alison McMahon, Founder & CEO, Cannabis at Work
Alison McMahon founded Cannabis at Work when she saw a glaring hole in Canada’s cannabis sector: the lack of staffing agencies serving the now-thriving industry.
- CBD Market
Asked Danielle Blair, Owner & Founder, Calyx Wellness Centre
Where others direct their focus on the psychoactive THC molecule, Danielle Blair and her Calyx Wellness Centre see value in the cannabis plant’s main non-psychoactive chemical, cannabidiol – otherwise known as CBD.
- Meet the Industry
Conversation with Chuck Rifici, Chairman & CEO, Wheaton Income
Chuck Rifici is a pioneer in the North American cannabis industry – a serial entrepreneur and sector visionary, his companies continue to redefine the industry landscape.
- Meet the Industry
Conversation with John Prentice, CEO, Ample Organics
Health Canada’s ACMPR reporting requirements are continually changing and Ample Organics has built the made in Canada and made for Canada platform to assure real time compliance.
- Meet the Industry
Conversation with Hugo Alves, President & Director, Wheaton Income
Early leaders in the cannabis sector like Hugo Alves have the unique perspective of having seen the industry evolve and develop from a variety of angles.





