Clearwater County Council has granted the first reading to a bylaw to clear the way for a 55,000 sq. foot micro-climate controlled cannabis facility southeast of Caroline.

Element GP Incorporated submitted an application to have the 157-acre location along Highway 22, just north of Secondary Highway 587, re-zoned from Agricultural to Light Industrial.

The applicants say the facility aims to source all electrical power, heat and air conditioning from Shell’s Caroline Gas Plant, which is only six and a half kilometers away.

The facility plans on using complex technology to destroy odor, recycle water, and a controlled CO2 system to improve plant photosynthesis.

Future Farm Technologies Inc. (the “Company” or “Future Farm”) (CSE: FFT) (OTCQX: FFRMF) is pleased to announce that its cannabis breeding and in vitro propagation business segment (a joint venture with Rahan Meristem and CEPG, the “JV”) is vetting top candidates to fulfill the lead scientist role for its state of the art laboratory in St. John’s, Newfoundland. 

Long gone are the days of lighting up whatever bud you scored from a friend.

As Canada sloughs off its prohibition skin, cannabis consumers are adopting higher standards for products they’re ingesting. Things like mould and pesticides, which compromise product quality and health, are no longer going to be tolerated in a fully legal landscape, and testing demands for these contaminants is skyrocketing.

Prelegalization medical users and licensed producers (LPs) are already acclimated to Health Canada’s testing standards, but a large portion of the recreational community is only just starting to understand the process that pot undergoes before deemed fit for consumption.

The London-based medical grade cannabis producer is looking to expand production.

London's only medical grade cannabis producer, INDIVA has announced plans to expand, adding 30,000 square feet of space and dozens of jobs to its current 10,000 square foot growing and production facility. 

The announcement was made at an open house Wednesday at the company's high security facility in London's south-end. 

"We're in for a lot of growth, no puns intended," INDIVA co-founder, president and CEO Neil Marrotta said Wednesday. "We're up to 25 employees now, I think we'll get close to 50 by the end of the year." 

Marrotta said that INDIVA would also increase its production.

Science still out on how harmful cannabis smoke is to people.

With Edmonton city council considering relaxed rules around cannabis consumption in public, the science is still out on how second-hand cannabis smoke might affect people.

Fiona Clement's research was brought up in council committee discussions around the proposed rules, which would allow people to smoke cannabis outside in public places like parks and sidewalks. The new cannabis rules would be similar to current tobacco bylaws. 

There simply isn't enough published research to know how cannabis smoke compares to tobacco smoke, said Fiona Clement, the director of the Health Technology Assessment Unit at the U of C. 

BlissCo Cannabis Corp. (CSE: BLIS) (FRA: GQ4B), ("BlissCo") submitted a license amendment application to Health Canada to produce cannabis oil on June 6, 2018.

Vanguard Scientific Systems, MIDAS XII Co2 Extraction System (CNW Group/BlissCo Cannabis Corp.)

"The BlissCo team with the support of two international partners has designed a state of the art cannabis oil extraction lab, that in phase one will be able to produce 420 kilograms of cannabis oil annually. These 420 kilograms of cannabis oil will be used to create cannabis oil tinctures and capsules to service Canadian medical patients and international distribution partners," said BlissCo CEO Damian Kettlewell.

The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (the “Company” or “TGOD”) (TSX:TGOD) (US:TGODF) is pleased to announce that, effective June 8th, its wholly-owned subsidiary, Medican Organic Inc. has received its Cultivation License from Health Canada for the Company’s breeding facility in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec (“Valleyfield”). The commissioning of this facility will allow the Company to create proprietary, organically grown strains of cannabis and cannabis seeds. 

'They're going to have to look at this substance differently'.

The legalization of cannabis will require police officers to adjust their thinking, and the Canadian Police Knowledge Network is helping with the transition.

The Charlottetown-based group is creating some online tools to help train front-line officers in dealing with the legal change.

CPKN president Sandy Sweet said old habits will take time to change.

"There's some critical thinking aspects of policing that. Police officers are trained and they cultivate these habits during their career. They're going to have to look at this substance differently," said Sweet.

Technology has become such an integral part of our lives that many of us often wonder how we could live without it. If you’re reading this, it’s very possible you have a computer that you can carry around in your pocket, with access to the collected knowledge of the human race at your fingertips anywhere you go. Technological advances are shaping many different industries in surprising ways.

Here’s how technology is affecting the cannabis industry specifically, and how it might continue to change things well into the future.

Cannabis Intellectual Property

That's where stores like the Greenhouse come in, though they can't sell the plants themselves.

When federal cannabis legalization comes into effect some time this summer, individuals will be allowed to grow up to four plants for personal use. In the meantime, Shawn Dolter — owner of the Greenhouse in Little Rapids — is fielding a lot of questions from curious, and somewhat sheepish, would-be small-scale pot farmers.

"We're all about do-it-yourself," Dolter told the Corner Brook Morning Show. 

"Basically, we want to make sure that they can grow the best plant possible in their own home environment."