HIGH! CANADA SELECT CANNABIS NEWS

This fall issue of High! Canada Magazine Issue #47 - September 2019 - brings you hip hop superstar Peter Jackson on the cover and an exclusive interview with Peter by Tammi Stanhope on cannabis inside. This issue also talks about cannabis and Endometriosis, a look at Gage Cannabis, we speak to Medicinal My Way with Rob Fridd and Shalynn Hamilton, Patient stories with Karli Thiessen and Miranda Hawriliw, Women in Weed...

One of the hottest international cannabis business conferences in the world returns to Vancouver on September 15th and 16th and this event signifies such solidity for Canada as a member of the international cannabis community. After years of hosting prominent ICBC events in San Francisco, Berlin and Barcelona,  we can honestly say that the International Cannabis Business Conference is the only conference of it’s kind...

A pet peeve of mine has always been the negative stereotypes surrounding cannabis culture. We all know the ones… It’s been my goal for quite some time to replace the picture of a washed up, aging hippie with unkempt, uncut, greying hair that wears socks up to his knees through his Birkenstocks at the annual Phish concert with one of professionalism and taste, fit for the boardroom of a top tier fortune 500 company. M...

Happy Pet Appreciation Week! It's always the first week in June and this year it happens on June 2nd - 8th. We love our pets and wish them to live long healthy lives free of pain or discomfort. Giving your favorite critter CBD is one of the best ways to promote vibrancy and longevity. CBD is used in countless ways for human ailments and is completely safe for our pets to consume too. Health and Happiness for all our...

Friday, May 3 was World Press Freedom Day. The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 to be World Press Freedom Day or just World Press Day to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights....

High! Canada Magazine has had the extreme honor of sitting down with two time, Cannabis crusader and Cannabis Influencer Clint Younge. We had Clint in our August edition of High Canada Magazine and talked about mental health and his time with MMJ Canada. We are honored to have a chance to talk to Clint again before he leaves Canada on some international adventures.
 

Clint - It is such an honor that you've invited us...

We are very lucky to live in Canada, the first G8 country to legalize cannabis. As flawed as the legalization process has been in Canada, for most of the world, Cannabis is still considered a Schedule 1 drug.  With less than a year into legalization process in Canada it is important to improve these emerging laws and help start the legalization of this herb around the world. We may have won the initial battle here in...

Choom has partnered up with Niagara business owner Lisa Bigioni to open their first-ever retail location in the Niagara Square Shopping Mall, one of only 25 to open in all of Ontario!

Choom will be offering some seriously next-level customer service and fostering a community of passionate cannabis enthusiasts – or as they like to call it, the Choom Gang - and they couldn’t be more excited to bring a little slice of pa...

With concentrate companies leaning away from ever higher THC percentages andmoving towards an emphasis on flavor. Terpenes have taken centre stage. As acceptance of Cannabis grows,  the synergistic relationship between terpenes and cannabinoids has become a popular topic.
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Terpenes are a large and diverse class of organic compounds, produced by a variety of plants. They often have a strong odour and can act to prot...

Lobo Genetics Inc. (“Lobo”), a leading cannabis healthcare technology company and Alcanna Inc. (“Alcanna”) (TSX: CLIQ), owner of Nova Cannabis and one of the largest private sector retailers of alcohol in North America, are pleased to announce an industry-first partnership that brings direct-to-consumer cannabis genetic testing to Alcanna’s Nova Cannabis stores.

Using Lobo’s patented Cube DNA testing platform, custome...

The O'Cannabiz Industry Awards Gala is a national annual event, honouring Cannabis Professionals and Companies, recognizing excellence and innovation in our industry.

Join us Thursday, April 25, 2019 from 7:00PM -10:00PM at Casa Loma to honour our nominees and award recipients.

Nominations and voting are open to all Cannabis Industry Professionals. Your name and company website on the registration page will serve as...

Starbuds Canada, an independent corporate cannabis retailer, is pleased to announce it is bringing its education-based retail cannabis experience to the Alaskan Highway Region, with the opening of its retail location in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. The retail location is the first to open under the Starbuds Canada brand, with several others in various licensing phases in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Alberta...

In the interest of closing out a very celebratory International Woman's Day, we felt we would be remiss not to include the much loved and respected Val McCulloch on our list of amazing women we have gotten to know through the magazine. Recently it was High! Canada Magazine’s great honour to sit down with the beloved Val McCulloch from Shatterizer and speak with her about her personal experience working within the Can...

Better the balance, Better the world.

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We want to celebrate all the wonderful women that High Canada Magazine has been lucky enough to have worked with, met and spoken to, interviewed, collaborated with, featured or generally gotten to know and been blown away by their dedication not only to the plant but to changing the world and minds daily about cannabis

Today and everyday we should ce...

“International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.”

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"Each year, March 8 is an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of women and renew our efforts in achieving gender equality – in Canada and around the world.  International Wom...