Moreno Valley voters will be asked to tax commercial marijuana sales and production in Riverside County’s second-largest city when they go to the polls in November to elect a new California governor. The Moreno Valley City Council recently voted to place such a tax measure on the ballot. The... Read more
PHELAN — It was already in the mid-80s early Thursday morning when detectives arrived to the first illegal marijuana grow raid of the day, and the heat only grew more searing by the hour. Yet none of this seemed to deter the six-man San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Marijuana... Read more
Edmonton, AB – June 26, 2018 – PRESS RELEASE – Aurora Cannabis Inc. announced today that it has agreed to a new $200 million debt facility, with a potential upsize to $250 million, with the Bank of Montreal (“BMO”). The facility will consist of a $150 million term loan and... Read more
LAFAYETTE, Colo. — The political rise of Colorado’s cannabis industry is, in essence, the story of Garrett Hause’s alfalfa farm. Mr. Hause, a broad-shouldered, 25-year-old horticulturist who tills his family’s land in the shadow of the snow-capped Rocky Mountains, said he was never particularly interested in politics — that... Read more
Alison Ettel, CEO of TreatWell Health, was thrust into the national limelight over the weekend after she was caught on video while allegedly calling the police on an 8-year-old black girl who was selling water on a sidewalk in San Francisco. According to news reports, Ettel, who is white,... Read more
Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX: ACB) (OTCQB: ACBFF) (Frankfurt: 21P; WKN: A1C4WM) announced today that it has agreed to a new $200 million debt facility, with a potential upsize to $250 million, with the Bank of Montreal. The facility will consist of a $150 million term loan and a $50 million revolving credit facility (together, the “Loans”), both... Read more
Choom™ (CSE: CHOO)( OTCQB: CHOOF), a fully-integrated cannabis company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kyp Rowe to the Management team in the role of Director of Operations. Mr. Rowe will be a key member of the Choom team, leading our premium craft cannabis cultivation strategy to support our... Read more
A political action committee supporting a citizen-backed measure to regulate and tax commercial marijuana in San Bernardino delivered more than 11,000 signatures from registered voters to the City Clerk’s Office on Monday, June 25, city officials confirmed. If the signatures are certified by the Registrar of Voters, the measure... Read more
California has 58 counties and 482 incorporated cities across the state, each with the option to create its own rules or ban marijuana altogether. In this California Cannabis Countdown series, we cover who is banning cannabis, who is embracing cannabis (and how), and everyone in between. For each city... Read more
THE GREEN ORGANIC DUTCHMAN ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF $25 MILLION SPECIAL WARRANT BOUGHT DEAL FINANCING The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. has closed its bought deal financing of 3.91 million special warrants of the company at $6.40 per special warrant for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $25-million, previously announced on... Read more