Canada's Ontario signs online supply deals for recreational marijuana
21/08/2018 13:53
By Nichola Saminather
TORONTO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Ontario, Canada's biggest
province, has signed agreements with 26 cannabis producers
including Canopy Growth Corp WEED.TO , Aurora Cannabis Inc
ACB.TO and Aphria Inc APH.TO to supply products when it
begins online sales of recreational marijuana in October.
The selected companies, which also include Hydropothecary
Corp HEXO.TO , Tilray Canada Inc TLRY.O , and CannTrust
Holdings Inc TRST.TO , will supply the province with dried
flower, cannabis oil and cannabis seeds, the provincial
government said in an emailed statement late Monday.
Recreational sales are set to begin Oct. 17 across Canada,
making it the only Group of Seven nation to legalize marijuana.
But Ontario's newly elected Progressive Conservative government
said last week there will only be online sales until April,
after which private retailers will be allowed to operate, in an
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Other suppliers include MedReleaf, which was acquired by
Aurora earlier this year, Hiku Brands, which is being taken over
by Canopy and Aphria-owned Broken Coast Cannabis.
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For a full list of suppliers, click: https://bit.ly/2MLKete
(Reporting by Nichola Saminather
Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)
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