22 December 2024

Category: Beverages

LQR House (LQR.Q) puts involuntary hold on 1/3 of float, calls it a ‘dividend’

Liquor e-commerce platform LQR House (LQR.Q) made a bold but carefully worded announcement in January of this year that seemed like one of the greatest deals ever. A $1 per share dividend. LQR House Inc., a niche e-commerce platform specializing in the spirits and beverage industry, is pleased to announce that the Company’s Board of…

5 February 2024
Nova Cannabis (NOVC.T) and Legal Cannabis in Canada, is the worst behind us?

The road for Canadian legal cannabis operators has been littered with hardship since the industry took a header in 2019. Restrictive regulations, combined with bad business practices in a saturated market produced a blood bath of bankruptcy that caused investors to run for the hills. With little available capital and a staggering over capacity, private…

14 December 2023
Cannabis memory lane: Who’s sticking it out, who’s dead and dying

I was feeling every ounce of my chest cold, the thing everyone apparently has, the one that’s going around, the one that’s not covid but who could tell. I was also standing on a stage at the Richmond Chamber of Commerce awards gala, blinking at stage lights and peaking over the shoulders of some very…

24 November 2023
Pubco cocaine is here: What does it mean, who’s in, and who’s real?

I recently listened to a podcast episode of Search Engine with PJ Vogt, and I REALLY got into it. The episode was titled, “Why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything?” I’d asked myself the same question many times – why kill your customers? I’d recommend you go listen because the answer is a lot…

4 October 2023
Stately’s long road to public finally finds an onramp with Gold Flora/TCPO (GRAM.NEO)

Good things happen in sunny Costa Mesa, California and, today, one of those good things happened for a certain group of cannabis investors. Longtime readers may recall Trent Kitsch, who founded Doja Cannabis (which would be consumed by Canopy Growth Corp for $400m), had bounced to his next venture not long after that deal closed…

10 July 2023
Tipping the Scale: Navigating the Turbulent Waters of the Canadian Legal Cannabis Market

The legal cannabis industry in Canada, still in its infancy nearly five years post-legalization, is traversing a tumultuous terrain. As the initial euphoria fades, the market is grappling with mounting challenges. These include the continuous race to the bottom with pot prices, the persistent prevalence of the illicit market, and the looming uncertainties in the…

7 June 2023
Canada’s Legal Cannabis Market: Progress, Challenges, and the Future

The legalization of the cannabis market in Canada marked a significant milestone in the country’s history. Four years after this groundbreaking event, the retail market has experienced remarkable growth, with a 122.3% annual increase in per capita stores and a 91.7% annual increase in per capita sales. There are now 3,305 cannabis stores across the…

8 May 2023
BC Bud Co (BCBC.C) re-flowering legal cannabis

The legal cannabis revolution was disruptive not dissimilar to the dot com boom. Tech was rapidly changing the way we lived, worked and entertained ourselves. Since the dot com era grew out the recession-ridden 1980s, investors were salivating for yield and the seemingly endless possibilities of tech became their preferred vehicle. Legal marijuana grew in…

15 March 2023
Isracann (IPOT.C) and Tinley (TNY.C) update shareholders on production profile

Isracann and Tinley update shareholders

2 September 2020
Tinley Beverage (TNY.C) bottling facility now licensed for cannabis

The global cannabis beverages market size is expected to reach USD $2.8 billion by 2025, expanding at a CAGR of 17.8% according to a report by Grand View Research.

21 July 2020