Category: Growing
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Xmas news dump: Aphria (APHA.T) subject to ‘unfriendly’ takeover by company CEO advises
This Aphria (APHA.T) story just keeps getting richer, and the unbelievable lack of respect this company is giving the market and regulators is a sight to behold. Let’s recap the last few weeks: So now we’re into the dead days of the 2018 market, just after Christmas and right before New Year, when few are…
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Enough is enough: Time for Aphria’s (APHA.T) CEO Vic Neufeld to resign or be fired
It’s time to end the charade. Canadian licensed cannabis producer Aphria (APHA.T) has long been considered one of the ‘big three’ in the North American scene, which helped them benefit from institutional investment, pension fund allocations, and ETF involvement, and contributed to a long rising market cap that topped out in January 2017 at around $5…
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License issues cast doubt over Wayland Group’s (WAYL.C) Australian acquisition
The Wayland Group (WAYL.C), formerly known as Maricann, announced their entry onto the Australian cannabis scene on December 3, 2018 by agreeing to acquire 50.1% of privately held Tropicann for an initial sum of CAD $4.8 million and a further payment of CAD $24 million should certain milestones be met, including Tropicann obtaining a medicinal…
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Tepid Aphria (APHA.T) response to short report accusations sees stock hammered – again
It’s all gone pear-shaped over at Aphria (APHA.T) a day after a short report was filed by Quintessential Capital Management, following up on an earlier short report by Hindenburg Research. In the report, admitted short sellers claimed they’d traveled the globe looking for companies and properties Aphria purchased, sometimes from companies that board members owned…
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![Supreme Cannabis (FIRE.V) is not a misnomer: My first hand tour of ‘Quality City’]()
Supreme Cannabis (FIRE.V) is not a misnomer: My first hand tour of ‘Quality City’
I’ve been to a lot of cannabis grow facilities. My mother would not be proud. And it’s probably why my car gets tossed whenever I head to Bellingham to buy Trader Joes Caramel Cinnamon Monkey Bread (don’t judge me). And, usually, they bore me to tears. Frankly, if you’re not handing out product – and…
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Canadian LPs rush to supply Germany’s constrained marijuana market (TGOD.T) (ASNT.T) (CXXI.C) (CROP.C)
Germany’s medical marijuana market is lucrative, and Canadian LPs want in. Thankfully, Germany also wants Canadian companies to show them what’s up. Germany’s Shortage While Germany, the hottest cannabis market in the EU, has legalized medical marijuana, the country is in a nation-wide shortage of cannabis for a number of bureaucratic reasons. As a result, Germany’s…
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Too professional: Pure Global (PURE.V) and the companies discounted because they’re actually building businesses
Had a conversation on the phone with Stephen Pynn, VP of Corporate Devs at Pure Global (PURE.V) this week that got me thinking. Pure has had an up and down run since landing on the public markets in July of this year. It ebbs and flows like the tides, never getting really beat up, but also…
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Gamechanger: iAnthus (IAN.C) and MPX Bioceutical (MPX.C) to merge, go after MedMen (MMEN.C)
A week ago, US dispensary roll-up play MedMen (MMEN.C) closed an $86m financing and a $99.95m loan to help them complete a $682m deal to buy PharmaCann, which has ten dispensaries and three weed grows. It was big news and propelled MMEN stock, which many deem to be overpriced before the deal, substantially higher still.…
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Green Organic Dutchman (TGOD.T) must burn for a few days in order to regrow, bigger and better
A reader asked us a few days ago why The Green Organic Dutchman’s (TGOD.T) stock was plummeting over the last few weeks. It’s a fair question. While we were coming up with an answer, TGOD got its sales license. “We have been perfecting our organic grow methodology in Ancaster and are prepared for the Q1…
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Organic Wednesday: Rubicon Organics (ROMJ.C) debuts on market as Organigram (OGI.V) finally gets re-certified
If you’re the kind of investor who applies added value to a cannabis company that grows a premium product, that company growing an organic product is likely a big deal to you. And the company being actually certified as organic is likely an even bigger deal. If those two things are true for you, then…
