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(2026) - Current Affairs (8 items)

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Mar 6, 2026	Control and sale of alcoholic beverages and cannabis, April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025 Sales of recreational cannabis by provincial cannabis authorities and other retail outlets increased 6.1% or $0.3 billion from the previous fiscal year to $5.5 billion in 2024/2025. Nevertheless, this was a marked slowdown from the sales increases in 2023/2024 (+11.6%) and 2022/2023 (+15.8%). The price of recreational cannabis decreased 1.1% from March 2024 to March 2025.
Mar 2, 2026	Cannabis industry contributes nearly $11.6 billion to Canada’s 2025 GDP Canada's cannabis industry contributed nearly $11.6 billion to Canada's GDP in 2025, led by the cultivation and processing side of the industry.
Feb 27, 2026	Health Canada continues to ramp up inspections, revocations of personal/designated cannabis cultivation licenses Health Canada’s efforts to clean up the personal and designated medical cannabis grow licence program have continued to pick up steam. According to a briefing note from October, 2025, Health Canada had refused or revoked over 4,100 medical cannabis registrations under the Cannabis Regulations, including approximately 3,400 for reasons of public health and public safety as of March 31, 2025.
Feb 20, 2026	OCS issues recall for Cannabis Cartel QUADS’ Dubai Inspired Chocolate The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) has issued a recall for Cannabis Cartel QUADS’ Dubai Inspired Chocolate. The OCS says the recall is being conducted as a “precautionary measure following an aflatoxin result identified in the non-cannabis, un-dosed chocolate ingredient.” The products were packaged on September 30, 2025 and November 27, 2025 with the UPC#: 00846067004731.
Feb 11, 2026	Canada's Medical Cannabis Research Is Changing the Global Debate For more than a decade, medical cannabis has existed in a strange policy limbo. Patients have benefited from it. Physicians have debated it. Regulators have tolerated it. But the kind of rigorous, longitudinal evidence that typically moves medical consensus has been slower to materialize - particularly evidence grounded in real-world patient outcomes.
Feb 10, 2026	Health Canada cannabis guidance exposes "absurd" education gap in healthcare TORONTO, Feb. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — New federal guidance on cannabis for medical purposes is drawing attention to a growing gap in Canadian healthcare: patients are increasingly using cannabis to manage symptoms, but often without consistent clinical education, dosing support, or medication-interaction screening. (January 2026) : https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/documents/topics/accessing-cannabis-for-medical-purposes/cannabis-medical-purposes/cannabis-medical-purposes.pdf
Jan 27, 2026	How the cannabis industry uses Temporary Foreign Workers The use of temporary foreign workers in Canada's cannabis sector has become an increasingly visible and contentious issue. While the program has long been a cornerstone of Canadian agriculture, cannabis seemingly does not fit neatly into the same model that governs many other crops.
Jan 8, 2026	Health Canada removes CBD NHP regulation proposal from forward regulatory plan Health Canada’s Forward Regulatory Plan for 2025-2027 no longer includes a proposal to regulate CBD products that would not require practitioner oversight. The agency, however, maintains that it continues to recognize the importance of this work.