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October 18, 2019
Hey, Brandon, thanks for all the love. Another Tokyo Smoke is rolling into town.
BRANDON, MANITOBA — Tokyo Smoke, Canada’s award-winning and design-focused cannabis retailer, is opening its second location in Brandon and you do not want to miss this! The new store is conveniently located in Brandon’s Corral Centre. The Tokyo Smoke store team looks forward to meeting the neighbours and creating a hub for adult recreational cannabis education and culture. As we look back on the successes we have shared over the last year of cannabis legalization, we are excited that the 18th Street North store represents Canopy Growth’s 27th brick and mortar location within Canada. Grand Opening details: Saturday, October 19 at…
October 15, 2019
Canopy Growth Announces Sale Of Stake In AusCann
SMITHS FALLS, ON— Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX:WEED, NYSE:CGC) (“Canopy Growth”) has sold its 42,087,639 shares in Australian cannabis company AusCann Group Holdings (AusCann) via an off market block trade at $0.15 per share for gross proceeds of $6.3 million. The trade was facilitated by Canaccord Australia. The sale represents Canopy Growth’s total 13.2% interest in AusCann. “Canopy Growth remains optimistic about the future of the Australian medical cannabis market and will continue to collaborate with the team at Auscann to support greater physician understanding and patient access to high quality cannabis products throughout Australia,” said Mark Zekulin, CEO, Canopy Growth.…
October 15, 2019
Canopy Growth Completes Previously Announced Acquisition Of Beckley Canopy Therapeutics
SMITHS FALLS, ON & LONDON —Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX:WEED, NYSE:CGC) (“Canopy Growth” or the “Company”) has closed the previously announced acquisition of all outstanding shares in the global cannabinoid based research company Beckley Canopy Therapeutics (Beckley Canopy), including the joint commercial venture Spectrum Biomedical UK. These teams will now be integrated into the broader Spectrum Therapeutics organization to increase the breadth of the clinical research being pursued under the Spectrum banner and to combine continental European and United Kingdom commercial teams. As a part of the acquisition, Canopy Growth’s European management structure will evolve. Paul Steckler and Steven Wooding will…
October 10, 2019
Canopy Growth Announces New Chair of the Board of Directors
SMITHS FALLS, ON—Canopy Growth Corporation (“Canopy Growth” or the “Company”) (TSX:WEED, NYSE:CGC) is pleased to announce that David Klein has been appointed Chair of its Board of Directors effective immediately. Mr. Klein currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Constellation Brands, Inc. He has held numerous executive positions in the finance sector over the past 30 years, with a track record of excellence. Mr. Klein specializes in corporate strategy, all aspects of finance and accounting, investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, and information technology. He has served as a Director on Canopy Growth’s Board since 2018.…
October 9, 2019
Tweed | TerraCycle Celebrate Over One Million Pieces of Cannabis Packaging Collected for Recycling
Smiths Falls, Ontario — It’s a green thumbs up for Tweed | TerraCycle. The country’s first and largest cannabis packaging recycling program, launched in October 2018, has achieved incredible results in its first year of operations. Today, the Tweed | TerraCycle program celebrates a significant milestone with the collection of over one million pieces of used cannabis packaging from across the nation – recycling over 22,000 pounds of plastic containers, tubes, and bottles. “When Tweed launched the partnership with TerraCycle, it was the first recycling program of its kind for cannabis packaging. Reaching this incredible milestone of over 1,000,000 pieces…
October 2, 2019
Canopy Growth Announces Purchase of Majority Stake in BioSteel Sports Nutrition Inc
SMITHS FALLS & TORONTO, ON — Canopy Growth Corporation (“Canopy Growth” or the “Company”) (TSX:WEED, NYSE:CGC) is pleased to announce that it has completed an all-cash transaction to purchase a majority stake in BioSteel Sports Nutrition Inc. (“BioSteel”), a leading producer of sports nutrition products. The transaction provides Canopy Growth with a significant platform to enter the sports nutrition and hydration segment, and lays the groundwork for the adoption of cannabidiol (“CBD”) in future product offerings in accordance with regulations globally including products to be sold in the U.S. containing CBD sourced from federally permissible industrial hemp. Founded in 2009,…
September 26, 2019
Spectrum Therapeutics Announces Donation to Support Research and Education Initiatives led by the Canadian Sleep and Circadian Network
SMITHS FALLS, ON and MONTREAL, QC – Spectrum Therapeutics (“Spectrum”), the medical division of Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX: WEED) (NYSE: CGC) is pleased to announce a donation to the Fondation de l’Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montreal (Montreal Sacre Coeur Hospital Foundation) to support the Canadian Sleep and Circadian Network’s (“CSCN”) associated national campaign: Sleep On It which aims to raise awareness about the importance of good quality sleep on health. Spectrum’s donation to the campaign has been made, based on CSCN’s request to support their initiative to organize the sleep scientific community around the question of cannabis use for sleep disorders. Although an…
September 18, 2019
Canopy Growth Announces Election of Board of Directors
SMITHS FALLS, ON— Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX:WEED) (NYSE: CGC) (“Canopy Growth” or “the Corporation”) today announced that all of management’s nominees listed in its August 8, 2019 management information circular were elected as directors of the Corporation at Canopy Growth’s September 17, 2019 annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at the Annual Meeting are set out below. Name of Nominee Votes cast FOR % votes cast FOR Votes WITHHELD % votes WITHHELD John K. Bell 144,593,217 97.00 4,464,630 3.00 Robert Hanson 145,983,248 97.94 3,074,600 2.06 David…
September 16, 2019
Santé Cannabis and Spectrum Therapeutics Launch Transformative Medical Cannabis Training Program for Québec Healthcare Professionals
Montreal, QC and Smiths Falls, ON – Québec doctors have a new tool at their disposal for learning about medical cannabis and its viability as a treatment option for their patients. Santé Cannabis, a pioneer in medical cannabis in Québec, has partnered with Spectrum Therapeutics, the medical division of Canopy Growth (TSX: WEED) (NYSE: CGC) to launch the Prescriber Training Program, designed to aid physicians and patients, announced today at the new Santé Cannabis clinic and research centre in Montréal. This new initiative developed by Santé Cannabis equips physicians with the most up-to-date clinical guidelines, support networks, online and in-person training…
August 20, 2019
Canopy Growth Receives Key Extraction Licence
SMITHS FALLS, ON— Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX: WEED), (NYSE: CGC) (“Canopy Growth” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has received a licence from Health Canada for its KeyLeaf Life Sciences (“KeyLeaf”) facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Including the Smiths Falls site and the recently licensed BC Tweed extraction site, Canopy Growth now operates three significant extraction assets to support the throughput required for large scale value-add product development. Canopy Growth recently retrofitted the now fully licensed KeyLeaf facility in Saskatchewan, a company with over 50 years of experience in the extraction industry. This facility is expected to be…
August 9, 2019
Canopy Growth Strengthens Position as Global Cannabis Research Leader by Entering Agreement to Acquire Beckley Canopy Therapeutics
SMITHS FALLS, ON—Canopy Growth Corporation (“Canopy Growth” or the “Company”) (TSX:WEED, NYSE:CGC) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the global cannabinoid-based medical researcher Beckley Canopy Therapeutics (“Beckley Canopy”). The acquisition brings together Canopy’s wholly owned research program with the Beckley Canopy research platform which is partly owned by Canopy Growth in order to combine the best teams, programs and clinical work all under a single strategic plan. The research arm in turn directly supports the commercial efforts of Spectrum Therapeutics around the world. As part of the acquisition, Canopy Growth also acquires the…
August 8, 2019
Spectrum Therapeutics announces strategic patient support and education partnership with Medical Pharmacies
TORONTO & SMITHS FALLS, ON – Spectrum Therapeutics, the medical division of Canopy Growth Corporation (“Canopy Growth”) (TSX: WEED; NYSE: CGC) today announced that it has entered into a five year service agreement with Medical Pharmacies Group Limited (“Medical Pharmacies”), Canada’s largest specialty pharmacy that services residents in long-term care, retirement homes and other settings. Under the agreement, Spectrum Therapeutics will be the preferred medical cannabis education partner to Medical Pharmacies and the seniors it serves in over 500 residences and care facilities. The agreement will also see Apollo Cannabis Clinics (“Apollo”) support patient access and provide ongoing comprehensive medical…