TORONTO, Dec. 30, 2019 /CNW/ – SLANG Worldwide Inc. (CNSX: SLNG), (Frankfurt: 84S), (“SLANG” or the “Company”), a global leader in the cannabis consumer packaged goods sector with a vast portfolio of popular brands distributed in over 2,600 stores across the United States, today announced that Jeremy Heidl has resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors.

The Company closes out a successful year with stacked IP portfolio, completion of extraction plant, and commencement of revenue.

CHICAGO, Dec. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Below find a statement from Mark de Souza, CEO of Revolution Global, a Chicago-based, multi-state cannabis company, on the opening of Illinois’s adult-use market. Revolution currently operates a 75,000 square foot cannabis cultivation center in Delavan, Illinois, with a second 75,000 square foot growing facility scheduled to be complete by June. Construction on Revolution’s 80-acre Delavan campus will continue six days a week until 2022 to meet demand in Illinois, adding 500,000 square feet of greenhouse and a processing center.

TORONTO, Dec. 30, 2019 /CNW/ – Orefinders Resources Inc. (“Orefinders” or the “Company”) (TSX.V: ORX) is pleased to present its latest memo: Gold Juniors in 2020: Orefinders Anticipates What Lay Ahead.

LEAMINGTON, ON, Dec. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Aphria Inc. (“Aphria” or the “Company”) (TSX: APHA and NYSE: APHA), a leading global cannabis company, will release financial results for its second quarter and six months ended November 30, 2019 on January 14, 2020 before market open.

TORONTO, Dec. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Khiron Life Sciences Corp. (“Khiron” or the “Company”) (TSXV: KHRN), (OTCQB: KHRNF), (Frankfurt: A2JMZC), a vertically integrated cannabis leader with core operations in Latin America, welcomes the Colombian government’s announcement that the country has been awarded a record high quota of 21.84% of worldwide high –THC for commercial and scientific purposes. The quota, which is awarded by the International Narcotics Control Board (“INCB”), an independent body for the implementation of the United Nations Drug Convention, affirms Colombia’s role as one of the most important supply sources for the licensed global cannabis economy.

Adjusted EBITDA up 175%; Adjusted Operating Income up 1,900%

VANCOUVER, Dec. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Choom(TM) (CSE: CHOO; OTCQB: CHOOF), an emerging adult use cannabis company that has secured one of the largest national retail networks in Canada, is pleased to announce the opening of their next licensed cannabis retail store in Airdrie, AB.

OTTAWA, le 27 déc. 2019 /CNW/ – Selon une nouvelle enquête de l’Association canadienne des automobilistes (CAA), un quart des jeunes Canadiens de 18-34 ans auraient déjà conduit après avoir consommé ou été passagers d’un conducteur gelé, une statistique démontrant la nécessité d’accroître la sensibilisation du public.

OTTAWA, Dec. 27, 2019 /CNW/ – One quarter of younger Canadians (aged 18-34) say they have driven high or have travelled in a vehicle with a high driver, according to new research from the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA), pointing to the need for more public education.