Vinergy to acquire pot outfit, raise $2-million

Mr. Glen Macdonald reports
 
VINERGY RESOURCES LTD. ANNOUNCES LETTER AGREEMENT FOR ACQUISITION OF MJ BIOPHARMA (1099955 B.C. LTD.), A CANNABIS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
 
Vinergy Resources Ltd. has signed a letter agreement dated Dec. 14, 2016, with an arm's-length private British Columbia company, pursuant to which the assignor has assigned to the company the rights and obligations of a letter agreement dated Dec. 13, 2016, between the assignor and MJ Biopharma (1099955 B.C. Ltd.), a private British Columbia company. Pursuant to the terms of the letter agreement, the company will acquire all of the issued and outstanding securities of MJ Biopharma.
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Aurora Cannabis, Radient to develop marijuana extracts

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Mr. Terry Booth of Aurora Cannabis reports
 
AURORA CANNABIS AND RADIENT TECHNOLOGIES SIGN MOU ON JOINT VENTURE
 
Aurora Cannabis Inc. and Radient Technologies Inc. have signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate an exclusive partnership for the Canadian market with regard to the joint development and commercialization of superior and standardized cannabinoid extracts. As part of the MOU, Aurora will, subject to certain conditions precedent being satisfied, invest up to $2 million into Radient by means of a convertible debenture (the "Debenture").
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Bedrocan Canada Completes Export of Dried Cannabis to Brazil

TORONTO, Nov. 23, 2016 - Canopy Growth Corporation (Canopy Growth) (TSX:CGC.TO - News) is pleased to provide the following update to its June 28, 2016 release on both the joint venture announcement with Entourage Phytolab (Entourage)  and the formation of Bedrocan Brasil (Bedrocan Brasil), both companies partly owned by Canopy Growth Corporation. 
 
First Export to South America
Canopy Growth's wholly-owned subsidiary Bedrocan Canada Inc. (Bedrocan Canada), has successfully exported 10 kg of dried cannabis to Brazil for research purposes. Securing a supply of standardized research grade cannabis is a major milestone in the Entourage clinical development plan and marks the first time to the Company's knowledge that medicinal cannabis from a Canadian Licensed Producer has been exported to South America.
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Canadian Zeolite to Supply Licensed Medical Marijuana Producer Natural Ventures, LLC of Puerto Rico

VANCOUVER, BC /November 23, 2016 / Canadian Zeolite Corp.(the "Company") (CNZ.V) (CNZCF) (ZEON.F) is pleased to announce it has reached a Supplier Agreement with Natural Ventures, a Puerto Rico based licensed grower and manufacturer of medical marijuana. Canadian Zeolite will now be working with Natural Ventures to enhance their growing production per square foot with zeolitic fertilizers and substrates.
 
Natural Ventures is located near San Juan, Puerto Rico and has an indoor growing facility of 100,000 square feet. Currently there are over 60,000 registered medical marijuana patients in Puerto Rico and that number is expected to increase significantly in 2017. Natural Ventures CEO, Edgar Montero stated, "We are very excited to be implementing a natural Zeolitic fertilizer for our 2017 crop. With an expected increase in crop yield, we anticipate being able to fully service the increase in demand for our product in Puerto Rico and the other parts of the Caribbean market as they open."
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Canopy Growth Corporation Welcomes Government's Commitment to Maintaining Veterans' Insurance Coverage

SMITHS FALLS, ON, Nov. 22, 2016 - Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX:CGC.TO - News) ("Canopy Growth" or the "Company") is pleased to provide the following update on the Government's new policy surrounding veterans insurance coverage, and to provide an overview of the practices of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Tweed Inc. (Tweed) and Bedrocan Canada Inc. (Bedrocan Canada) as they relate to veterans.
 
Canopy Growth's Current Veterans Program
In light of the findings of the Auditor General's Spring 2016 Report outlining cost increases for medical marijuana veterans coverage by Veterans Affairs Canada, the recent VICE News reports alleging unethical or illegal price inflation by two other Licensed Producers as it relates to prices for insurance-covered veterans, recent concerns expressed by CFAMM, and today's resulting policy changes made by the Canadian government, Canopy Growth would like to make it definitively clear that it does not and has never engaged in any practice to inflate pricing for veterans.
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