We cover the growing cannabis industry
We can’t sell you weed, but we do deliver buzz.
Alongside legalization on Oct. 17, 2018, we launched the oz. as an email newsletter out of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. We’ve since published seven print magazines!
By The Numbers
- About 4,000 copies of the latest issue in circulation
- Magazines in 500+ cannabis retail stores
- Distributed in 7 provinces
- Hired 20 contributing writers
- Almost 1,000 posts
- Sent 400+ email newsletters
- Worked with 30+ advertisers
Connect with the oz.
Our Instagram handle is @theounce.ca. On Twitter, we are @theouncemag.
Our email newsletter comes out every Friday. Check out recent editions here.
Find our By The Ounce podcast here.
Meet the Founder
David Wylie | Publisher
Hi! I’m a B.C.-based journalist and founder of the oz. I’ve been working in newspapers in some capacity or another for about 20 years. I love print, which is part of the reason why I publish a magazine about cannabis.
I’m an active freelance writer. I have been published in the biggest newspapers in Canada, including the National Post, Montreal Gazette, Calgary Herald and The Province. Over the course of my media career I’ve been a publisher, managing editor, news director, editor, reporter, designer, and photographer. I’ve covered news in Toronto, Ottawa, Kelowna—and everywhere in between. I’ve specialized in technology, video games, wineries, weed, energy, climate, courts, crime, and more.
I also know my way around the corporate communications world through years of experience as an advisor, spokesman, and strategist. I work as a freelance copywriter and sponsored content creator.
Our writers and photographers
Our thanks to the many writers who have appeared on the oz., including:
- Jenny Neufeld
- Simon Gerard
- David Brown
- Corinne Doan
- Darcy Nybo
- Mason Klein
- David Trifunov
- Don Plant
- Roohi Sahajpal
- Manos Vezyrakis
- Shylo Thompson
- Lauren Edwards
- David Fernandes
- Jaimie Miller-Haywood
- Katerina Bakalos
Thank you to our advertisers
(Past and present, they include)
- Spiritleaf
- Pistol and Paris
- MTL Cannabis
- NitroTin
- Smoker Farms
- Tok
- Okanagan Cannabis Tours
- Lake Country Cannabis
- Greenery Cannabis Boutique
- Bluewater Cannabis
- The Higher Path
- My Buddy’s
- Glenmore Cannabis Store
- Vitalis
- The Valens Company
- LYF Edibles
- Okanagan College