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Canadian Cannabis Awards picks best in biz

Published on November 8, 2019 by oz. staff

Tonight’s Canadian Cannabis Awards will honour the best in the legal biz.

The black-tie gala at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York Hotel is billed as the ‘must-attend event of the year.’

“For the third year in a row, the CCAs will feature an awards gala dinner and ceremony where industry leaders will come together to eat, drink, and celebrate excellence in Canadian cannabis,” says Lift & Co.

The cannabis-focused media company founded the awards in 2014 as an annual celebration of industry talent and advocates.

Each year, they add new award categories, “reflecting — and increasingly, influencing — the dynamism of the evolving cannabis sector.”

The winning people, brands and organizations are determined by a panel of expert judges, while the top products are chosen by consumers who submit receipts to validate their votes.

The awards cover 32 categories.

Here are some of the shortlisted nominees:

Entrepreneur of the Year

Angela Marks, B.C. Trimmers
Drummond Munro, Superette
Pat McCutcheon and Keith Strachan, MediPharm Labs
Darren Bondar, Spiritleaf
Joshua Vera, Elevate

Womxn in Weed – Trailblazer

Sony Gokhale, The Supreme Cannabis Company Inc.
Mimi Lam, Superette
Jo Vos, Leafly
Angela Marks, B.C. Trimmers
Rebecca Phillips, 7ACRES
Trang Trinh, TREC Brands Inc.

Top Budtender

Ellen McKay, Superette, Ottawa
Jessica Cadney, Hobo Recreational Cannabis Store, Ottawa
Jordan Prentice, NOVA Cannabis Off Whyte, Edmonton
Liam English, Fire & Flower, Ottawa
Mona Pinette, Spiritleaf, Calgary

Top Master Grower

Kevin Anderson, Broken Coast Cannabis Ltd.
John Barnet, Aurora Cannabis
Leo Benne, Zenabis Global Inc.
Liam McKenzie, Experion Biotechnologies Inc.
Melanie Carruthers, 7ACRES

Top Retail Store – Single Location

Kiaro – 1316 Kingsway, Vancouver
NOVA Cannabis Off Whyte – 8015-104 ST. NW, Edmonton
Hobo Recreational Cannabis Store – 4296 Main St., Vancouver
Elevate – 14454 -118 St. NW, Edmonton
Superette – 1306 Wellington St., Ottawa
Ameri – 20 Cumberland St., Toronto

Startup of the Year

OGEN – Bloom Cultivation
Quality Green Inc.
Superette
TREC Brands Inc.
ND Supplies Inc.