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Year for their proprietary THC-to-CBN conversion
technique that helped launch the first CBN oil on the
Canadian market,
• Tweed x TerraCycle won the Top Non-Profit/
Charity/Community Initiative for the development of
the first national recycling program in the Canadian
cannabis industry, and
• 7ACRES resonated with the judging panel with
their #RespectThePlant campaign to secure the
Brand of the Year award. This is the second year in
a row The Supreme Cannabis Company won this
award.
These are the brands, people and products to watch
in 2020.
As the industry gathered to celebrate 2019 and look
ahead to another year of growth and maturation,
Employer of the Year winner TREC Brands—a
Toronto cannabis brand house with a commitment
to donate 10% of their profits to the community—
launched the 10% for Good initiative at the CCAs
and called on the industry in attendance to join
nationwide nomination process that took place them to build a positive legacy by focusing on
between August 23 and September 20. the broader community. Attendees at the event,
and now the public, can give to a choice of four
Highlights of winners in the industry-insider-judged Canadian charities as part of the campaign—Dress
categories include: for Success Toronto, HXOUSE, Evergreen, and
• Retailer Superette, which took home awards in the Cannabis Amnesty. Donations are open here until
inaugural Top Retail Store—Single Location and Top the end of the year.
Budtender categories, as well as Startup of the Year
and Co-founder and CEO Mimi Lam named as this *source: Lift & Co.
year’s Womxn in Weed—Trailblazer,
• Solei Renew CBN Oil won for Innovation of the
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