More Shoppers Drug Mart is partnering with TruTrace Technologies Inc. (TTT.V) to bolster its medical cannabis retail platform. The Vancouver-based company’s blockchain-based software is designed to guarantee product quality and genetics throughout supply chain from genome-to-patient. The pharmacy giant said the move brings medical cannabis closer in line with standards for other drugs in a statement to Yahoo Finance Canada, ahead of the deal’s announcement at the World Cannabis Congress in...

More The Bank of Canada will cut its key lending rate in December as a weakening housing market and oil sector headwinds drag GDP growth back below potential in the second half of the year, predicts Capital Economics. The London-based research consultancy notes the recent tone from senior officials signals the bank is set to sideline plans to raise the trend-setting rate to its neutral range, between 2.5 and 3.5 per cent. The bank has left rates unchanged at 1.75 per cent since last October,...

More A new artificial intelligence-powered blockchain ETF will begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Thursday, offering exposure to the disruptive technology being woven into everything from financial services to healthcare. The Coincapital STOXX Blockchain Patents Innovation Index Fund (LDGR) is based on the iSTOXX Yewno Developed Markets Blockchain Index. An artificial intelligence algorithm cherrypicks companies for the fund that invest in blockchain technology and research by...