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Last Mountain Times • Monday, <strong>October</strong> 8, <strong>2018</strong> • lmtimes.ca<br />
Cannabis clinical research at U of S<br />
Sundial Growers Inc. (Sundial)<br />
and the University of Saskatchewan<br />
(U of S) have signed a threeyear<br />
memorandum of understanding<br />
(MOU) to undertake collaborative<br />
research exploring opportunities for<br />
clinical testing and other research<br />
activities that support the advancement<br />
of cannabis-related health solutions.<br />
As part of the collaboration, Sundial<br />
and the U of S have agreed to undertake<br />
clinical trials to study the efficacy<br />
of cannabis as a treatment for dementia.<br />
“With our wide-ranging multi-disciplinary<br />
expertise and cutting-edge<br />
plant genomics research, the U of S is eager to work with Sundial to uncover the full potential of cannabis<br />
for health and economic benefits,” said said Karen Chad, U of S vice-president research. “This unique<br />
study is the first step in our exciting collaboration, and will no doubt position the U of S as a national leader<br />
in advancing cannabis as a treatment for dementia.”<br />
The randomized and placebo-controlled, blinded dose-escalation study will take place at two extended<br />
care facilities in Saskatoon. The study aims to examine the degree to which patients can tolerate side<br />
effects of the drug, the dosage, and any adverse effects of dose escalation.<br />
“With this announcement and similar collaborations with the University of Calgary and Sundial’s Mitacs<br />
research initiative, we are demonstrating our commitment to becoming a leader in Canada with respect to<br />
cannabinoid research,” said Sundial President Geoff Thompson.<br />
The MOU aligns with the U of S Cannabinoid Research Initiative of Saskatchewan (CRIS), an interdisciplinary<br />
biomedical and plant genomics research project that aims to obtain scientific evidence about<br />
the application of cannabinoids and cannabis derivatives to humans and animals for health, disease and<br />
disorders. The U of S has privileged access to cannabis gene collections, but needs a consistent and quality<br />
supply of cannabis for research purposes. Sundial can provide this with its innovative cultivation techniques<br />
and state-of-the-art, individually controlled cultivation rooms.<br />
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Canola industry welcomes<br />
new trade agreement<br />
The Canola Council of Canada<br />
(CCC) says it welcomes the announcement<br />
that a modernized<br />
trade agreement with the United<br />
States, Canada and Mexico has been<br />
reached.<br />
“We are pleased that an agreement<br />
for continued stable trade<br />
with two of our four largest markets<br />
has been reached,” says Jim<br />
Everson, president of the CCC. “At<br />
first glance, we’re pleased that open<br />
trade for canola will continue and<br />
that we’ll now be able to export<br />
further processed products like<br />
margarine without tariffs being<br />
applied. Text of the agreement that<br />
has been released shows that canola<br />
seed, oil and meal will remain free of tariffs, while<br />
further processed products like margarine can now<br />
trade freely between Canada and the U.S. because<br />
of modernized rules of origin. Manufacturing<br />
processes have changed since the original North<br />
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was negotiated,<br />
and the USMCA has been updated so that<br />
margarine produced in Canada can meet the rules<br />
of origin required for tariff free access.”<br />
“This modernized agreement removes the tariff<br />
on canola-based margarine going to the U.S.,” added<br />
Everson, noting this was one of the opportunities<br />
that the CCC encouraged negotiators to consider<br />
during NAFTA talks. “This update enables more<br />
value-added canola exports.”<br />
Since NAFTA was signed in 1994, exports of<br />
canola seed, oil and meal to the U.S. and Mexico<br />
have grown. Canola has also been a significant<br />
source of jobs and economic activity in the importing<br />
nations, contributing CDN $7.9 billion/year<br />
in the U.S. and CDN $1.5 billion/year in Mexico,<br />
largely due to the food manufacturing sector and<br />
feed industry.<br />
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Clarification<br />
Re: front page story in the Sept. 24 issue “Mark Cross HumboldtStrong<br />
Remembrance Tour”<br />
The York University tour event exhibition hockey game that was played in Lumsden on September 20th<br />
was put on by the Strasbourg Rink Board and York University. The Rink Board rented the Lumsden ice<br />
as the Strasbourg ice was not ready. Also, the proceeds from the Lumsden event went to the Mark Cross<br />
Foundation that Mark’s family started.<br />
-submitted by Sherry Reiss<br />
Editor’s Note: we apologize for the missing information in our story, however the only advance<br />
information we received about the event came from the York University organization, and their<br />
information did not include any reference to the Strasbourg Rink Board’s involvement.
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