Canopy Growth shares are up more than 10% after the announcement of a potential merger with a US pot manufacturing company.

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Shares surged more than 10% in trading after business hours on Wednesday after reports that it was preparing to buy US pot producer Acreage Holdings Inc., Bloomberg and CNBC, said the two are on track. talks the trumps.

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