The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday, Oct. 6, edition that Curaleaf Holdings says it will sweeten the offer it has made to buy rival pot firm Aurora Cannabis. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe reports that Stamford, Conn.-based Curaleaf now wants to make an offer valued at $5 an Aurora share (all figures U.S.). The offer will be comprised of 0.4013 Curaleaf shares plus $1 cash, based on Curaleaf's Oct. 2 closing share price. The company says it is boosting its bid despite Aurora rebuffing its past overtures because Curaleaf wants to signal it is trying to negotiate in good faith and show it is worth combining the cannabis businesses. Over the summer, Curaleaf made a bid for the Edmonton-based company that was worth $4 an Aurora share. That bid included 0.3463 of a Curaleaf subordinate voting share plus 75 cents in cash, based on its closing share price on Aug. 10. Aurora urged shareholders to reject Curaleaf's initial hostile takeover bid, saying the offer undervalued Aurora and was not in the best interests of shareholders.