The Edmonton Public Library is headed to the court of appeal, after three cannabis stores were granted permission to set up within the 200-metre boundary of libraries.

The facility will provide 40 new jobs per shift once operations begin, according to the unnamed applicant.

“We are pleased to open the market further by allowing more retailers to apply for retail licences,” said Crown Services minister Jeff Wharton.

There are at least nine proposed locations for a retail cannabis store in Guelph, Ont., including three in the downtown core.

In early April, Ontario granted pot shops temporary permission to provide delivery amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The initial spike and COVID-19 posed challenges for the cannabis industry, which was already grappling with mass layoffs, the rollout of edibles and executive shakeups.

Aurora Cannabis Inc. says it incurred a $137.4 million net loss in its third quarter, down from the $1.3 billion it reported the quarter before.

The OPP's joint forces cannabis enforcement team executed a search warrant at the Hanks Hotbox Dispensary in Trent Lakes, on Wednesday.

Manitoba RCMP say one person is in custody and officers are searching for another suspect in connection to a drug raid in Moose Lake.

The operation is proposed to be built at an industrial complex on Kyle Road.