Staff recommend that city council supports three more non-medical cannabis retail store licenses, which would bring the total to 11.

Penticton city staff recommend a ban on smoking marijuana in public, including public streets where an individual is permitted to smoke cigarettes.

The City of Penticton’s licensing program for marijuana dispensaries is going up in smoke. In December, two pot shops were granted six-month temporary use permits as the city waited for the federal government to legalize cannabis. But in a 5-2 vote Tuesday, council decided not to extend those permits, essentially banning pot shops city-wide. Here...