Pot Shops

• Surrey greenlights 8 companies to open 12 cannabis stores

  The stores must operate under a framework council approved last spring, which bans them from within 200 metres of schools, community centres and other cannabis businesses.

  Cannabis

  Nov 5
  
• Surrey considering allowing up to 12 legal cannabis dispensaries in the city

  Surrey is asking residents to weigh in on allowing up to 12 cannabis retail stores in the city. Surrey is one of the last cities in B.C. without legal pot shops.

  Cannabis

  Jan 24
  
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• Mississauga set to reconsider ban on cannabis retail stores

  Mississauga, Ont., was one of dozens of municipalities to bar retail cannabis stores from their communities when legalization came into effect in 2018.

  Cannabis

  Apr 12, 2023
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• 3 years since Canada legalized pot, some communities still can’t access it

  More than three years after the legalization of cannabis, municipal bans on pot retailers have left many communities across Canada without a brick-and-mortar source.

  Cannabis

  Dec 12, 2021
• Rapid growth of cannabis stores in Ontario will likely result in some closures: OCS

  The head of the Ontario Cannabis Store is warning that the rapid growth of pot shops will likely result in an overcrowded marketplace and some closures.

  Cannabis

  Jun 30, 2021
• ‘Fundamentally important’: Penticton cannabis retailer welcomes expanded hours

  In a unanimous decision, city council approved a motion to extend closing hours from 8:00 p.m., to 11:00 p.m.

  Economy

  Jun 16, 2021
• More than 50 new licensed cannabis stores in application stage in Hamilton

  The provincial government, in setting the rules for licensed cannabis stores, required a 150-metre buffer from schools, which some say is not far enough.

  Cannabis

  Oct 14, 2020
• Coronavirus: Tokyo Smoke, Tweed among first pot shops to close

  Canopy Growth is rolling out plans to temporarily close all of it's corporate-owned Tokyo Smoke and Tweed retail locations across Canada.

  Cannabis

  Mar 17, 2020
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• Vernon partially lifts cap on downtown cannabis shops

  Council unanimously agreed to shrink the area where the six-store cap applies.

  Cannabis

  Nov 26, 2019
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• ‘I’m impressed’: Sask. police see little change since cannabis legalization

  Cannabis has been legal for exactly a year, and the impact it's had on police services in Saskatchewan has been minimal.

  Canada

  Oct 17, 2019