Pot Shops

• 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
  
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• ‘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
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• 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
• 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
• ‘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
• Splatsin Indian Band writing its own rules for on-reserve pot shops

  "It's no different than any [other] jurisdiction that we have," said Splatsin Chief Wayne Christian.

  Cannabis

  Oct 2, 2019
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• Ontario court dismisses legal challenge to province’s pot shop lottery

  The divisional court has also lifted a stay on the licensing process for the latest round of pot shops, which it had imposed while the case was being heard.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2019
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• Ottawa landlord ordered to forfeit part of property rented to unsanctioned pot dispensaries

  Ottawa police said space within the two-storey building at 352 Preston St. was rented to two unsanctioned pot shops between June 2016 and September 2018.

  Cannabis

  Aug 28, 2019