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evil1666on Jul 03, 2019 8:50pm
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Choom is READY
Choom is READYOntario to issue 50 more pot shop licences, will earmark some for First Nations communities There’ll soon be more bricks-and-mortar stores in Canada’s biggest cannabis market. BNN Bloomberg was first to report that Ontario will issue 50 new cannabis retail licences this year, a move aimed at expanding legal pot sales in the province while helping to stamp out the illicit industry. Ontario plans to issue 42 new licences for private-sector retailers to be part of a new lottery system. The remaining eight licences will be allocated for outlets in First Nations communities. Interested applicants will need to pre-qualify by meeting certain financial criteria to be part of a lottery process schedule to take place in late August. Cannabis sales in the province grew to $19.6 million in April when the first physical shops opened their doors, up from $7.6 million in the prior month, according to Statistics Canada.