Vancouver’s first provincially approved pot shop opening this weekend
Posted January 4, 2019 11:05 am.
Last Updated January 4, 2019 7:50 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Vancouver’s first legal brick and mortar pot shop is opening its doors on Saturday.
Evergreen Cannabis Society in Kitsilano applied for a license in August and got the greenlight on Christmas Eve. It was supposed to open last weekend, but paperwork didn’t get processed in time.
The store initially opened in 2015 as a medical marijuana dispensary. It stopped selling weed following legalization in October, in order to increase its chance of getting a license. It will now re-open as a legal, recreational dispensary.
It’s one of five private cannabis stores in B.C. approved by the province so far.