Article by Kristine Owram, Bloomberg News Canada’s most populous province will finally open its first pot shops Monday, nearly six months after legalization. The initial result will be underwhelming, to say the least. As of Friday, only 10 stores in Ontario had received the necessary licenses to open on April 1. That’s one store per 1.4 million people. In Toronto, ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen The first three legal cannabis stores in Ottawa opened Monday to a steady buzz of customers but no ’round-the-block lineups. They were among a handful opening across the province as Ontario continues its slow rollout of bricks-and-mortar stores. Only 10 of the 25 stores the province had promised for April 1 have been approved. ...

Video by CityNews Ontario’s first cannabis stores opened for business on Monday with only one opening in Toronto. Erica Natividad with how retailers will compete with the black market and deal with a national cannabis shortage. Read the full article here.

Article by Jason Miller and Joseph Hall, Toronto Star Despite a 45-minute wait to get in the store, Taylor Stevenson, bouncy and hipster-bearded, was over the moon. “I love it, I love it all,” said Stevenson, as he was leaving The Hunny Pot Cannabis Co. store on Queen St. W. on Monday afternoon, with a full bag of pot purchases. ...

Article by Michael Talbot, CityNews On the same day that a handful of legal marijuana shops opened up across Ontario, Premier Doug Ford singled out one city for being too lenient when it comes to stamping out the black market. During a conference on Monday to announce the scrapping of Drive Clean Tests, Ford not only railed against the newly-implemented carbon tax, ...

Video by CityNews Toronto’s first legal weed store opened for business Monday morning. The Hunny Pot’s first customer bought single gram of White Widow for $12.08 after showing her government issued identification. See source here.

Article by Liny Lamberink, Global News One of London’s first pot shops, Central Cannabis, is expecting line-ups during its inaugural day in business. Owned by Chris Comrie and run by consulting company Corner Cannabis, the shop at 666 Wonderland Rd. North is one of three in London to secure permission to open through a provincial lottery in January and appears ...

Article by Nikita Brown, Bramptonist It’s April 1, the province’s date for allowing the operation of retail cannabis stores, and Brampton—along with a very select group of other cities across Ontario—now has a legal pot shop. The new store, Ganjika House, is now officially open on the city’s south side. In early February The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario ...

Article by Joseph Hall, Toronto Star The top floor of Hunny Gawri’s latest enterprise glimmered like a jewelry shop Saturday with dozens of round glass receptacles laid out with symmetrical precision, ready for their emerald-coloured wares. On the three floors below, a hive of workers hammered and pasted and screwed the last elegant pieces together in a final push to ...

Article by Nick Boisvert, CBC News Inside Nova Cannabis in Toronto’s bustling Queen Street West neighbourhood, the shop’s budtenders are crowded around a low table, taking whiffs of tiny vials and exchanging their observations. “Slightly spicy,” says one, before jotting down some notes and picking up another sample. The first 25 licensed cannabis stores in Ontario will open for business on ...