Cannabis with your coffee? Ontario could have thousands of pot retailers September 17, 2018 5.30pm EDT The Second Cup Ltd. says it is actively reviewing locations in Ontario for potential conversion to cannabis stores in light of a decision by the new provincial government to allow private retailers to sell the drug. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Chris Young Stores in Ontario currently selling cannabis illegally will need to shut down before Oct. 17 and they apply for a legal retail licence. In this photo from March 2017, store manager Mark Harrison speaks to media outside a Cannabis Culture store following a police raid in Toronto on Thursday, March 9, 2017./ Aaron Vincent Elkaim