Health Canada nearly doubles number of marijuana production licences in second half of 2017 A Health Canada spokesperson said that as of Dec. 1, 208 applicants were in the final stages of the approval process. Provincial governments, police forces and marijuana companies have also been scrambling to prepare for legalized recreational sales, which the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed Wednesday are expected by July. (ROBERT F. BUKATY / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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