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OCTOBER 17, 2018 | Volume 31 No. 83
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Kamloops voters head to the polls in three days and KTW has an election-week feast in this edition of the paper, with seven pages of THIS SATURDAY extensive coverage beginning on A10
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Pot shop a go after last-minute vote Historic day in Canada as recreational cannabis legalized; Kamloops home to only legal retail store in B.C. MORE INSIDE
JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com
B.C.’s first recreational pot shop opened on Wednesday in Columbia Place Shopping Centre in Sahali, following final approval on Tuesday from Kamloops council. As expected, council approved the store’s business licence, with all in favour. Coun. Denis Walsh recused himself from the vote, declaring a conflict as he plans to open a cannabis store. “History has been made,” Mayor Ken Christian said. Kamloops This Week is touring the government store on Wednesday morning before it opens to the public. Go online to kamloopsthisweek.com to read that story. In advance of the store’s opening, City of Kamloops business inspector Dave Jones toured the facility and spoke to KTW. Close your eyes and think of an Apple store. That’s apparently what it will look like. “Modern, up to date, very techy — it’s unbelievable,” Jones said.
KTW has you covered with everything you need to know about Wednesday’s legalization of recreational cannabis: • “Like any other day”: Police say they don’t expect problems Wednesday / A4 • “No issues”: Postal services prepared for looming influx of pot parcels / A4 • “Let the dust settle”: No immediate crackdown coming for illegal shops / A5
DAVE EAGLES/KTW Workers Tuesday hung signage outside the BC Cannabis Store location in Columbia Place Shopping Centre in Kamloops.
The store next to Save-OnFoods in the Columbia Place Shopping Centre is the first in B.C. to open in time for recreational cannabis legalization. Two more
government cannabis stores are planned for Northills Shopping Centre on the North Shore and in Lansdowne Village downtown. Other government and private
cannabis shops are set to open in Kamloops and across B.C. in the days and weeks to follow. The government cannabis store in Sahali will be open from 10 a.m.
to 9 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. The city received the provincial referral for the cannabis license on Sept. 6 and zoning was already in place, being that the location fell within regulations earlier set by city council. In consulting the public, the city placed a sign on the storefront and issued public notices to those within 100 metres. “No written comments were received in response to the subject application,” a report to council states. See HICCUPS, A6
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