Dozens line up in Kamloops for province’s first legal pot store
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KAMLOOPS — More than 100 people lined up outside of the province’s first BC Cannabis Store in Kamloops’s Sahali neighbourhood this morning to get their hands on some legal pot.
Doors to the shop opened at 10:00 a.m. today, Oct. 17, after the much anticipated legal cannabis legislation came into effect. Kamloops City Council voted on the store opening during a meeting yesterday, with a unanimous vote and mayor Ken Christian declaring history had been made.
There are roughly 85 dried-flower strains of cannabis and a selection of oils, capsules and pre-rolls available for purchase at the store. Aside from the initial excitement surrounding BC’s first legal recreational marijuana store, City of Kamloops Business Licence Inspector and Property Use Coordinator Dave Jones says he thinks this new industry will help boost local economy.
“We’re the forerunners of a cannabis store that’s run and looked after by the province of British Columbia, to set an example of how cannabis can be fit in to our society,” Jones says. “The store has employed a number of employees with good paying jobs, obviously it’s only one store of potentially maybe three in town. There’s a potential of 15 other private stores, so obviously it’s going to help the economy, obviously people want to come and work in that industry, and it’s a great business opportunity for entrepreneurs.”
