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Alberta pot shops open for business

Oct 17, 2018 | 7:14 AM

EDMONTON- Albertans have 17 locations to choose from today if they want to buy legal recreational cannabis.

Alberta Gaming Liquor * Cannabis has released the list of pot shops that will be up and running with products on the shelves.

Of the 17 retailers issued interim cannabis licences, six are in Edmonton, three are in Medicine Hat and two are in Calgary.

The AGLC says it will continue to license legal pot retailers at a steady pace in the months ahead and anticipates up to 250 stores will be open in Alberta within one year.