Medical marijuana set to open in Ottawa by late November

If you get a chance to walk in to the medical marijuana dispensary in Ottawa one of the first things you might notice is that it doesn't quite feel like a pharmacy or doctor's office.

The whitewashed clinical atmosphere of most healthcare facilities is replaced by warmer shades of blue and green that feel more welcoming.

That ambiance was intentionally created by the people behind PharmaCannis, which expects to be opening the facility, located just north of Interstate 80, in mid to late November.

"We know the people who will be coming here are people who go to the doctor's office a lot," said Norah Scott, founder of PharmaCannis. "So it was intentional that we didn't want it to feel too clinical but at the same time we didn't want it to feel casual."

The dispensary was open to the public for an open house on Saturday morning that was...

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