North Bay's first licensed cannabis retailer is open to the public
As retail stores around Northern Ontario close down temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a local pot shop is celebrating its "soft" opening Friday.
Tokyo Smoke North Bay on Lakeshore Drive is open to the public selling recreational cannabis products including regulated and tested flowers, edibles, oils, and other cannabis related products.
The cannabis retail store lottery draw was held back in august.
Owner Lorne Fine says the purpose of these stores is to keep providing pot to the public from officially licensed stores.
"As we all know cannabis has been legalized," said Fine.
"The purpose of legalization is to stamp out the black market. In order to get rid of the black market, you need to have legal cannabis stores and that's what Tokyo Smoke is here."
Tokyo Smoke has 22 locations across Canada with stores in Ontario, Alberta and Manitoba.
Fine says an official grand opening will be held after the COVID-19 pandemic dies down.
Follow us on Instagram
Connect with us on Linkedin