It was a nail-biter to see which cannabis dispensary would make the first legal sale in Victoria, but Cloud Nine Collective clinched the title when it held its soft launch on Sunday night.
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Both Cloud Nine at 778 Fort St. and the 1402 Douglas St. location of The Original FARM officially opened their doors at 9 a.m. Monday morning, adding Victoria to the list of B.C. cities officially selling legal cannabis products, along with Kamloops, Vancouver , Port Hardy and Kimberly.
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Both stores offered a wide variety of dried flower, infused oils, pre-rolled joints and cannabis paraphernalia, after it took several days to order product in from the B.C. Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB) when the shops received their business licenses.
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Ryley Nicholls has been a regular at Cloud Nine since before they shut down, and was happy to make his first legal purchase, a pre-rolled joint, on Monday morning.
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Three more Victoria dispensaries are slated to open soon once they get their municipal business license, including both locations of Clarity Cannabis (603 Gorge Rd. E and 851 Johnson St.) , and The Original FARMB次元官网网址檚 Hillside location (3055A Scott St.)
-With files from Kendra Crighton
