Licence approval comes last-minute for B.C.'s first gov't pot shop

Licence approval for B.C.’s first government recreational cannabis store hinges on a decision by Kamloops city council at a meeting less than 10 hours before Oct. 17 legalization.
Six months before that date, council received a staff report on potential locations for non-medical cannabis stores, and a few weeks later approved a bylaw amendment allowing the shops. In July, the B.C. government announced that Kamloops would be home to the first provincially owned B.C. Cannabis Store, a 3