Retail cannabis permit lottery a 'missed opportunity' for La Loche: mayor

The mayor of a village in northern Saskatchewan and the chief of a nearby First Nation are not happy the only available retail cannabis permit in the area was won by a Saskatoon-based business with no connection to their communities.
Flower Power Cannabis Pharms Inc. won the permit for La Loche, beating out 14 other applicants for what will be the province’s most remote marijuana store, the provincial government announced Friday.
That doesn’t sit well with the village’s mayor,