Province processing 186 applications for private pot shops

A day after marijuana use technically became legal in Canada, some cannabis stores closed until they get government-approval, weeks from now, while other retailers continued openly selling in their unlicensed stores.
“Hello, we’re open today for our regular hours,” is how a staffer answered the phone at Canna Clinic on Commercial Drive on Thursday.
He, like most others at unlicensed shops, wouldn’t be quoted on why the store remained open without a provincial licence.
But