While the exterior of the building is nearing completion, significant interior work, as well as the parking area, need to be completed before O’Leary’s new cannabis store opens for business. Provincial and town officials confirm the building will not be ready to serve customers on October 17, the date when cannabis use becomes legal in Canada.

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Jon Keefe shows off one of the squish presses and other cannabis consumption paraphernalia he sells at the Dabber Hashery, a specialty shop in downtown St. John’s, N.L. Keefe had initially planned to obtain a licence to sell cannabis products, but abandoned that enterprise when it became clear the eight-per-cent margin paid to cannabis retailers in Newfoundland and Labrador didn’t make for a strong business case for him and his partners.

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The Cannabis NB location in Sackville, N.B.

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