The group managing Ottawa's ByWard Market says it wants a proposed cannabis store on York Street to keep "ByWard Market" out of its name. Its executive director said there is concern about how a store called ByWard Market Cannabis might affect the area's family-friendly image. "I guess in a worst-case scenario you might have a new bus driver stopping in front of ByWard Market Cannabis and letting the kids off, saying, 'Hey, we've arrived in the ByWard Market,'" Jeff Darwin said. "We certainly did not expect the concern over our chosen name given that an American multinational hospitality company has used it for one of their hotels in the Market since 2016," he said, referring to Andaz Ottawa ByWard Market. The commenting period is over for another Ottawa cannabis shop proposal on Wellington Street West and closes today for the third and final shop at the intersection of Bank and James streets in Centretown.

Source: CBC News March 12, 2019 11:48 UTC