TORONTO - The Tragically Hip-backed pot producer Up Cannabis plans to have an “experiential hub” inside one of Ontario’s first legal recreational weed stores located in the band’s hometown of Kingston. The cannabis company says its “store within a store” will be in a shop operated by Spirit Leaf Inc., which has signed an agreement with one of the lottery winners selected to apply for the initial 25 retail licences in Ontario. A general view of cannabis plants are shown in a grow room at Up Cannabis Inc., Newstrike Resources marijuana greenhouses, in Brantford, Ont., on January 16, 2018. ( Chris Young / THE CANADIAN PRESS )The retailer already has Spiritleaf stores in Alberta and Saskatchewan and plans to open its first Ontario location in the heart of Kingston on April 1, when private cannabis retail shops are set to open across the province. In Ontario, a retail licence cannot be issued to a corporation if more than 9.9 per cent of it is owned by one or more licensed cannabis producers or their affiliates.

Source: thestar February 13, 2019 15:47 UTC