With Southwestern Ontario facing the strong possibility of getting shut out of the first round of cannabis retailers, one industry expert says allowing marijuana growers to start selling from their production sites would ease the problem.

Canadian shoe magnate Aldo Bensadoun believes grads need to be better prepared for an industry in turmoil. Other universities are also modernizing their retailing programs.

Cannabis NB is on track to miss its own projections for the first half-year of legal recreational cannabis sales by as much as 50 per cent.

Broken bottles of salad dressing, pickles and kombucha have left "quite a smell in the store," says the manager of the Foodland in Saulnierville, N.S.

Business owner Yannick Perreault says the borough's promises of revitalization for the Jean-Talon East shopping area have stalled.