It was a discovery that left comic shop owner Lee Pearson feeling flushed and faint.
After more than three months of legalized cannabis, Alberta counts 36 per cent of the country’s legal pot shops.
Of the 183 licensed marijuana outlets open in all the provinces and territories as of earlier this week, 65 are located in Alberta, which comprises only about 12 per cent of the country’s population.
A significant amount of the country’s legal cannabis harvest is headed to Alberta in a country that’s still experiencing a shortage of the drug, said Jordan Sinclair, spokesman for Canada’s largest producer, Canopy Growth.
In 1980 there were eight piano stores serving northern Saskatchewan. Now there are none.
A Moose Jaw pharmacist who accepted prepaid Visa cards, retail gift cards and American Express certificates is the exception to the industry, not the norm, according to the CEO of the Pharmacy Association.
Perogies, churro burgers, beef kufta, you name it — it's all cooked up in one kitchen, sandwiched between two thrift stores on the edge of a southeast Calgary rail yard.