Once the pillar store of Carlingwood, the Sears store in the west end mall at 2165 Carling Ave., intersecting Woodroffe Avenue, was built in the 1950s. Sears closed the store in January 2018 as part of a corporate downsizing that took place across the country.
Some of Toronto's wealthiest residents now have easy access to cannabis with Sunday's opening of the city's second legal retail store. A couple dozen eager buyers stood in line in Yorkville to make the first purchases at Ameri, a small store in the shadows of high-rise condominium towers.
Beverley Taco Service, Bulwark Cider, HFX Wanderers, Open Book Coffee, Rens Pets, Sweet Beans (Halifax ReTales)
“This is an asset for this community that’s not being used,” said Jacqueline Holmes, executive director of the Nova Scotia Works -Northside Employment and Resource Centre, who attended Wednesday’s event.
Since the 2016 masterplan proposal was submitted to the City of Toronto by Freed Developments and ELAD Canada to redevelop Galleria Mall at Dupont and Dufferin Streets, work has been progressing behind the scenes to bring us the first Site Plan Approval application for buildings at the multi-phased development.
He has since filed a complaint to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario about his treatment.
The Kingston store will be the eleventh Fire & Flower branded store opened in Canada since the legalization of adult-use cannabis in Canada. It joins stores already opened and operating in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ottawa, Ontario.