Council deadlock sinks Whitehorse cannabis store's zoning change bid
Community Cannabis would have been located on Second Avenue in downtown Whitehorse, within 150 metres of the Individual Learning Centre.
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Community Cannabis would have been located on Second Avenue in downtown Whitehorse, within 150 metres of the Individual Learning Centre.
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According to territorial legislation, stores that sell cannabis need to be at least 150 metres away from schools. Community Cannabis, which Stackhouse said is the second locally-owned pot shop in Whitehorse, is almost exactly 100 metres away from the Individual Learning Centre, which the Cannabis Licensing Board considers a school.