UPDATE: Province announces winners of marijuana retail lottery
The smoke has cleared around who will sell cannabis in the province once it is legalized.
Of the 51 successful applicants, more than two-thirds are from Saskatchewan or have operations in the province, according to a release from the government Friday.
“This represents the next step in the process of having a privately-operated cannabis retail system carefully regulated by SLGA,” Gene Makowsky, the minister responsible for SLGA said in a statement. “There was a lot of interest in the public Request for Proposal process, resulting in many new businesses that will invest in our province.”
The list of winners includes a mix of private business owners and entrepreneurs, federally licensed cannabis producers and retailers alongside a handful of First Nations. Over 1,500 parties expressed interest in the permits.