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Canada’s Yukon territory cedes cannabis retail sales to private sector

The government of one of Canada’s three remote northern territories has shut down its online cannabis retail website after four years in business, turning over adult-use sales to a handful of private-sector retailers.

“In May 2022, the Government of Yukon introduced regulations that allow licensed cannabis retailers in the Yukon to sell and deliver legal cannabis products to Yukoners,” the territorial government said in a news release.

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“This fulfilled the Government of Yukon’s commitment to support the Yukon’s private cannabis industry.”

The Cannabis Yukon retail website will be “re-purposed to provide wholesale purchasing options to the Yukon’s licensed retailers,” according to the release, which was issued Tuesday on the fourth anniversary of recreational cannabis legalization in Canada.

The territory is home to six licensed cannabis stores, including four in the capital, Whitehorse, and one each in Dawson City and Watson Lake.

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