The incident occurred shortly after 2 a.m. and there were two employees inside the store at the time. No injuries have been reported.
In March, after a string of robberies, the AGLC announced it would be re-evaluating the window coverings that industry workers had long denounced as providing cover for potential thieves.
Sgt. Nick Wilsher of the Calgary Police Service previously told CBC that the window coverings are “the biggest issue that we have,” adding that 29 cannabis shops were robbed last year.
Fire & Flower, a cannabis retailer with more than 90 stores in its network, was among the first dispensaries to push back against the window covering rule.
In March 2020, after a robbery at one of its Alberta locations, the company announced it had removed the window coverings from three of its Edmonton locations and was instituting a store-by-store review.
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