The annual cost to run a cannabis store in Vancouver will be lowered from $13,500 to $5,000 on January 1, 2023.
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Vancouver to lower annual retail cannabis licensing fee, raise one time licensing fee
Vancouver City Council unanimously approved a measure to cut licensing fees for cannabis stores in half, beginning in 2022.
Citing academic concerns, petition seeks to stop new cannabis stores at UBC
Some UBC students and residents are expressing concern for plans for two cannabis stores that are planned to open on University land.
Vancouver police seizes guns, psilocybin, cannabis in illicit store raid
Vancouver Police are investigating after firearms were located during an inspection of an unlicensed cannabis store by the Province’s Community Safety Unit (CSU) in June
Vancouver Standing Committee passes motion to reduce retail cannabis licensing fees
Vancouver’s Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities unanimously voted to approve a motion today that directs city staff to reduce the city’s $33,958 cannabis
Vancouver City Councillor seeking to lower $30,000 Vancouver cannabis licensing fee
Councillor Rebecca Bligh would like city staff to prepare an alternate fee structure that lowers the license fee and will support growth in the legal cannabis industry in Vancouver.
Cannabis collective looks to connect home growers with patients in need
An organization in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is seeking to address some of the challenges the neighbourhood residents are facing when it comes to accessing cannabis legally, by connecting legal home growers with those in need of cannabis.
