Tag: Marijuana

Collingwood’s first legal pot shop is getting ready to open. The license holder, Louis Laskovski, is partnering with Sessions Cannabis, and they hope to open the doors at 312 Hurontario Street in December. Laskovski was chosen by The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario in a second cannabis lottery held in August. Sessions Cannabis says, in Read more...

A brick and mortar shop prepares to open its doors for business in Collingwood, and it’s creating quite a buzz. The retail cannabis store will mark the first of its kind in the region. “I think Collingwood is ready for this,” said Mayor Brian Saunderson. “It’s a legal product, and we are in a free market economy.” Sessions Read more...

The first legal cannabis retail store in Simcoe County has been unveiled. Media got a first look inside Sessions Cannabis on Hurontario Street, right at the end of Hume Street, in Collingwood on Friday. Store owner Louis Laskovski won the licence in the last government lottery. He says he is really excited to be a part of the Collingwood Read more...

I heard about the cannabis retail lottery on the radio in January 2019, when I was driving home from work. The first 25 legal cannabis stores in the province would be run by a bunch of anybodies lucky enough to get their names pulled out of a (digital) hat. The entry requirements were ridiculously low: 75 bucks and an email address. No Read more...

In Collingwood you’ll be able to add cannabis to your grocery list. Sessions officially opens to the public Saturday with an offering of flower, pre-rolled joints, oils, and accessories. The store is owned by Louis Laskovsky, a lawyer from Richmond Hill, who tried unsuccessfully for a retail licence in the first government lottery. He won Read more...

Collingwood’s, and Simcoe County’s, first legal cannabis store is set to open its doors on Dec. 21. The store, owned by Richmond Hill lawyer Louis Laskovski and located at 312 Hurontario St., will be called Sessions Cannabis. Steven Fry, president of Sessions, owns a location in Hamilton and is licensing the brand to Laskovski. With Read more...

Tomorrow you’ll be able to add cannabis to your grocery list. Sessions officially opens to the public Saturday, Dec. 21 with an offering of flower, pre-rolled joints, oils, and accessories. The store is owned by Louis Laskovsky, a lawyer from Richmond Hill, who tried unsuccessfuly for a retail licence in the first government lottery. He won in Read more...

Today’s guest won the lottery—an Ontario-wide lottery to determine who would get the province’s first licenses to sell marijuana at a retail location. And once his name came up, the clock started ticking. He had less than three months to go from lucky winner to owner and proprietor Read more...

BNN Bloomberg: ‘Drinking from the fire hose’: What it’s like to win Ontario’s cannabis retail lottery Read more...