Pubdate: Fri, 18 Aug 2017
Source: Ottawa Sun (CN ON)
Copyright: 2017 Canoe Limited Partnership
Contact: http://www.ottawasun.com/letter-to-editor
Website: http://www.ottawasun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/329
Author: Olivia Blackmore
Page: 3

CITY COUNCILLOR ASKS POLICE CHIEF TO CLOSE WEST-END POT SHOP

Bay Ward Coun. Mark Taylor has written a letter to police Chief
Charles Bordeleau asking Bordeleau to close a marijuana pot dispensary
on McEwen Avenue.

The letter comes days after the west-side dispensary was robbed for
the third time in two months.

"I am writing you today with respect to the CanaGreen marijuana
location at 102 McEwen Ave. in my ward, its ongoing illegal activities
and the repeated break-in events that have occurred there," Taylor
said Thursday in his letter, which he also posted on Twitter.

CannaGreen is one of a string of affiliated shops that have popped up
in Ottawa run by a British Columbia outfit. Two of the shops, Herbal
Leaf on Bank Street and Trees on Montreal Road, recently closed.

"I am moved however on behalf of my community to request more direct
and visible action to close the 102 McEwen Ave. CannaGreen location
promptly, ceasing its own illegal operation and its action as a magnet
for additional criminal activity."

Pot shops are illegal, but have proliferated in advance of the federal
government's promised legalization of recreational marijuana.

People with documentation from their health-care providers can legally
buy, and receive through the mail, medicinal cannabis from 52
producers licensed by Health Canada.

A police spokesman declined to comment on Taylor's request.

- - With files from Paula McCooey
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