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New Nova Scotia Regulations Allow Retail Cannabis Stores Owned By Mi’kmaq Community

A band or band-owned corporation can become an authorized seller

Mi’kmaq communities in Nova Scotia will be able to open legal cannabis retail stores on reserve under new provincial regulations.

The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation had been the only authorized cannabis seller in the province, with 50 stores including one on the Eskasoni reserve in Cape Breton.

But under new regulations announced today, a band or band-owned corporation can become an authorized seller within a Mi’kmaq community through an agreement with the liquor corporation.

Any new stores in Mi’kmaq communities will have to sell cannabis purchased through the corporation.

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