Kevin Yarr

O'Leary will get West Prince's lone provincial marijuana store, the P.E.I. government says, and the Charlottetown store will go on Belvedere Avenue.

With Friday's release, the province has announced the location of all four stores it will operate. The province's other two stores will be in Summerside and Montague.

Cannabis retail stores in Montague, Summerside, far away from schools

The two announced locations for retail sales of cannabis on P.E.I. are more than twice as far away from schools as they need to be.

Medical marijuana is shown in Toronto, Nov. 5, 2017. Medical cannabis company Maricann Group Inc.'s chairman and a board director have stepped down and its recent $70 million financing is in limbo as Canada's biggest securities regulator conducts a review of certain trades by its directors. 

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Locations for retail sales of marijuana have been found in Montague and Summerside, P.E.I. Two more are still to be announced in Charlottetown and West Prince.

The Charlottetown store will be in the strip mall at the corner of Belvedere and Queen streets. The O'Leary store will be a new construction, going up on a vacant lot at 474 Main Street, next to the Home Hardware.

The Department of Finance said&nbsp;the new building is expected to be ready to open in the fall, but the opening will depend on the timing of legalization.

UPEI engineers solve real-world problems with year-end design projects

The halls and workspaces of UPEI's School of Sustainable Design Engineering are alive with innovation as students work towards completing their final design projects for the year.

The team worked all semester and ended up using a natural solution with water hyacinths to assist with the waste water solutions.

Senior design team

This team, which travelled to Pakistan, worked all semester and ended up using a natural solution with water hyacinths to help with waste water treatment.

Are political donations 'a good return on their investment?' Green leader asks

P.E.I. Green Leader Peter Bevan-Baker continues to question government about donations the Liberal Party has received.

P.E.I. Green Leader Peter Bevan-Baker

Earlier this week Green Leader Peter Bevan-Baker focused on contributions by the now leader of the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission.

A new building in O'Leary, P.E.I., for selling marijuana will be ready by the fall.

Charlottetown, O'Leary locations for final 2 P.E.I. marijuana stores released

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