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People are still lining up outside for the BC Cannabis Store in Kamloops

It's been one week since recreational cannabis became legal in Canada. Locally, customers are still lining up outside B.C.'s only government-run pot shop in Kamloops.
Tereza Verenca

It's been one week since recreational cannabis became legal in Canada.

Locally, customers are still lining up outside B.C.'s only government-run pot shop in Kamloops.

The lineup outside the government-run cannabis store in Kamloops; photo taken on Oct. 24. (Tereza Verenca)The lineup outside the government-run cannabis store in Kamloops; photo taken on Oct. 24. (Tereza Verenca)

When KamloopsMatters popped by the Summit Drive store on Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 24), there were at least 10 people in line.

The B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch says the River City location had 4,014 transactions in the first week of legalization, while online sales topped 17,723.

Correction: An earlier version of this story stated online transactions were 17,266, a number provided by the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB). The LDB says it didn't include the online sales for the evening of Oct. 23 in its calculation; 17,723 is the correct number.