Gatineau's 1st pot shop to open next week

The National Capital Region is about to get another pot shop and for the first time, it'll be in Gatineau.

The shop will open next Wednesday,May 22, and will be located at 73 Boulevard de la Gappe.

This is the 15thshop to open in Quebec since the federal government legalized cannabis on Oct. 17, 2018.

The shop will employ between 15-20 people.

7 days a week

TheSocitqubcoise du cannabis (SQDC), the government agency overseeing the production and sale of legal marijuana in Quebec, announced today that all existing outlets in the province will be open seven days a weekas of Monday, May 20,crediting an increase in a reliable cannabis supply.

The SQDChad previously cut back on the shops'hours of business because of chronic shortages.

Radio-Canada reached out to Fire and Flower, a pot shop in the ByWard Market in Ottawa.

ricLavoie, the shop's owner, said he'snot worried about competition from the new shop in Gatineaubecause so many of the city's residents work in Ottawa.