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A legal cannabis shop plans to open in a shopping mall on Merivale Road in Nepean, which could bring the total in the city to seven.

Three stores are already open in Ottawa and four winners of the province’s latest pot-shop lottery are now going through the approval process.

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The proposed store at 1642 Merivale Rd. near Viewmount Drive is a recent addition. Lottery winner Gerrit Murray had planned to open a store in Lindsay, Ontario, but switched the location to Ottawa instead.

A notice calling for public comments is posted at the location, which used to house a Payless shoe store. The store will be called ABC Cannabis.

A couple of other lottery winners have also changed their proposed locations within Ottawa. Currently the other three proposed stores are High Flight at 1000 Wellington St. W.; A Hobo brand store at 121 Clarence St. in the ByWard Market; and a store whose name has not been announced at 4335 Strandherd Dr. in Nepean.