Bubba Shaw with his purchase. (via Eric Thompson)

10 a.m.

Cheers from the crowd were heard as the doors opened to B.C.'s first legal pot shop in the River City.

Not everyone was allowed in at the same time due to volume.

Kamloops RCMP were not on site, only security guards.

Aaron Genetics, a cannabis grower out of LA, was the first customer out the door with cannabis product in his hands.

"This is amazing. I'm buying my weed legally," he told a media scrum. "It feels great. I'm going to go smoke it."

Check out the opening in the Facebook live video below.

9 a.m.

Around 30 people (and counting) are gathered outside the shop at this hour.

Coun. Denis Walsh stopped by to check things out following a coffee meeting at Caffe Motivo.

"I think it's a historical event. I'll be back just before 10 a.m.," he tells KamloopsMatters. "This is a good news story as far as I'm concerned. It shows how progressive of a city we are, and I think it gives people a different look at Kamloops."

The councillor plans to get into the budding business himself. He says he'll be putting together a private retail store application following the Oct. 20 municipal election.

He adds he's interested to see the layout of the government store.

"I didn't know you could actually smell the product ... look at the product. I thought it was all going to be sealed product and there'd be nothing you could interact with it."

If you’re terrible at rolling a joint, here’s the prices you’re looking at for pre rolls in #Kamloops. #LegalizationInCanada pic.twitter.com/ECsawByVjw — Eric Thompson (@EricThom1108) October 17, 2018

8:30 a.m.

Prior to the doors opening to the public, the Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) held a media tour.

"West Coast casual" is the theme of the store, said Blain Lawson, general manager and CEO of the LDB.

For a full photo gallery of the government-run pot shop, click HERE.

6:25 a.m.

The lineup at the B.C. Cannabis Store in Kamloops has its first few customers in line.

Kelowna's Becky Prete was the first person to arrive at the Summit Drive pot shop Wednesday morning (Oct. 17), prior to it opening at 10 a.m.

She tells media "I guess I'm quite keen."

"I honestly thought there was going to be a lineup here. I wanted to hold down the fort, so I'm here," she says.

As for her reasons for coming down so early, she says she wanted to make sure she didn't have to wait in line for a really long time.

Prete's shopping list includes Tweed, LDS and DNA Genetics.

Craig McCarthy was officially the second person in line. The Chilliwack resident says he got off work Tuesday and decided to take a trip down to the River City and "go to the legal store instead of where I normally would."

"I just parked over there and pretty much slept in the car for a couple of hours," he says with a laugh.

"It's just the thing to do," McCarthy says of his reasons for coming. "It's pretty memorable actually. So many years of dealing with people that are shady and stuff like that, and to finally come to some place that it's legal, to be able to enjoy what we want to do, and not have to worry about gang members, criminals."