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Fire & Flower, an Alberta-based chain of marijuana stores, will have its name on a proposed shop on York Street in the ByWard Market this spring.

The chain has reached a licensing deal with two of the Ontario pot-shop lottery winners who are opening stores in Eastern Ontario, said Fire & Flower chief executive Trevor Fencott. The other proposed Fire & Flower is on Brock Street in downtown Kingston, he said.

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Notices allowing for 15 days of public comment were expected to be posted on both storefronts and the website of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario website by Wednesday, he said.

The province will allow only 25 stores to open this spring because of a shortage of cannabis for the recreational market. The right to apply for the coveted first wave of licences was determined in a lottery.

Eastern Ontario has been allotted five stores. Lottery winners can decide to open a store in either Ottawa or Kingston, Belleville, Barrie, Peterborough or Kawartha Lakes.