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The winners of this week’s lottery must still file applications, fulfill various requirements, and obtain permits. But the province said Wednesday the stores will likely start opening by October.

Among the lottery winners was Kyriakos G. Anastasiadis, who wants to put a cannabis retail store at 545 Ouellette Ave. in Windsor.

London, which already has three cannabis stores, was selected for two more in the second lottery. Robert Chomiak is proposing a store a 1310 Fanshawe Park Rd. W., and Noah Soberano is planning a store at 1135 Richmond St. Chatham was not selected for any stores.

Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens, who opposed allowing pot stores in the city, said he will now focus on ensuring the area around the new one will be safe.

“It’s legal in Canada and we all have to adapt and adjust to what the new landscape looks like,” he said. “So my goal will be working with police to make sure that the right securities are in place around that facility. We know the first facility will be very busy. Based on experiences in other municipalities this will be a very busy location in terms of traffic and some of the unwanted activities that other municipalities have seen around their stores.”

That unwanted activity includes loitering and panhandling, he said.

“They’re issues that make many people feel uncomfortable in the best of times, and certainly we want to make sure that petty crime doesn’t go up in and around that area as well,” said Dilkens. “Police will be on top of it. They’re prepared.”