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Inside an unmarked secure facility at an undisclosed location in north Saskatoon’s sprawling industrial area, a company is preparing to help address Saskatchewan’s marijuana supply.

Edmonton-based Fire and Flower is readying its storage facility and has applied for a licence to operate a wholesale cannabis operation, according to the company’s vice-president of government and stakeholder relations, Nathan Mison.

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Many of the marijuana retail outlets in Saskatchewan, including all seven in Saskatoon, have yet to open. Many have cited a lack of supply.

“We’re very close, but we’re not open yet,” Mison said in a phone interview last week from Edmonton. “We hope we’ll be able to fill some of the market. We don’t know that we will be able to fill all of the market.”

Mison said the outlet is expected to open in a couple of weeks. The structure for the cannabis market in Saskatchewan is different than in other provinces because of the wholesale component, Mison added.