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TORONTO — Ontario’s ombudsman said Wednesday that his office has received more than 1,000 complaints about the province’s online cannabis store since it launched earlier this month.

Paul Dube said he’s set up a triage team to deal specifically with the flood of concerns over the government-run Ontario Cannabis Store.

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The most common complaints have involved delayed deliveries, poor communication with customers and billing problems, Dube said.

“I have informed the OCS that we are seeing a high volume of complaints and we are monitoring their response to these issues,” Dube said in a statement.

Dube’s office has yet to launch a formal investigation into the complaints and said that if the OCS can alleviate the issues, a deeper probe may not be required.

The online store is currently the only legal retailer of cannabis in the province as private retail brick-and-mortar stores aren’t set to open until April next year.