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A week from now, Canada Post will be delivering plain packages containing pot to residents across Ontario.

The Crown corporation has the contract to deliver weed for the government’s online store that opens for business Oct. 17, the day recreational cannabis is legalized across the country.

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The Ontario Cannabis Store will probably be the largest online seller of cannabis in the country.

The online store will be the only legal channel for Ontarians to buy cannabis for nearly six months after legalization.

The provincial Conservative government plans to licence private businesses to operate bricks-and-mortar marijuana stores, but they won’t open until April 2019.

Portions of the Ontario Cannabis Store website went live Wednesday night. You can find the website at ocslearn.ca/learn.

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Visitors to the website must check on a box confirming they are 19 before viewing the content.

You must be an Ontario resident to order from the store.