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“I would technically have enough (product) to open up, but I think that I’d sell out in a day or two, and then I’d have to close down. And I feel like that doesn’t represent who I am,” she said Wednesday in an interview.

“I only have one chance to make a first impression in Saskatoon, so I want to make that the best that it possibly can be, and if that means delaying opening, that means delaying opening,” she added.

Geoff Conn, one of three partners behind the Pot Shack on Grovesnor Avenue, has also backed away from plans to open Oct. 17. He said he now expects the store to open its doors “quite shortly after” legalization.

Like Sieben-Chuback, Conn blamed supply chain issues for the delay, saying it appears that most cannabis on the market has been earmarked for medical and government distributors with little left for retailers.

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“I think it’s the same for everybody,” Conn said, adding that he does not believe any of the other shops in the city will be open Wednesday.

Vancouver-based Aura Cannabis Inc. expects its 20th Street West shop to open its doors at the end of November or in early December, and will spend the next several weeks training staff and working with regulators, company vice president Andrew Gordon said.

According to Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority spokesman David Morris, the provincial cannabis regulator has authorized one retailer to receive marijuana shipments ahead of legalization, and is working with “several others” to prepare for Oct. 17.