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West Edmonton Mall is set to be home to the largest cannabis retail and experience store in the country when Aurora Cannabis opens its flagship shop Wednesday morning.

The nearly 11,000-square-foot retail space will be split into two parts, a cannabis and paraphernalia store and a retail ‘experience’ store that has seating areas alongside products Aurora believes people will want to purchase and try. A mural by local artist Rust Magic is featured between the two areas.

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“My vision is that first of all customers are completely blown away, this is not what they expected,” said Zamina Walji, vice president of retail and consumer strategy. “That they feel that it’s an inviting environment where they can ask any questions that they want, that they feel like they have the time to spend in the store, that they’re not rushed to the journey of the actual transaction.”

Alongside cannabis and the products to use it, the store is also selling a number of natural soaps alongside Aurora clothing, colouring books, puzzles, colour-changing umbrellas and other accessories.