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Eleven months after recreational pot was legalized, city officials have approved 209 cannabis outlets with no end in sight to their growing number.

That’s approaching half the number of liquor stores in Calgary, which numbered about 450 in early 2018.

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Neither the province nor city have set limits on the number of retail outlets eligible for approval, which means there could ultimately be many more than those 209 stores in Calgary.

“We never intended to restrict or put a limitation on cannabis stores in Calgary, just the separation distances between stores,” said Brandy MacInnis, a senior planning and policy strategist for the city.

City regulators continue to see a steady trickle of three to five new applications for cannabis outlets each month and are currently reviewing five of them.

MacInnis said another 105 proposals have been rejected, the majority due to being too close to other such stores or amenities such as schools or daycares.