Type | Crown corporation |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | October 17, 2018 [1] |
Headquarters | Canada |
Number of locations | 26 |
Key people | Lori Stickles (CEO) |
Products | Cannabis sales and distribution |
$5.1 million (1st quarter 2023) [2] | |
Parent | New Brunswick Liquor Corporation |
Website | cannabis-nb |
Cannabis NB (CNB) is a crown corporation retail chain that distributing cannabis products in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. [3] [4] It is operated by the New Brunswick Liquor Corporation. [5]
In 2017, the New Brunswick government announced the establishment of up to 20 cannabis distributor locations in 15 communities, all operated by NB Liquor. [6] By December 2017, 11 of these locations were granted and were to be opened in July 2018. [7]
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