Area residents will soon have some options if they want to purchase recreational marijuana, however you will have to travel.
Kenora and Thunder Bay are the only northwestern Ontario communities to be approved for the next round of Cannabis stores.
50-outlets in Ontario will be licensed.
The government is also allowing eight cannabis stores to be located in First Nation communities on a first come first serve basis.
The new retail stores will be required to take part a lottery process and will be allowed to open on a rolling basis, beginning in October.