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In this Oct. 17 file photo, people check out the sample counter at a cannabis store in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Supply shortages have been rampant in the two weeks since Canada became the largest national pot marketplace.

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Gone to pot: Marijuana shortages plague Canada

by Rob Gillies Associated Press, and Tracey Lindeman Associated PressNovember 1, 2018

Hundreds of people lineup at a government cannabis store Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in Montreal. Canada became the largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace as sales began early Wednesday. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Canada celebrates first day of pot sales

by Rob Gillies Associated Press, Gene Johnson Associated Press, and Tracey Lindeman Associated PressOctober 17, 2018

Thomas Clarke poses for a photo outside his cannabis store in Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Canada is ready to open the door wide to legal marijuana

by Rob Gillies Associated Press, and Gene Johnson Associated PressOctober 16, 2018

In this Sept. 26, 2018 photo, a sign that reads "It's fun to be a Canadian" is displayed near the Peace Arch monument at the U.S.-Canadian border near Blaine, Wash., and Surrey, British Columbia. On Oct. 17, 2018, Canada will become the second and largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace, in contrast to the United States, where the federal government outlaws marijuana while most states allow medical or recreational use for people 21 and older. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Canada preps for legalized marijuana

by Gene Johnson Associated Press, and Rob Gillies Associated PressOctober 10, 2018

President Donald Trump is applauded as he walks out of the Oval Office to announce a revamped North American free trade deal, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday.

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Trump, Trudeau hail NAFTA revamp

by Ken Thomas Associated Press, and Rob Gillies Associated PressOctober 1, 2018

Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks to the media as she arrives to the Office of the United States Trade Representative to continue talks on trade, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Canada stunned at Trump trade threats

by Rob Gillies Associated PressAugust 30, 2018

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould, right, Minister of Health Ginette Petitpas Taylor, center, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and to the Minister of Health Bill Blair, left, listen to questions during a press conference on Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. The Canadian government said it will soon announce the date of when cannabis will become legal, but warns it will remain illegal until then. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Canada to announce pot legalization date

by Rob Gillies Associated PresJune 20, 2018

President Donald Trump, right, talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron after the family photo during the G-7 Summit, Friday, June 8, 2018, in Charlevoix, Canada. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump barrels into G-7 summit, ready to fight US allies

by Catherine Lucey Associated Press, and Rob Gillies Associated PressJune 8, 2018

FILE - In this july 20, 2015 file photo, a member of the Cuban honor guard stands next to a new plaque at the front door of the newly reopened Cuban embassy in Washington. The State Department has expelled two diplomats from Cuba’s Embassy in Washington following a series of unexplained incidents in Cuba that left U.S. officials there with physical symptoms. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File, Pool)

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Sonic device sickens US, Canadian diplomats in Cuba

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, Rob Gillies Associated Press, and Michael Weissenstein Associated PressAugust 10, 2017

A police officer looks for evidence under a car in the area of a Quebec City mosque on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017. A shooting at a Quebec City mosque Sunday night left multiple dead and injured. One suspect was arrested at the scene and another nearby. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)

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6 counts of murder for mosque attack suspect

by Tracey Lindeman Associated Press, and Rob Gillies Associated PressJanuary 30, 2017