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Quebec cannabis stores to reopen Wednesday as supply stabilizes

Quebec's government-run cannabis stores will now be open on Wednesdays, after stock shortages forced them to close three days per week shortly after opening last fall.

After closing 3 days per week because of stock shortages, stores will now only be closed 2 days

The SQDC decided soon after opening its stores for business that it didn't have a sure enough supply to keep them open seven days a week. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)

Quebec's government-run cannabis stores will now be open on Wednesdays, after a pilot project proved their supply chain can now handle stores being open five days per week.

In October, theSocitqubcoisedu cannabis(SQDC)announced outletswould no longer be open Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays because of stock shortages.

Supplies have since stabilized, so the stores will now only be closed Monday and Tuesday, effectiveimmediately.

"We know that we are now capable of opening all the stores another day in the week because we know that our supply logistics can sustain the whole network," SQDC spokesperson Fabrice Giguresaid.

The outlets made the decision to reopen after a successful pilot project, in which three storeswere kept openWednesdays.

Giguresaid it will help fulfilthe SQDC's mandate to put an end to the cannabis black market.

"To accomplish the mandate we want to increase access to the legal market," Giguresaid.

With files from Kate McKenna