Ontario Cannabis Store announces supply agreements with licensed producers

The Ontario Cannabis Store announced Monday that it has partnered with 26 licensedproducers for its online retail platform,which will be the province's only online retailer for recreational pot this fall.

The store says that the supply agreements with the Health Canada-authorized producers was competitive and will allow for a variety of products to be sold when pot becomes legal on Oct. 17.

The online store will sell a variety of marijuana products, includingdried flower, cannabis oil and cannabis seeds, to customers 19 and older and plans to expandthe selection of its available products over time.

Supply agreements with cannabis accessory suppliers are also in the works, theOCSsays.

To ensure that products will be delivered to homes safely, the OCS says there will be averification system in place.

TheOCSsays it will also establish a wholesale distribution network to supply pot in private stores. That move is a contrast to the Liberals' planfor a provincial governmentmonopoly on pot sales.

The province was to operate 150 brick-and-mortar stores by 2020. The Progressive Conservative's new planmeans sales at physical stores won't start until April2019.