The Vancouver Sun reports in its Wednesday edition that British Columbia's lone government-sanctioned store, in Kamloops, opens its doors at 10 a.m. Wednesday with unanimous support from city council. The Sun's Nick Eagland writes that the site of a former Dollar Store has become ground zero for legalization in B.C. Elsewhere in the province, local governments await applications for government and private stores from the province for their own vetting, before public consultation and rezoning that could take up to 18 months in some cases. On Tuesday, Kamloops city council voted unanimously to support the retail cannabis business licence for the B.C. government store. Councillor Denis Walsh recused himself from discussion and voting because of his own pending application for a cannabis store. A lone speaker raised questions about the store's $5,000 business licence but there were no public comments otherwise. Staff told council they received no public submissions regarding the application. "History has been made," Mayor Ken Christian said after a quick vote, to a few chuckles and no celebration. Later, Mr. Christian said he finds it curious that people have begun referring to his city as "Kamsterdam."