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In a lead-up to legalization on Oct. 17, SaltWire Network journalists set out to take Atlantic Canada's pot pulse, to see how we got to this point and where this could lead.

CLEARING THE AIR: Taking Atlantic Canada's pot pulse

Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation employee Dave MacPherson stands at the entrance to Cape Breton Island’s first and only cannabis store. The shop, which will open Oct. 17 when recreational marijuana becomes legal in Canada, is located inside the Nova Scotia Liquor Commission’s Sydney River outlet. The Crown corporation showed off its new store on Tuesday when local news media toured the facility that in two weeks will be legally dispensing recreational cannabis.

Cannabis rules: what to expect in Nova Scotia

Annie MacEachern of Charlottetown, P.E.I., who consumes cannabis for medicinal purposes, says legalization of the drug is just the beginning. She says advocates need to continue pushing to get edibles and concentrates on the market.

From pop culture to pot culture: Atlantic Canadian cannabis ...

Marijuana edibles are an alternative way to ingest cannabis.

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Twin brothers, Mats (left) and Nate Stone, recently wrapped up their AAA minor-league baseball career with 10 championship titles between the two of them. They also play baseball with the Springhill High School Eagles.

Stone brothers' AAA minor-league baseball legacy will be tough to beat

$Drivers and their tanker trucks, capable of hauling water and fracking liquid, line up near a natural gas burn off flame and storage tanks in Williston, N.D., in 2014. - Charles Rex Arbogast$

Cumberland County council gives fracking a hard second look

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The spicy fried cauliflower at Rinaldo’s hits all the right notes.

THE LIST: Cauliflower is king with these top 5 dishes

Shaun Smyth plays Theoren Fleury in the one-man play Playing With Fire: The Theo Fleury Story at the Neptune Theatre.

One-man show hits Neptune's stage

Using hoops, felt, embroidery floss and a few old buttons, Heather hand-stitched a modern fall wreath.

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The spicy fried cauliflower at Rinaldo’s hits all the right notes.

THE LIST: Cauliflower is king with these top 5 dishes

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Digby resident Jonathan Riley went on a random hike on not your most conventional trek and made an important find in early August, discovering a dead leatherback sea turtle by the name of Red Rockette, which had been important in sea turtle research. CONTRIBUTED

THEN AND NOW: Random Digby County find leads to huge loss in leatherback sea turtle research

Updated Oct 10, 2018 at 11:02 a.m.

A unique three-season home.

THEN AND NOW: Tiny house, big view in Cape Forchu, Yarmouth County

Updated Oct 10, 2018 at 11:13 a.m.

Chris Styles talks about the Sept. 15 unidentified flying object sphere sighting on Cape Sable Island at the Shag Harbour UFO Incident Society Museum on Oct. 6.

What was it? Shared story of daytime September UFO sighting on Cape Sable Island has people talking

Published Oct 08, 2018 at 12:55 p.m.

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Using hoops, felt, embroidery floss and a few old buttons, Heather hand-stitched a modern fall wreath.

Making a modern fall wreath

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Amherst News

LIVING BETTER: More on growing mint and other perennials

Updated Oct 05, 2018 at 9:42 a.m.

There is something to be said for spicing up the turkey dinner routine with a few new ideas.

EASY ENTERTAINING: Dressing up Thanksgiving with sides

Published Oct 05, 2018 at 9:03 a.m.

Design experts and psychologists alike say it may be worthwhile to choose a colour that helps you feel good rather than just following design trends.

Exploring the relationship between paint and mood

Published Oct 05, 2018 at 8:57 a.m.

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The spicy fried cauliflower at Rinaldo’s hits all the right notes.

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Using hoops, felt, embroidery floss and a few old buttons, Heather hand-stitched a modern fall wreath.

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Players scramble for the puck while the Archway Insurance Tigers goaltender gets back into position during CBWRHL action in Springhill. The Tigers won this game 6-2 over the Wayne ‘Butch’ Auto Sale Cougars. Danielle Robichaud scored four goals for the tigers and Jasmine Richard and Caitlyn Matchett scored one goal each. Dana Carr and Isabelle Babineau scored for the Cougars.

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Bill Dowe (left) and Mike Ouellet (right) of the Bordertown Working Truck Show, held in September in Amherst, and Leah McLean of Bill Dowe Excavating present a cheque for $2,055 to Martha Saunders of Amherst Area Special Olympics.

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Monique Zollner, manager of the Amherst Superstore NSLC, talks to regional manager Chris Mitton (left) and store assistant manager and cannabis section manager John Estabrooks about the cannabis section in advance of the store’s opening

Amherst Police ready for cannabis legalization

Tweed CEO Bruce Linton (left) launched pot sales in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, at 12:01 a.m. Ian Power (right) and Nikki Rose were the first customers.

UPDATE: Customers in Newfoundland and Labrador brave cold, wet, windy night to be the first to buy legal cannabis in Canada