Gonzalez says the Eden shop is in the process of closing and relocating to a new address on Kingsway. He said doors were open Saturday as part of a transition, and will be closed by end of day Sunday. "There's a couple people in that community—some people dealing with AIDS, cancer, severe forms of pain—we're going to do some outreach to get as much medicine as we can to those vital cases," he said. "We might be partially operational in the morning, but that location is getting dismantled [Sunday]." Smaller weed businesses have also received fines. Raelle Fisher of the Green Cross Society said city enforcers stopped by around noon Saturday and wrote the shop a ticket. Fisher added she was told they'd be getting another ticket tomorrow. She said the dispensary is in the process of fighting a board of variance ruling, and will be paying all fines. Natural Relief Society on Fraser Street was fined late Friday, according to dispensary employee Kaylia Dodge. As of Saturday afternoon, city enforcers had not returned. Councillor Kerry Jang could not confirm how many tickets have gone out as of Saturday afternoon. "Staff haven't reported back yet," he wrote in an email, "they are out now." Follow Sarah on Twitter.
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Gonzalez says the Eden shop is in the process of closing and relocating to a new address on Kingsway. He said doors were open Saturday as part of a transition, and will be closed by end of day Sunday. "There's a couple people in that community—some people dealing with AIDS, cancer, severe forms of pain—we're going to do some outreach to get as much medicine as we can to those vital cases," he said. "We might be partially operational in the morning, but that location is getting dismantled [Sunday]." Smaller weed businesses have also received fines. Raelle Fisher of the Green Cross Society said city enforcers stopped by around noon Saturday and wrote the shop a ticket. Fisher added she was told they'd be getting another ticket tomorrow. She said the dispensary is in the process of fighting a board of variance ruling, and will be paying all fines. Natural Relief Society on Fraser Street was fined late Friday, according to dispensary employee Kaylia Dodge. As of Saturday afternoon, city enforcers had not returned. Councillor Kerry Jang could not confirm how many tickets have gone out as of Saturday afternoon. "Staff haven't reported back yet," he wrote in an email, "they are out now." Follow Sarah on Twitter.