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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Long Plains Cannabis store opens. Meta Cannabis Supply Co. store manager, Heather Pelletier prepares to cut the ribbon with Long Plains Chief Dennis Meeches (left) and Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) chief - Christian Sinclair (red jacket) as well as other band members and friends at the official opening of Meta Cannabis store at 420 Madison Ave. Friday. Meta Cannabis Supply Co. Manitoba First Nations first for the City of Winnipeg, Long Plain First Nation, and National Access Cannabis, opened their first legal recreational cannabis store on a Winnipeg urban reserve Friday at 420 Madison Street. Friday. This is the third First Nations retail store launched with National Access Cannabis, the second with Long Plain First Nation and the fifth META store in the province. It will be staffed by Long Plain members that have been trained using NAC’s proprietary model to ensure safe, secure and responsible distribution of legal cannabis. See Alex Paul story. Dec 7th, 2018