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Yes!  Our first foray in the cannabis industry began at 420 Kingston, which we began in 2010.  Within the first year we developed into a head shop and seedbank.  We also had a vape lounge called 420 Session (which operated from 2012-2016 and closed when the Smoke Free Ontario Act was amended to include cannabis).  Additionally we operated 420 Canada which was a wholesale distribution company that sold seeds to other head shops, seed banks and Licensed Producers throughout Canada.  We also hosted the Lift Cannabis  Cups in Toronto and Vancouver in 2016 and 2017 which awarded trophies to growers from coast to coast.  Good times!

Ultimately we were raided in 2017 by CBSA for allegedly importing cannabis seeds, all our seeds were seized and we spent a couple hours in jail to answer for the Lift Cup (which was happening at the same time).  The following week the Cannabis Act was announced and the first iteration made it very clear that we would not be allowed to continue to operate as we had been, and we needed to pivot.   

When the Cannabis Act was announced in 2017, it became clear that we could not continue business as we had been at 420 Kingston.  We knew that seeds would become regulated like cannabis.  At the time, the provincial Liberals were also in power and had proposed a public sale model  similar to the LCBO and only 40 cannabis outlets for the entire province.  There was an outlet proposed in Kingston and we seriously considered moving next door to it to compete selling accessories.  We were afraid we were on borrowed time.

During that uncertain time we decided we needed to hedge our bets outside of retail and further expanded our wholesale channel selling grow equipment and nutrients (to the same people we had previously sold seeds to).  We were selling lights and nutrients at a trade show when we heard a rumour Doug Ford had mused he would opt for private sale instead of public.  We joked we were members of Ford Nation without thinking he would ever actually win the election (because, quite frankly the tides of legalization never turned in our favour).  

As luck would have it, Doug Ford won the election and kept his promise to switch Ontario to private sale.  We were honorary judges for a cannabis competition and were sitting in a restaurant in Toronto waiting to pick up our kits.  We were brainstorming names.  We were thinking of the most Cannabis Act compliant names we could.  After explaining what “420” meant thousands of times a month we realized that it didn’t matter what our name was, we would always need to explain it.  We may as well use our name as an opportunity to educate!  We finalized our lease in August 2018 for our Midland Ave., location in Kingston’s west end, and our legal cannabis retail store Calyx + Trichomes was born!  

We went through 2 lotteries before we were finally able to get our licence!  We opened in June 2010 with cannabis for the first time ever!

West End:  Open!

Address:  1105 Midland Ave., Kingston, Ontario, K7P 2X8

Telephone: 613-634-8458

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Coming spring 2021

Address:  Riverview Shopping Centre, 1206 Highway 15, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 0C4

Telephone: Coming soon!

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We are excited to be back in GREEN status. 

This means we are allowed to welcome in-store shopping!  

This also means we are no longer allowed to offer curbside or delivery.  If this status changes and we are allowed to offer these services again, we will!

We are keeping our staff and customers safe by regularly cleaning all surfaces, wearing masks, maintaining social distancing, and limiting the number of people/parties in the store at once.  

Our staff are also monitored for covid related symptoms.  While we generally have a no bug policy at the shop.  With Covid, if any staff member is experiencing symptoms. they are required to provide us with a negative test result before they are allowed back to work.

Unless you have a medical condition that prevents you from being able to wear a mask, yes, you are required to wear a mask in the store.  We're all doing it for 10 hour days, you can do it for 10 minutes---we believe in you!  Plus, your eyes are your best feature anyways, and a mask looks great on you!