The first legal Vancouver pot shops opened 5 years ago. Some owners say business isn't booming

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When Mike Babins opened his legal cannabis shop on Jan. 5, 2019, he had a vision of where he’d be in five years — even if it was admittedly pie in the sky.

“I kind of thought I’d be on my private island in the Caribbean with people feeding me grapes, but that was a bit of a pipe dream,” he told CBC News from his Evergreen Cannabis shop in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood.

Evergreen Cannabis was one of Vancouver’s first two legal pot shops to open that day. There was a lineup around the block and no shortage of enthusiasm from customers.

“It was the first time we had

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