Liquor board reviews controversial distillery scholarship
"Spirit of Education" contest awards $3,000 for essay on responsible drinking
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What students are talking about today (March 28th)
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Tapping the keg of outrage… again
Few object to the way alcoholic beverages are sold in Ontario more than I do, as pretty much anyone who knows me can attest. From the endless queues to the clueless staff to the pitiful selection to...
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Why is your government standing in the way of cheaper beer?
Dario Ayala/THE GAZETTE Canadians find beer an endlessly interesting topic. We enjoy drinking it, brewing it, watching ads for it and even following the delivery of equipment used to make it. Consider,...
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The boy in the burka
Are you a 14-year-old boy seeking a mickey of Sambuca but you’re four foot three, absent fake ID, and your older brother refuses to break the law on your behalf? Don’t worry about it. Sun News has got...
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Should Ontario privatize liquor sales?
(J.P. Moczulski/CP) Ontario’s Opposition leader, Tim Hudak, seems to have found the ideal hot-button issue in his promise to privatize the provincial liquor monopoly if he emerges victorious from...
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Let the booze hoarding begin: Ontario liquor store workers vote for strike
(J.P. Moczulski/CP) Members of the union that represents workers at LCBO stores — Ontario’s provincial liquor stores — have voted 95 per cent in favour of a strike. “That number should send a pretty...
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Ontario inches closer to liquor-store strike before long weekend
J.P. Moczulski/CP A strike that would shutter Ontario liquor stores during the May long weekend, and possibly beyond, could happen as early as 12:01 a.m. on Friday. The strike threat comes as the 7,000...
View ArticleLCBO reaches tentative deal with workers averting strike
TORONTO – The Liquor Control Board of Ontario has reached a tentative contract agreement with its workers, just hours before a midnight strike deadline. Details won’t be released until after the LCBO...
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Grapes of math
Maclean’s tells the story of Canadian wine from coast to coast in words and pictures in Wine in Canada: A Tour of Wine Country. Look for it on newsstands now, or download the app. In the meantime,...
View ArticleLCBO technical contract one year late, $425,000 over original budget
OTTAWA – An LCBO contract to create an automated warehouse system for keg beer and speciality products is more than a year overdue and $425,000 over budget. The system was competitively tendered in...
View ArticleOntario restaurateurs want LCBO to extend ‘diplomat’ discount to them
OTTAWA – Ontario’s restaurant owners want the province’s liquor agency to give them the same deep discounts it gives to diplomats. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario last month started giving foreign...
View ArticleOntario restaurateurs want LCBO to extend ‘diplomat’ discount to them: letter
OTTAWA – Ontario’s restaurant owners want the province’s liquor agency to give them the same deep discounts it gives to the diplomatic community. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario last month started...
View ArticleMac’s promises $54 million investment if Ontario allows booze sales
TORONTO – Mac’s Convenience Stores Inc. is promising to invest $54 million dollars to build 27 new convenience stores in Ontario if convenience stores are granted the right to sell alcohol in the...
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The tragedy of Ontario’s ‘beer commons’
Adrian Wyld/CP It is encouraging to see so much ridicule being flung at the Beer Store’s “study” defending its role in the Soviet-flavoured Ontario liquor retailing system. The effectiveness of the...
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Beer and wine in Ontario supermarkets a step sideways, not forward
With today’s news that Ontario will allow wine and beer to be sold in select supermarkets, the province appears to be hurtling boldly into the 20th century—at least, at first glance. “Liberalizing the...
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