While Atlantic Canada is a leader in impaired-driving regulations, it has lots of room to improve in other areas in order to reduce health and safety linked to alcohol consumption, according to new report cards co-authored by St. Francis Xavier University professor Kara Thompson.
TORONTO — A group of researchers is sounding the alarm over the Ontario government's planned changes to alcohol policy, saying the relaxed rules will lead to more consumption that can bring an increase in crime, hospitalizations and even death.
THERE is no part of Scottish society that is immune to the damage unchecked alcohol abuse can visit on individuals or families.
Time to crack open a cold one? Not so fast -- a local Mexican lawmaker proposed a measure Thursday limiting the sale of cold beer to curb alcohol consumption, unbottling a wave of mainly mocking reactions online.
BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada - This morning, the director of the UVic-based Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research said that there will be a significant change in alcohol pricing.
It’s been 45 years since researchers revealed the risks of drinking during pregnancy. But as Vanessa Hrvatin reports, rates of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder are three times higher than previously believed — just as more women are drinking, and drinking more, than ever before.
CAMBODIA - Civil society groups on Tuesday urged relevant ministries to finalise the draft law on controlling the consumption and sale of alcohol in the Kingdom as soon as possible.
ONTARIO - It could cost Ontario taxpayers more than $1 billion in damages to the Beer Store to keep Premier Doug Ford's campaign promise to sell beer in corner stores.
SASKATCHEWAN - Research from a union in the province indicates a huge spike in liquor pricing in Saskatchewan.
TORONTO -- A group of alcohol and cannabis companies have formed an industry alliance to push for changes to proposed rules governing pot-infused beverages before edibles become legal in the coming months.