Over the past week, heavy rains and high winds have pummeled the Italian city of Venice, causing high coastal tides and the worst flooding the city has experienced since 1966.
The provincial government is looking at privatizing cannabis sales in New Brunswick. On Nov. 14, Finance Minister Ernie Steeves and the Government of New Brunswick issued a press release to announce they’re searching for a single private operator to take over the legal cannabis market in New Brunswick.
NEW ZEALAND - NZ Alcohol Beverages Council (NZABC) says the majority of New Zealanders drink responsibly and generally Kiwis and young people are drinking less, but there is more work to be done to reduce harmful drinking, in response to the recent results of the National Health Survey.
You could say it was ‘down in one’, because one day is all it took for Heineken to blot out the pint of stout that dominates an iconic mural in Macroom.
IRELAND - New legislation to reduce the exposure of children to advertisements featuring alcohol products come into effect from today.
Australians could save themselves and their households thousands of dollars each year by changing their relationship with alcohol, a study has found.
As we head into the holiday cocktail party season, most social drinkers know they’re likely to drink more than usual. Fewer, however, are likely aware that Canada’s low-risk alcohol guidelines recommend people limit themselves to just four drinks (three for women) on any single occasion.
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has welcomed the Conservative pledge to review tax paid on a bottle of whisky. The PM said the Conservatives would look to “develop a system which provides better support for domestic drink producers”.
Online auctions for retail liquor store permits are set to begin in Saskatchewan on Nov. 27. Bids are to close Dec. 6 in the first round of auctions, which is to include the communities of Estevan, Martensville, Melfort, Weyburn and Warman.
The government is seeking to ban local distilleries from promoting their alcoholic beverages through the use of photographs of celebrities on their bottles and cans.