Time is ticking away at Saskatchewan’s 36 publicly-owned liquor stores. Employees have five months left in their contracts, which guarantee the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) will keep its remaining retail holdings until at least March 31.
Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston introduced legislation on Tuesday that allows customers to add beer or wine to their meal when they use food delivery services like Uber Eats and SkipTheDishes.
TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Government has announced the introduction of a new omnibus bill that includes several proposed changes to alcohol legislation in the province.
The P.E.I. Liquor Control Commission has raised the minimum price that alcohol can be sold for on the Island. On Sept. 17, the minimum selling price of alcohol was raised to $3.05 before taxes. After taxes, the minimum price comes to $3.50.
AUSTRALIA-Woolworths Group is strengthening its drinks arm ahead of a proposed divestment from the group in 2020, with one of its experienced supermarket leaders appointed to lead BWS.
This article, written by Tim Stockwell, University of Victoria, originally appeared on The Conversation and is republished here with permission: With the opioid overdose crisis, concern about teens using electronic cigarettes and our fascination with the legalization of cannabis, our most dangerous legal drug continues to be ignored by Canadian policy-makers.
HÀ NỘI, Viet Nam— The Law on Preventing Alcohol’s Harmful Effect will take effect at the beginning of next year. This is considered one of the country's strongest attempts to control the negative effects of alcohol abuse.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai has loosened its liquor laws to allow tourists to purchase alcohol in state-controlled stores, previously only accessible to license-holding residents, as the United Arab Emirates saw the first drop in alcohol sales by volume in a decade.
UNITED KINGDOM - ALCOHOL and drug abuse in York has led to a “public health crisis” in the city, according to councillors.And people are struggling to access treatment because of Government cuts to local public health budgets.
Mexican lawmakers are moving closer to adopting groundbreaking legislation to establish a federally regulated cannabis industry, a move that would lay the legal foundation for a new industry and make Mexico only the third country in the world to legalize commercial production of adult-use marijuana.