The number of stores selling alcohol and tobacco is to be reduced considerably in Russia already in the near future. As part of "Demography" national project, the Russian government intends to take a number of measures to increase the average life expectancy in Russia to 80 years by 2030.
New funding has allowed the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute to expand, allowing the Youth Action for Prevention (YAP) program to better engage people in northern areas of the province about the harms of alcohol.
TORONTO — A paper published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests life expectancy in Canada could be threatened by the same factors that are causing it to fall in the United States.
Minister for Health Simon Harris has signed 23 sections of the Public Health Alcohol Bill into effect. The legislation, which was passed overwhelmingly by the Oireachtas last month, legislates for alcohol as a public health priority.
Canada's chief public health officer says she's worried about the rise in heavy drinking among Canadian women.
More Icelanders support the idea of selling beer and wine in grocery stores than last year, Vísir reports. The ratio of those supporting the sale of alcohol has increased by 5% in one year, from 31.1% to 36.1%.
ST. ANDREWS, N.B. — Canada‘s premiers have agreed in principle to reduce barriers limiting the amount of alcohol that can move across provincial and territorial borders, but failed to produce clear timelines or details around personal limits.
Changes were made to the Nova Scotia Liquor Control Act last week after decades of lobbying by Restaurants Canada.
On May 30, 2018, police in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, arrested three men suspected to have been part of a group selling illicit brews in Munyaka estate and its environs.
The Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. released its second quarter results Tuesday, indicated that its net earnings totalled $70 million on sales of $182.2 million for the 13 weeks that ended Sept. 30.