At 9:09 a.m. on Sunday, a crowd of more than 50 people sat silently in Calgary’s North Glenmore Park. It was the ninth minute of the ninth hour on the ninth day of the ninth month, and the community took a moment to recognize people around the world affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
British travellers have been warned that they are liable to arrest if they are found with alcohol in their blood when transiting through the United Arab Emirates.
The Newfoundland Liquor Corporation is ditching the plastic bags, but the decision has as much to do with business as the environment.
An advert that implied a gin and tonic was healthier than a banana is among a wave of online promotions for the liquor that have been banned for encouraging excessive drinking and making misleading nutritional claims.
Opposition is growing over a government plan to slap public health promotion taxes on alcoholic products in an effort to expand national health insurance funds as alcohol-related diseases are covered by insurance.
Politicians have long been associated - fairly or unfairly - with a certain alcohol-related activity in a brewery. But breweries in the Republic of Ireland are raising a glass to their government over a new law.
Australians are drinking less alcohol now than any time in the past 50 years, with consumption of alcohol per person dropping to levels not seen since the 1960s, according to data released by the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
First, it was wine, then craft beer. Now, another new liquor industry is brewing up big numbers, and taking B.C. by storm.
English teens may soon have to sneak around to get their caffeine buzz via energy drinks such as Red Bull.
The growing number of alcohol-free options in beer, wine and spirits is broadening the opportunities for Kiwis to make more moderate choices with their drinking, says NZ Alcohol Beverages Council Executive Director Nick Leggett.