More than three-quarters of court cases where local communities are against big alcohol stores being built are being thrown out because judges do not have to consider the health impacts of planning decisions.
The China Alcoholic Drinks Association, the country's alcoholic beverage trade organization, is set to award the trademark designation of "estate wine" to some 16 Chinese wine producers, most of them in the Xinjiang, Hebei, and Ningxia regions of northern China.
ONTARIO - Union negotiators and the management of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario have reached a tentative deal to avoid a strike by workers.
Far more people per capita in northeastern Ontario were hospitalized in 2015-16 with a condition caused solely by alcohol compared to the rest of the province and Canada.
Koreans' alcohol consumption has nearly doubled in the past 50 years, with beer replacing makgeolli, or traditional rice wine, as the drink of choice.
A campaign has been launched in an effort to stop adults buying alcohol for children in North Lanarkshire.
Stark health statistics recently published showed that alcohol abuse continues to blight Scotland. An average of 10.5 litres of pure alcohol was bought per adult — more than the safe, recommended levels, and 17% greater than in England and Wales.
Saskatchewan is ignoring proven solutions to its alcohol problem, a local physician says.
Tens of thousands of Canadians were hospitalized because of alcohol in 2016, according to a new report from the Canadian Institute of Health Information.
The figure is 54% higher than in England and Wales.
NHS Health Scotland looks annually at the nation's relationship with alcohol - bringing together information on sales, price, consumption, deaths and hospital admissions.