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Demand high for new Shuswap home-based brewery
It was a busy weekend for Marc and Meaghan Zaichkowsky, who celebrated a grand opening…
Armstrong IPE gets licensed area for beer, ciders
For the first time, the Armstrong Provincial Exhibition and Stampede will serve local beer and…
Recovering alcoholic takes Penticton Facebook group along on his journey to sobriety
After Brad Britton finished his junior hockey career as a Penticton Panther he became severely…
B.C. Indian Chiefs win first round in discrimination case over alcohol and liver transplants
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has won the first stage of a B.C. Human…
New distillery vying for spot in downtown Kamloops
A new distillery producing gin, vodka and potentially whisky is planning to open in downtown…
B.C. cafe shuttered after selling can of beer without food
A B.C. cafe has been ordered to close for a day after it sold an…
B.C.’s alcohol ‘spike’ during COVID starting to wane
It is true that Canadians drank more alcohol during COVID than before but the reality…
B.C. nurse reprimanded for drinking on the job
A Vancouver Island nurse has been reprimanded for drinking on the job. According to a…
Want B.C.-made boozy freezies? You have to go to California to get them
It all started in 2017 when Sheereen Price and Gabrielle Mustapich were sitting on a…
Impaired Vernon driver crashes into hydro pole, knocks out power
An impaired driver knocked out the power for some Vernon residents this morning after he…
It’s going to be legal to drink at beaches in Summerland this summer
People who enjoying sipping on booze at the beaches in Summerland no longer have to…
B.C. karaoke bar accused of letting staff drink wins case
A B.C. karaoke bar has avoided a $1,000 fine after B.C. liquor inspectors accused the…
Kelowna reveals plan for alcohol consumption in city parks this summer
Kelowna is looking at allowing alcohol consumption in sections of three city parks this summer.…
Liquor inspector acted ‘suspicious’ but store still fined $7K
A BC liquor store has been fined $7,000 for serving an underage girl because the…
One dead in North Okanagan ATV crash
Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a fatal ATV crash in the North…