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Bc Liquor Laws
Save-On-Foods not allowed to sell wine in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – In front of crowded chambers Kamloops council voted to deny the Save-On-Foods application…
Another round of grocery store wine debate set to go before Kamloops council
KAMLOOPS – The debate over allowing wine on the shelves of a Kamloops grocery store…
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…
Vernon council asked to put a cork in grocery store wine sales
VERNON – Local liquor retailers want Vernon council to keep grocery store wine sales at…
Minister, MLA shoots back at Kamloops council on B.C. wine issue
KAMLOOPS – Local MLA Todd Stone is not happy with Kamloops council. The provincial Minister…
Province pushing booze-in-the-golf-bag drinking with liquor store promotion
KELOWNA – A golf course manager from the Okanagan says the province is encouraging the…
Wine in grocery stores could soon be coming to Penticton
PENTICTON – A grocery chain is hoping to start selling wine in Penticton but will…
Discover Wines stores set to shut down in Kelowna and Kamloops after company sells licenses to Overwaitea
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Two VQA wine stores in Kelowna and another in Kamloops have agreed to sell their wine licenses to the Overwaitea Food Group, paving the way for wine sales in local grocery stores. Tracy Gray, owner of Discover Wines in Kelowna and Kamloops, confirms the sale and pending closure of her stores, saying the...
You could soon buy wine with your cheese at Kelowna grocery stores
KELOWNA – It’s taken a while but consumers could soon be able to pick up…
Kelowna golf clubs want to start serving liquor at 9 a.m.
KELOWNA - Golfers at Gallagher’s Canyon and the Okanagan Golf Club aren’t likely to be able to get a drink any earlier or later than they already do. City staff are recommending against an application from the owner of the two golf courses to add an extra hour of drinking time on either end of...
Kelowna nightclubs granted extra long opening hours for special occasions
KELOWNA - Night owls can soon look forward to a few extra extended bar nights in downtown Kelowna. Councili has endorsed a staff recommendation that allows certain nightclubs and bars three extra extended hours openings per year, on top of the three already allowed. The nightclubs will be responsible for extra policing costs on those...
Shelf price of liquor changes; little consumer impact expected
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Consumers won’t actually see much difference in costs following the new B.C. liquor laws that took effect today, according to one liquor merchant. Fred Vassilaki, the manager of Last Call Liquor Mart in Penticton, says changes to the province’s liquor laws went into effect on April 1 but they won’t have a huge...
Restaurant group spreading the word about liquor law changes
OKANAGAN – The lobby group behind the restaurants and bars in B.C. want to educate…