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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…
Kamloops council gives wine another shot
KAMLOOPS – A month after denying wine on grocery store shelves, city council has had…
Kamloops councillor upset over local MLAs comments on wine debate, calls for apology
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops councillor is calling on local MLAs to apologize for their comments…
Kamloops council has not had enough of wine
KAMLOOPS – The city is once again turning to the citizens of Kamloops to weigh…
Wine will be allowed on Kamloops grocery store shelves
KAMLOOPS – After months of debate, including several hours again today, city council decided wine…
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…
After a year of debate, wine now sold at Kamloops grocery store
KAMLOOPS – After more than a year of debate, wine is actually on the shelves…
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…
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...
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...
City’s one kilometre rule between new booze vendors a ‘responsible decision,’ say liquor stores
KAMLOOPS – Liquor vendors “feel comfortable" after a city decision to create a one kilometre buffer between new liquor outlets. Al Deacon, owner of Fox’n Hounds pub and Fox’n Hounds Sahali Liquor Store, says the city’s determination to rethink the buffer rule was the right thing to do. “It's a responsible decision,” he says. “We’re...
Wineries director suspects ‘gross misuse of process’ in council’s about-face
KAMLOOPS – Local wineries thought they’d won a victory only to have it taken away yesterday, August 18, by city council and Coun. Pat Wallace in particular: They will effectively be blocked from selling B.C. wines in grocery stores thanks to a new city bylaw. Wallace originally voted during against a plan to create a one-kilometre...