When I go to the States, I love how convenient it is to buy beer and liquor at any convenience store, however I can see how carding laws and off-hours laws likely get ignored at many of them. It also seems like alcohol is often the loot that robbers and shop lifters go for, at least if I am to believe TV and the internet. I think designated liquor and beer stores are generally harder to rob.
Although Alberta is already different than most places in Canada because you have small mom and pop liquor stores already. Basically convenience stores that just sell liquor. If you had those kinds of stores peppered around Toronto or Vancouver, they would likely be regular robbery targets. The big mega stores offer extra security.
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