On the actual topic though, it's about time they start doing this. I never understood why we couldn't buy beer at the grocery store like in the U.S and Quebec.
For that matter, I don't see why a responsible adult can't walk down the street with an open beer.
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As much as I'm for this, how can you tell the responsible ones from the irresponsible ones?
CP has the same problem. Maybe we should bring back blue squares?
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Gord Mackintosh, minister responsible for the liquor commission, said Manitoba is poised to become an "international destination" in the next few years with the opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and a new polar bear exhibit at the zoo.
Yup, a Canadian Museum for Human Rights and a polar bear should put Winnipeg right up there with New York, Paris and London.
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The biggest overhaul of liquor laws in recent memory -- 38 changes in all -- is part of a sweeping modernization effort that will make picking up your favour beer or wine more convenient.
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Hah...
On the actual topic though, it's about time they start doing this. I never understood why we couldn't buy beer at the grocery store like in the U.S and Quebec.
I don't have a problem with having it separate like we have it here in Alberta; makes it harder for kids to shoplift if they aren't allowed in the store. It is funny hard it was to buy beer on a Sunday in Manitoba. I used to work at a hotel and we also had a beer store. We would always gets calls asking if our beer store was open; and then angry that it wasn't.
The best was one call I got; after telling him the beer store wasn't open he asked "Is there anyplace in this province you can buy beer on a Sunday?" I then told him that if he drove the US border he could buy at the duty free shop and come back without actually entering the US. (I have done that myself; and in Winnipeg the US border is less that 100 km away.)
The guy got all mad at me- but he asked if there was "anywhere in the province."
Congratulations Winnipeg! It's Official!
