The $6.2 billion in weed Canadians consume a year is about two-thirds the $9.2 billion beer market and close to wine's $7 billion tally

Residents of Tuktoyaktuk should soon be able to bring an unlimited supply of beer and wine into the community after a plebiscite Monday in favour of lifting restrictions in place since 2009.

This is a real problem to Okanagan wineries, many of which have long lists of loyal customers from other provinces, especially Alberta. These customers buy wine and carry it back home. Some sign up for wine club memberships, one of the main benefits being several shipments of wine to your doorstep each year. Technically, that's illegal between most provinces.

Generation X leads the way in current consumption of B.C. wine, as more wine drinkers are enjoying local varietals

The two-night event saw over 600 guests flow through the Village Centre Mall to sample the handcrafted wines, making it the best attended Big Reds Festival to date.

Minhas family brings liquor expertise to Saskatchewan

The group, which will invest about €6.5 million of this total, says that 24% will be invested in the US - the main export destination of national wines. The US registered a 9.2% annual growth in volume of Portuguese wine imports between 2011 and 2016.

Alongside bottles of vodka, whisky and rum, marijuana will soon be stocked on the shelves of liquor stores in Nova Scotia, Canada

Prince Edward Island will sell weed in standalone stores run by its liquor commission and online, the province announced on Thursday

Alternatives such as sobering centres and managed alcohol programs exist elsewhere in Canada

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke conducted a review of 27 monuments established by former presidents over more than two decades.

New Brunswick contends that overturning the $292.50 ticket Gerard Comeau received for bringing 14 cases of beer across the provincial boundary would mean 'an end to Canadian federalism'

Dairy, egg and poultry producers worry about impact of interprovincial trade

On December 6 and 7, the Supreme Court of Canada will begin hearing the Gérard Comeau case. The CVA is an intervenor in the Comeau case, and sees this case as the best chance for tearing down barriers to trade and allowing direct-to-consumer shipping of Canadian wines. "This is essential. Opening the direct-to-consumer channel will provide greater choice for the consumer, support the growth of the Canadian wine industry, create jobs and stimulate economic growth. It will increase sales for every winery in Canada and bring our industry into the 21st century"

China has positioned itself as a leading advocate of free trade, particularly since President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Unspoiled landscapes? Maple syrup? Polar bears and ice hockey? Or, if you've explored the world of wine, perhaps the quintessentially Canadian Icewine?

Launched by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, the "no escalator tax" campaign centres around a move by the Trudeau Liberals to hike federal liquor taxes by two per cent this year, and hike it every year after, in-line with inflation.

Arterra Wines Canada announced yesterday, Nov. 28, the purchase of Laughing Stock Vineyards, founded in 2003 by David and Cynthia Enns on the Naramata Bench.

Inniskillin Co-Founder Karl Kaiser has passed away at the age of 76. Kaiser, who was born in Austria in 1941 and immigrated to Canada in 1969, was recognised as one of the architects of the modern Canadian wine industry. He died peacefully on 22 November after complications from a stroke.

On Dec. 6 and 7, the Supreme Court of Canada, in a televised hearing, will hear the Comeau or 'New Brunswick Beer' case. The outcome is critical to the future growth and success of the B.C. wine and tourism industries. Currently, it is illegal for a tourist in the Okanagan to ship B.C. wine back home, unless he or she is from Saskatchewan, Manitoba or Nova Scotia. Internet orders are similarly illegal, except from those jurisdictions.