News Items tag as: alcohol

American booze pulled from BC Liquor Stores available at independent outlets
March 07, 2025 - 6:00 PM
iNwine

Two BC Liquor Stores in Kamloops were bustling this week as employees pulled American booze off the shelves including Jack Daniel’s American bourbon whisky, Tito’s vodka from Texas and Jim Beam Kentucky bourbon.
Kamloops couple joins non-alcoholic beverage trend with new mocktail business
January 07, 2024 - 6:00 AM
iNwine

Kamloops residents can now easily access, experience, and enjoy a wide variety of non-alcoholic beverages thanks to a couple who saw a gap in the market and worked to fill it.
Medications for alcoholism lacking in BC despite being deadlier than opioids
August 07, 2023 - 6:00 AM

It may have taken a back seat to the overdose crisis, but more than three times as many people died of alcohol than opioids in BC in 2019.
B.C.'s alcohol 'spike' during COVID starting to wane
January 23, 2023 - 6:00 AM
iNwine

It is true that Canadians drank more alcohol during COVID than before but the reality for B.C. residents is that amounted to an average of about 11 more drinks in a year.
Easy access to booze helped boost COVID pandemic drinking in Interior Health: study
December 16, 2021 - 1:00 PM
iNhome

The Interior Health region had the highest per capita alcohol consumption rate in B.C. during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new University of Victoria study.
Drinking? Arrive Home Safely!
January 01, 2020 - 12:00 AM

Alcohol and the holiday season are a cultural match, but before going out, we need to make arrangements to arrive home safely after the party is over.
Self harm among Okanagan youth higher than rest of province
December 05, 2014 - 10:42 AM

OKANAGAN – The results of a province-wide survey on the health of B.C. adolescents shows that young people in the Okanagan are more likely to participate in activities that risk their health than teens in the rest of the province.
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News Items tag as: alcohol

American booze pulled from BC Liquor Stores available at independent outlets

Kamloops couple joins non-alcoholic beverage trend with new mocktail business

Medications for alcoholism lacking in BC despite being deadlier than opioids

B.C.'s alcohol 'spike' during COVID starting to wane

Easy access to booze helped boost COVID pandemic drinking in Interior Health: study

Drinking? Arrive Home Safely!

Self harm among Okanagan youth higher than rest of province

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