News Items tag as: BC Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
April 01, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee.
AC/DC tribute band concert nets Shuswap food truck $7,000 liquor fine
March 25, 2025 - 6:00 PM

Free tacos couldn't spare a Shuswap food truck from getting fined after hosting an AC/DC tribute band last summer.
Undercover liquor inspectors bust BC bar for letting patrons sing karaoke
March 01, 2025 - 4:00 PM
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A BC bar that allowed people to sing karaoke and served alcohol past midnight has been fined $10,000 and shuttered for three weeks.
BC weed store with 'no babies' policy avoids fine for underage sale
February 01, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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A BC weed store which wouldn't let anyone under 19 enter the premises, including babies, has managed to avoid a $7,000 fine after it sold cannabis to a minor.
'No rationale': BC pub fined $7,000 for customer drinking beer in its bowling alley
January 25, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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A BC pub has been fined $7,000 after a customer took a beer from the bar to its bowling alley.
BC bar fined $3,000 for clearing drinks from table 12 minutes late
January 18, 2025 - 12:00 PM
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A BC bar has been fined $3,000 for being 12 minutes late clearing a table.
Steep fine for Kelowna pub that sold teen a can of stout
November 01, 2024 - 6:00 AM

A Kelowna brewpub has been fined $7,000 for serving a 17-year-old a can of stout.
BC Interior pot shop fined $1,000 for having a sale
October 26, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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Having a sale is a normal thing that stores do if they've got inventory to shift and bills to pay, but a BC weed store has fallen foul with the government for slashing prices.
Not checking for IDs, weapons shutters BC karaoke bar
October 21, 2024 - 6:00 PM

A BC karaoke bar has been ordered to close for 10 days after it failed to check customers for ID and weapons.
Princeton pot shop fined $7,000 for selling to minor in sting operation
August 28, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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The body that keeps an eye on cannabis stores in BC caught a budtender in Princeton selling THC gummies to a 16-year-old in a sting operation.
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News Items tag as: BC Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor

AC/DC tribute band concert nets Shuswap food truck $7,000 liquor fine

Undercover liquor inspectors bust BC bar for letting patrons sing karaoke

BC weed store with 'no babies' policy avoids fine for underage sale

'No rationale': BC pub fined $7,000 for customer drinking beer in its bowling alley

BC bar fined $3,000 for clearing drinks from table 12 minutes late

Steep fine for Kelowna pub that sold teen a can of stout

BC Interior pot shop fined $1,000 for having a sale

Not checking for IDs, weapons shutters BC karaoke bar

Princeton pot shop fined $7,000 for selling to minor in sting operation

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