News Items tag as: BC Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch

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.
Kelowna restaurant hit with $7,000 fine for selling Corona to teen
August 07, 2024 - 6:00 PM

A Kelowna restaurant that served a 17-year-old a bottle of Corona at its bar has been stung with a $7,000 fine.
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Kelowna distillery to pay former employee $60,000 in unpaid wages
A Kelowna distillery failed in its bid to overturn a ruling that would have it pay more than $60,000 to a former employee in unpaid overtime. Forbidden Spirits appealed the decision last year, but it didn't have enough evidence to convi

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

West Kelowna, Kamloops fall behind BC government's 'unrealistic' housing targets
Both West Kelowna and Kamloops are failing to meet the province's housing targets, and politicians at the Okanagan city are frustrated. West Kelowna built 64 net new housing units over the past six months, and the BC government expects

News Items tag as: BC Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch

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

Kelowna restaurant hit with $7,000 fine for selling Corona to teen

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