Alaska village, long dry, in close vote on whether to allow a city liquor store
BETHEL – The Southwestern Alaska village of Emmonak split 133 to 119 in Tuesday’s voting for a city liquor store,
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First liquor store in more than 40 years opens in Bethel, Alaska
BETHEL – After decades of political battles over booze in a region where attention is often focused on alcohol-fueled destruction,
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Inuk woman refused service at liquor store goes to human rights commission
An Inuk woman in Canada’s Northwest Territories has filed a human rights complaint against a Liquor Shop in Yellowknife, the
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Booze restrictions to stay in three Nunavut hamlets
The residents of three hamlets in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut have voted to continue to restrict alcohol in
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Arviat, Nunavut is divided ahead of Monday’s booze vote
Arviat, Chesterfield Inlet and Kugluktuk, three communities in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, are holding plebiscites on Monday to
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No help in Nunavut, Canada for inmates with FASD
An offender suffering from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) will have a hard time getting treatment in Canada’s eastern Arctic
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Officers intercept whiskey shipments to Togiak, Alaska
It was two for the price of one for drug and alcohol enforcement officers in Southwest Alaska, as they thwarted
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Village in North Canada wants to banish bootleggers
People in Colville Lake, a community in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), want to be able to hit bootleggers where it
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Arctic Canadian community tackles public drunkenness
The senior administrative officer in Pangnirtung, a community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, says a proposed public nuisance
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Canada’s North leads in liquor sales
Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory continues to lead the nation in per-capita alcohol sales nearly twice the Canadian average, according to
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