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New British Columbia Liquor Act Tightens Controls
The Provincial Liquor Act soon to take effect imposes strict licensing rules across British Columbia. It requires two thirds signers within three miles, caps licenses by population, locks bars 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., bans serving certain groups, and empowers the police superintendent to cancel licenses. The act also forbids adulteration, joy riding sales, and multiple bars per hotel, with specific restrictions on women and public barrooms. Also notes an emigration decision in Victoria and questions for Laurier about local facilities.