Above is a photo of our one and only Government run liquor store - yes Ontario, we sell liquor and wine and beer all in the same store. We also have many off-sales locations around town, but of course there is a small added cost at those locations. Why am I going on and on about the purchase of alcohol in our Capital City? CBC News North just reported the following:Yukon is bucking a national trend when it comes to beer sales, according to Statistics Canada.
A Statistics Canada report shows beer sales are flat or declining in most jurisdictions, while wine and spirits are on the rise.
But in Yukon, beer sales increased by 4.4 percent — the largest increase in Canada.
Yukon's per capita alcohol sales came in at $1,298.40. Sales of wine increased by 8.5 percent.
Meanwhile, per capita tallies for the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are bunched together. They came second with sales of $943.50.
The national average is $712.40.
However, figures on beer, wine and spirits show Nunavut and the N.W.T. mirror national trends away from buying beer.
The figures are drawn from sales by legally authorized agencies. They do not include brew-your-own, homemade or illegal sales.
The data covered the sale of alcoholic beverages in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011.
Cheers!!!
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I worked their for Pat Harvey, 2nd in command. The big boss, Rolly Thibault caught a moose and I had the skin tanned and still have some left. I used to walk to work from Alexander - up 4th and then turn off somewhere by the Yukon Inn to the head office/warehouse. I think you were on the Fish Lake Road then hauling water and chopping wood while I suffered in my white shag sunken livingroom - snicker! mjt
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