Unpublished Newswire

Test messages will be issued in nearly every province and territory except Quebec and Saskatchewan at specific times between morning and early afternoon.

OTTAWA — What is the easiest way to get B.C. wine into Ontario? You might need to book a plane ticket to Australia. It’s an extreme case but that’s what Robbie Raskin, owner of Archives Wine and Spirit Merchants, did when he fell in love with a bottle of vermouth from a local producer in Vancouver Island, B.C., because he could not ship the wine to Ontario due to provincial trade restrictions. Raskin didn’t want to run afoul of the authorities, given the producer was afraid to “antagonize” the LCBO, having been told that trying to circumvent these rules could end them up on an LCBO...