Steinbach votes to loosen liquor laws CBC News Posted: Oct 26, 2011 10:31 PM CT
Residents in Steinbach, Man., have voted in favour of loosening the formerly dry community's liquor laws.
An average of 70 per cent of eligible residents who voted in a municipal referendum Wednesday were in favour of allowing lounges and beverage rooms in the city.
Deputy mayor Jac Siemens told CBC News that voters cast ballots in response to three questions:
Beverage room licences: 69 per cent voted in favour of allowing them. Private club licences: 72 per cent voted in favour. Cocktail room licences: 70 per cent voted in favour.
Steinbach, a city of about 13,000 in southern Manitoba, has had a liquor store since 2008, when council voted 4-2 to allow one to open.
Residents voted by the narrowest of margins in 2003 in favour of allowing alcohol to be served in restaurants with meals.
Steinbach currently does not have any lounges or beverage rooms, but city officials have said it's inevitable the law will continue to relax.
However, local religious groups have opposed any access to alcohol.
Voter turnout in Wednesday's referendum was 38 per cent, Siemens said.
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Steinbach residents vote to get wetter Residents of Steinbach uncorked three new liquor licence categories in a special referendum today, Oct. 26, and by a wide margin in all three categories. Approved were beverage rooms, cocktail lounges and private club licences. The question of beverage rooms was approved by a vote of 2,236 to just 999 against; cocktail licences were approved with 2,272 in favor and 958 against; private club licences received the thumbs-up from 2,302 voters while just 908 voted against. Voter turnout was 38 percent. In previous votes--with half a dozen held since the 1970s--the results had been close. In the last vote, for instance, one category of licence was turned out by just nine votes. Steinbach city council called the referendum earlier this year after a request from the Boston Pizza restaurant chain. Until today, just dining room and sports facility licences were permitted in the community.
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