LCBO / The Beer Store

[lenaitch]

With all the unhoused and those without valid ID I can see this being an issue here. There are alot more people with addiction issues in the GTA than there are in Northern Ontario and the need to support those addictions can make people do dangerous things.

Perhaps not on a per capita basis. Communities like Sioux Lookout, Red Lake, Kenora and Thunder Bay have indigent components that are way out of whack with other communities. The vast majority of this segment are First Nations from remotes territories. Because they are indigent they typically don't get included in the resident tax base for the community, giving these towns some of the higher per capita policing costs in the province.

I can't speak to LCBO policy and whether it is directly related to store security, but in Sioux Lookout they have also closed the LCBO for two days per week and that has resulted in a huge reduction in police calls for service.

Reduced hours of operation at LCBO in Sioux Lookout resulted in decreased calls for service for Sioux Lookout OPP

According to the OPP, the closure of the LCBO store in Sioux Lookout on Sundays and Mondays over the past year has resulted in a significant reduction in calls for service and arrests for the Sioux Lookout Ontario Provincial Police Detachment...

www.siouxbulletin.com

 

[Northern Light]

And the LCBO's new Fortress store policy is Dead on Arrival.

The Minister has ordered it spiked immediately.

‘Cancel it immediately’: Ontario kills LCBO identification card pilot | Globalnews.ca

The Ford government is ordering the LCBO to cancel a pilot announced just days ago to combat theft at liquor stores in Ontario.

globalnews.ca

Saw that coming.

 

[lenaitch]

And the LCBO's new Fortress store policy is Dead on Arrival.

The Minister has ordered it spiked immediately.

‘Cancel it immediately’: Ontario kills LCBO identification card pilot | Globalnews.ca

The Ford government is ordering the LCBO to cancel a pilot announced just days ago to combat theft at liquor stores in Ontario.

globalnews.ca

Saw that coming.

Well, that aged well.

 

[PL1]

Well, that aged well.

I'm shocked, shocked! that the current Ontario Government would institute policy based on opinion polls

 

[Jonny5]

Ford has ordered paper bags come back to the LCBO.

Doug Ford forces LCBO to reinstate paper bags for customers

The LCBO had first announced the phasing out of the paper bags last spring.

www.thestar.com

 

[Dan416]

Ford has ordered paper bags come back to the LCBO.

Doug Ford forces LCBO to reinstate paper bags for customers

The LCBO had first announced the phasing out of the paper bags last spring.

www.thestar.com

Honestly I think it was a stupid decision to begin with. I still hate Ford though.

 

[Bayer]

Ford has ordered paper bags come back to the LCBO.

Doug Ford forces LCBO to reinstate paper bags for customers

The LCBO had first announced the phasing out of the paper bags last spring.

www.thestar.com

I realized those paper bags were useless when I came home from the LCBO only to have my bottle of red wine go right through the bag and smash on the floor. Since then I always bring a sturdy reusable bag.

 

[lenaitch]

I realized those paper bags were useless when I came home from the LCBO only to have my bottle of red wine go right through the bag and smash on the floor. Since then I always bring a sturdy reusable bag.

The trick is to drink it on your way home.

 

[max]

I realized those paper bags were useless when I came home from the LCBO only to have my bottle of red wine go right through the bag and smash on the floor. Since then I always bring a sturdy reusable bag.

The main utility of them for me is to protect my bottles from each other. I often have a reusable bag on me, but I don't plan ahead to bring several just because I'm grabbing booze. Also, I'm always taking one less than the number of bottles I have cause one can just sit outside of paper.

 

[Northern Light]

The trick is to drink it on your way home.

Heathen!



Red wine should be served in the correct glass, with a wide bowl, allowing the nose to percolate up and tempt the pallet. It should be served at the correct temperature and with the appropriate food pairing.

I am not bringing a portable table, cutlery, wine glass, plate, cooktop, ice pack and futzing to get good plating in the middle of the sidewalk on Bloor or the subway!

To be clear, I disagree w/this guy:

Who is Toronto’s ‘french toast guy’ white tablecloth dining on the TTC subway?

A number of different videos showing a man enjoying the breakfast food on Toronto subways is going viral.

www.thestar.com

 

[Bayer]

The main utility of them for me is to protect my bottles from each other. I often have a reusable bag on me, but I don't plan ahead to bring several just because I'm grabbing booze. Also, I'm always taking one less than the number of bottles I have cause one can just sit outside of paper.

I always use one of their plastic bags with six openings in them; the bottles are well protected from each other. And with "LCBO" written in large white letters on each side of the dark grey bag, I advertise not only a monopoly but also my questionable drinking habits.

 

[Jonny5]

Red wine should be served in the correct glass, with a wide bowl, allowing the nose to percolate up and tempt the pallet.

 

[Northern Light]

Not that wide!

IF you can afford to fill a glass that size, the wine ain't worth drinking!

 

[Towered]

Heathen!



Red wine should be served in the correct glass, with a wide bowl, allowing the nose to percolate up and tempt the pallet.

It's a pity that my pallet is not tempted whatsoever by the smell of red wine!

 

[PinkLucy]

It's a pity that my pallet is not tempted whatsoever by the smell of red wine!

I'm sorry, but what????