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And I am pretty sure there are few alcohol-free towns on the Prairies. Like Cardston, Alberta which has a large Mormon population. Maybe some other towns near there too.
Also there are a number of aboriginal communities in Canada that are "dry" due to the serious social problems alcohol has caused there.
Who remembers when businesses had to close on Sunday?
I remember that from the Fifties. My mother's family were hardcore Loyalist Irish Presbyterians and Cornish Bible Christians who settled in Canada. This was standard fare, though the latter were a kind, generous people.
On 24 April 1985 the Supreme Court of Canada in the BIG M DRUG MART case struck down the Lord's Day Act on the grounds that it contravened the freedom of religion and conscience provision in the CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS.
June 3, 1992, marked the end of an 85 year long ban on retail sales activity in the province of Ontario, Canada. The federal Lord's Day Act ban was defeated in Supreme Court of Canada in 1985, but the same court upheld a more oppressive provincial ban (the Retail Business Holidays Act). Ultimately, the defeat of the ban would take political action, not court action.
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