Purchase limits for Tofino liquor store to curb bootlegging in Ahousaht

By Nora O’Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Ha-Shilth-Sa Ahousaht, BC – Regulators have responded to calls for cracking down on bootlegging that continues to flood Ahousaht with hard liquor by placing purchase limits on Tofino’s government-owned liquor store. On Nov. 5 at the start of a Council of Ha’wiih Forum on Fisheries meeting, Hasheukumiss, Ahousaht Tyee Ha’wilth Richard George, announced new limits to Tofino’s busy BC Liquor store. Through a video link fed to the gathering, which was hosted by the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation in Tsaxana, Hasheukumiss noted that the limits resulted from meetings the hereditary chief and some elders held with Attorney General Mike Farnworth in April, followed by recent discussion with Deputy Solicitor General Doug Scott. “And he’s saying that now that they’ve changed the law with the…

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