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By Stewart Burnett \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Long debated in municipal chambers, and sometimes at the territorial level, over the past two years has been Rankin Inlet’s beer and wine store, which opened in late 2021. After concerns from the RCMP and support organizations in Rankin Inlet, the municipal council successfully lobbied the territorial government to cut the daily purchase limits in half, to 12 beers per person. “It has been almost six months since the daily purchase limit at the store were reduced,” said Alexander Sammurtok, MLA for Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet in the legislative assembly March 6. “Can the minister indicate what effect this decision has had on addressing concerns related to alcohol-related crime and other problems in the community?” Lorne Kusugak, minister responsible for the Nunavut Liquor… <\/p>\n

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By Stewart Burnett \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Long debated in municipal chambers, and sometimes at the territorial level, over the past two years has been Rankin Inlet’s beer and wine store, which opened in late 2021. After concerns from the RCMP and support organizations in Rankin Inlet, the municipal council successfully lobbied the territorial government to cut the daily purchase limits in half, to 12 beers per person. “It has been almost six months since the daily purchase limit at the store were reduced,” said Alexander Sammurtok, MLA for Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet in the legislative assembly March 6. “Can the minister indicate what effect this decision has had on addressing concerns related to alcohol-related crime and other problems in the community?” Lorne Kusugak, minister responsible for the Nunavut Liquor... <\/p>\n

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