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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\u2019s government-owned liquor store. On Nov. 5 at the start of a Council of Ha\u2019wiih Forum on Fisheries meeting, Hasheukumiss, Ahousaht Tyee Ha\u2019wilth Richard George, announced new limits to Tofino\u2019s 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. \u201cAnd he\u2019s saying that now that they\u2019ve changed the law with the… <\/p>\n

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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\u2019s government-owned liquor store. On Nov. 5 at the start of a Council of Ha\u2019wiih Forum on Fisheries meeting, Hasheukumiss, Ahousaht Tyee Ha\u2019wilth Richard George, announced new limits to Tofino\u2019s 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. \u201cAnd he\u2019s saying that now that they\u2019ve changed the law with the... <\/p>\n

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