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May 22, 2012, 9:41:07 PM5/22/12
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Has proven true. They're selling to minors to make money.
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Posted: May 22, 2012
Underage teen buys liquor at 3 B.C. stores
CBC News investigation shows little has changed since similar 2010 probe
Some private and government liquor stores in Metro Vancouver are selling to teens despite
promises to toughen screening for underage customers, a CBC News investigation has found.
High school student Danielle Kyei, who at 17 is two years too young to legally buy alcohol in
B.C, agreed to participate in the investigation.
She was sold wine in two private North Vancouver retail outlets without being asked for proof
of age.
“It was very easy,” Kyei said.
The same private retailers — Everything Wine and Avalon Beer and Wine — also sold wine to an
underage buyer in a CBC News investigation in October 2010, and vowed at the time to increase
their vigilance.
“If I can walk in and grab something in five minutes, then clearly they haven't changed," said
Kyei.
Retailers caught selling to minors can be fined $7,500 or handed a 10-to-14 day suspensions.
Government conducts tests
After the 2010 investigation, the B.C. government also started using teenage secret shoppers to
test the system
A recent test involving one quarter of all private and public liquor outlets in the province
turned up one sale to a minor at a government store, but 32 to minors at private stores.
That's a failure rate of two per cent for government outlets compared to 18 per cent for
private stores.
However, in the latest test by CBC News Kyei was able buy a bottle unchallenged at a North
Vancouver government liquor store on Westview Drive.
When contacted by CBC News and told of the test results, a representative for Avalon Beer and
Wine said the company will be talking to staff.
An Everything Wine spokesperson was concerned about the failure of its staff to spot the
underage shopper, using words like “inexcusable,” “embarrassed” and “horrified.”
"We've got to do a better job," the spokesperson said.
The provincial minister responsible for B.C. liquor stores, Rich Coleman, issued a statement
late Tuesday, saying the CBC's findings would be investigated.
"The province checks on all complaints of liquor being sold to a minor and will be following up
on the stores tested by the CBC," said Coleman. Kyei handed over all the wine she bought to a
CBC News staff member.
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We hang the petty thieves and elect the greatest ones to public office.
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Posted: May 22, 2012
Underage teen buys liquor at 3 B.C. stores
CBC News investigation shows little has changed since similar 2010 probe
Some private and government liquor stores in Metro Vancouver are selling to teens despite
promises to toughen screening for underage customers, a CBC News investigation has found.
High school student Danielle Kyei, who at 17 is two years too young to legally buy alcohol in
B.C, agreed to participate in the investigation.
She was sold wine in two private North Vancouver retail outlets without being asked for proof
of age.
“It was very easy,” Kyei said.
The same private retailers — Everything Wine and Avalon Beer and Wine — also sold wine to an
underage buyer in a CBC News investigation in October 2010, and vowed at the time to increase
their vigilance.
“If I can walk in and grab something in five minutes, then clearly they haven't changed," said
Kyei.
Retailers caught selling to minors can be fined $7,500 or handed a 10-to-14 day suspensions.
Government conducts tests
After the 2010 investigation, the B.C. government also started using teenage secret shoppers to
test the system
A recent test involving one quarter of all private and public liquor outlets in the province
turned up one sale to a minor at a government store, but 32 to minors at private stores.
That's a failure rate of two per cent for government outlets compared to 18 per cent for
private stores.
However, in the latest test by CBC News Kyei was able buy a bottle unchallenged at a North
Vancouver government liquor store on Westview Drive.
When contacted by CBC News and told of the test results, a representative for Avalon Beer and
Wine said the company will be talking to staff.
An Everything Wine spokesperson was concerned about the failure of its staff to spot the
underage shopper, using words like “inexcusable,” “embarrassed” and “horrified.”
"We've got to do a better job," the spokesperson said.
The provincial minister responsible for B.C. liquor stores, Rich Coleman, issued a statement
late Tuesday, saying the CBC's findings would be investigated.
"The province checks on all complaints of liquor being sold to a minor and will be following up
on the stores tested by the CBC," said Coleman. Kyei handed over all the wine she bought to a
CBC News staff member.
********************************************************************************
We hang the petty thieves and elect the greatest ones to public office.
Alan Baker
May 23, 2012, 1:27:19 AM5/23/12
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In article <GeXur.11211$4P3....@newsfe08.iad>,
It looks like your own cite says that the problem isn't limited to
private stores.
> _____________________________________
> Posted: May 22, 2012
>
> Underage teen buys liquor at 3 B.C. stores
>
> CBC News investigation shows little has changed since similar 2010 probe
>
> Some private and government liquor stores in Metro Vancouver are selling to
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Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
"Co...@minority.gov" <ConsR@minority,gov> wrote:
> Has proven true. They're selling to minors to make money.
Hmmm...
> Has proven true. They're selling to minors to make money.
It looks like your own cite says that the problem isn't limited to
private stores.
> _____________________________________
> Posted: May 22, 2012
>
> Underage teen buys liquor at 3 B.C. stores
>
> CBC News investigation shows little has changed since similar 2010 probe
>
> Some private and government liquor stores in Metro Vancouver are selling to
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
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