The City of Ottawa is loosening its liquor rules to allow alcohol to be served and consumed on some streets and sidewalks in 2017, but party animals gearing up to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday shouldn’t expect a lawless “Bourbon Street” bacchanal.
City staff are proposing allowing bars and restaurants to expand their patios and alcohol to be served within certain cordoned-off areas for special events.
Those kinds of provisions already take place during festivals, but staff say the 12-year-old municipal alcohol policy hasn’t been updated to reflect the changes in Ontario liquor laws.
Kate Porter – CBC News – November 17, 2016.
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