Liquor now allowed at 14 provincial day-use picnic sites

Bring the sandwiches, salads and, if you like, bring a few beers too more than a dozen provincial day-use picnic sites will allow liquorconsumption starting Friday

The provincial government announced the relaxed rules Friday. It's the second such rule change in as many months; in May the government lifted May long weekend liquor bans at eight provincial parks.

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The day-use area picnic sites where liquor will be permitted, with food, between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. are:

Kananaskis Country

• Little Elbow Provincial Recreation Area (Forget-me-not Pond day use)
• Spray Valley Provincial Park (Wedge Pond day use)
• Fish Creek Provincial Park (Hulls Wood day use)
• Cobble Flats Provincial Recreation Area (Cobble Flats day use)

Central Region

• Miquelon Lake Provincial Park (main day use)
• Pigeon Lake Provincial Park (main day use)
• William A. Switzer Provincial Park (Kelly's Bathtub day use)

Northeast Region

• Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park (day-use C picnic shelter)
• Beaver Lake Provincial Recreation Area (day-use picnic shelter)
• Whitney Lakes Provincial Park (Ross Lake day-use shelter)

Northwest Region

• Saskatoon Island Provincial Park (main day use)

South Region

• Beauvais Lake Provincial Park (Beaver Creek day use)
• Cypress Hills Provincial Park (East Elkwater day use)
• Dinosaur Provincial Park (main day use)