A big 'yes' for beer and wine stores in 2 Nunavut hamlets

People in Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay have voted in favour of having beer and wine stores in their communities.

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The vote in Cambridge Bay on Monday showed overwhelming support for the proposal, with349 votingin favour of allowing a beer and wine store in the community, and 71 voting against.

In Rankin Inlet, 372 voted yes and 127 voted no.

The stores would begovernment-run and there would likely be a limit on how much customers could buy at a time. That is how a new beer and wine store opening in Iqaluit this summerwill operate. Customerswill be limited to one case of beer or two bottles of wine at a time.

The results of this week'splebiscites are non-binding.

The final decision to open a beer and wine store in each hamlet will made by the Nunavut government.