A big 'yes' for beer and wine stores in 2 Nunavut hamlets
Voters in Rankin Inlet, Cambridge Bay voted in favour of beer and wine stores in their communities
People in Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay have voted in favour of having beer and wine stores in their communities.
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.