The Government of Ontario has released a map showing where people can buy alcoholic beverages while LCBO workers are on strike.
The map is available by clicking here, and lists almost 30 locations within Greater Sudbury. Most of the locations listed are Beer Stores, but shoppers can still find wine at retail locations in grocery stores and at the Wine Rack and Magnotta Winery. Stack Brewing and North 46 Brewing continue to serve up suds.
For those in the market for spirits, Crosscut Distillery has you covered.
Locations can be filtered by beer, wine, cider, spirits and those LCBO convenience outlets still open.
Further, the page clarifies a timeline for the province expanding allowable alcohol sales.
- Aug. 1: Grocery stores currently licenced to sell beer, wine or cider will also be able to sell ready-to-drink beverages and large-pack sizes
- Sept. 5: Licenced convenience stores will be able to sell beer, cider, wine and ready-to-drink beverages
- Oct. 31: Licenced grocery and big-box grocery stores will be able to sell beer, cider, wine, ready-to-drink beverages and large-pack sizes
“Aside from distillery retail stores and LCBO Convenience Outlets, the LCBO is the only retailer where spirits, such as vodka, gin and whisky, will be sold,” the province clarified.
“The LCBO will remain a public asset. It will continue to operate as a retailer and a wholesaler to the new marketplace.”
The Beer Store will continue to operate as a retailer and will continue to provide a recycling program for alcoholic beverage containers and distribution until at least 2031.
Meanwhile, the LCBO strike is ongoing, affecting approximately 130 workers locally.