BC Wine Institute Launches Court Challenge Over Alberta Wine Ban

BC Wine Institute Launches Court Challenge Over Alberta Wine Ban
In some states, liquor stores are not open on Thanksgiving Day, which is Nov. 22. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
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KELOWNA, B.C.—British Columbia’s wine merchants say an Alberta ban on their product is having a crushing impact on the grape business and they plan to go to court to try to stop it.

The B.C. Wine Institute says it has told the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission that it will seek a court injunction in Calgary as early as Feb. 26 to halt the two-week-old ban pending a legal review of its constitutionality.