Southern Alberta Town Council Votes Against Ending Century-Old Alcohol Ban

Southern Alberta Town Council Votes Against Ending Century-Old Alcohol Ban
An alcoholic beverage is seen in a drinking establishment in Halifax, N.S., in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan
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The council of a southern Alberta town that has been dry for more than a century has voted against a motion to allow restaurants to serve alcohol.

Six out of seven councillors in the town of Raymond, about 240 kilometres south of Calgary, voted against the motion to amend a bylaw after just over half of town residents who answered a survey indicated they were not in favour of the change.