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In October 1950, the Huron Temperance Convention in Goderich raised the alarm over the spread of bottle clubs in this officially âdryâ county. According to a temperance spokesman, the bottle clubs were âjust the old speakeasies under a new nameâ and âglorified bootleggersâ joints trying to get around the Canada Temperance Act.
And, indeed they were. The infamous bottle clubs of Huron were an almost legal loophole in the legislation, which was still in effect in 1950s Huron County.
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In October 1950, the Huron Temperance Convention in Goderich raised the alarm over the spread of bottle clubs in this officially âdryâ county. According to a temperance spokesman, the bottle clubs were âjust the old speakeasies under a new nameâ and âglorified bootleggersâ joints trying to get around the Canada Temperance Act.
And, indeed they were. The infamous bottle clubs of Huron were an almost legal loophole in the legislation, which was still in effect in 1950s Huron County.
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In October 1950, the Huron Temperance Convention in Goderich raised the alarm over the spread of bottle clubs in this officially âdryâ county. According to a temperance spokesman, the bottle clubs were âjust the old speakeasies under a new nameâ and âglorified bootleggersâ joints trying to get around the Canada Temperance Act.
And, indeed they were. The infamous bottle clubs of Huron were an almost legal loophole in the legislation, which was still in effect in 1950s Huron County.
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SARNIA â A 60-year-old man with $50,000 worth of weed and cannabis products in his SUV was âextremelyâ nervous when police pulled him over in a First Nation community near Sarnia.
âTo the point his upper dentures had fallen out,â assistant federal prosecutor Brian Higgins said Monday in a Sarnia courtroom.
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Partially toothless, Clifford Warriner asked Anishinabek police in Kettle Point that Tuesday afternoon more than a year ago if he was going to jail. Fourteen months later, he finally got his answer: No. After pleading guilty Monday to one charge of possession for the purpose of selling under the Cannabis Act, he was sentenced to a $1,500 fine.
Rhode Island s fifth-largest city, East Providence stretches from Rumford to Riverside, from piedmont to bay, with remarkably varied topography and several village centers. While historic and affordable (all the access and half the taxes), it is terra incognita to most East Siders. When the wealthy come to Providence in search of a home, can you imagine a broker from one of the prestige real estate firms saying, Have you thought of East Providence?
Perception and prejudice aside, East Providence may be the best remedy for the East Side pricing paradigm. As Brown aggressively grows and inevitably takes over the East Side, ever-so-close East Providence might provide an escape valve. It is a human-scaled place of infinite possibilities, plus it appears to a well-run city by Rhode Island standards. Thoughtful development here would benefit everyone. (The new housing at Kettle Point on Veteran s Parkway is an acknowledgment of the exploration of hitherto-unthought-of domestic desti