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Article content Prohibition was repealed in B.C. in 1921. But booze remained illegal in the U.S. until 1933, which made it a very lucrative export business for enterprising Canadians. Hence you had a story on an “international convention of bootleggers” in Winnipeg that ran in the May 15, 1922, Vancouver Sun. The “three-day session” attracted “more than 30 members of the ‘profession’ from the principal cities of Canada and the United States.” We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or This Week in History: 1922 Bootlegger conventions, the Moonshine Queen and Honey Munson Back to video Details were scant the meeting was at an unnamed hotel, by unnamed bootleggers. But an “informant” spilled the beans. ....