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There are two bottle shops in Waterloo region now: the Old Galt Bottle Shop in Cambridge and the Sidewalk Beer Shop in uptown Waterloo. They offer various craft beer bottles for sale with the purchase of food, but some question how they're allowed to operate in Ontario.
It’s yet another example of the need for new laws requiring gas prepayment, industry advocates say.
“The safety of the customers and employees is first and foremost,” said Dave Bryans of the Ontario Convenience Store Association, which represents more than 6,000 stores and gas stations provincewide. “One death is one death too many over gas purchasing.”
Bryans said his association has been lobbying for a prepayment law since at least 2012 after two gas station employees were killed. Since then, Bryans said his association has garnered the support of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police and many other police departments for gas prepayment, already law in British Columbia and Alberta.