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Calgary happy hour gets shorter - AFTER Stampede
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by ppeggy | July 4, 2008 at 08:12 am
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Another gigantic parade wove its way through Calgary today opening another 10 days of Calgary Stampede featuring bucking broncs, tourists from everywhere, street dancing and cheap drinks in never-ending happy hours. I'm sure there were many sighs of relief from bar owners that Stelmach's curtailing of happy hours won't affect this year's Stampede celebrations. The new regulations, setting minimum prices for drinks and legislating the close of happy hours at 8 p.m., don't start until August 1. We'll see what happens next year.
Jason Fekete, Calgary HeraldPublished: Friday, July 04, 2008
It's last call for cheap alcohol in Alberta.
The Stelmach government announced Thursday it will introduce minimum drink prices, curb happy hour and rein in last call across the province effective Aug. 1, in an attempt to corral booze-fuelled violence in pubs and bars.
The looming crackdown means the Calgary Stampede -- which officially busts out of the chutes today -- is one of the last chances Albertans will have to get their giddy-up on with cheap liquor.
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at 08:23 on July 4th, 2008
ppeggy, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Ha - of course it's after the stampede!
at 14:07 on July 4th, 2008
Canada Day and the Calgary Stampede go hand in hand... yahoo for parties and having fun... Hope there will be more to enjoy in the following years for everyone!!
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at 06:07 on July 7th, 2008
I was in Calgary in May doing a site vist for the 2009 WorldSkills Competition (www.worldskills2009.com) and would love to have visited for Stampede. Maybe next year?
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