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Ontario plans to allow up to 300 grocery stores to sell wine across the province, starting with 70 locations slated to begin this fall, Premier Kathleen Wynne has announced.
"Imported and domestic wines will be sold at up to 150 grocery stores," the province said in a statement.
"As well, up to 150 existing winery retail stores that are currently just outside a grocery store checkout will be permitted to operate their store inside that grocery store, with a shared checkout, and broaden their assortment to sell the wines of any Ontario producer."
At a news conference Thursday in Toronto, Wynne said "people in Ontario will now be able to buy wine with their cheese."
Wynne has also remarked on the possibility of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario handling the sale of recreational marijuana, should it go legal in Canada.
It would "make a lot of sense" for Ontario's government-run liquor stores to...
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