Ottawa Now - Yet another Beer Store location slated to bite the dust in Canada's Capital

The Beer Store is set to close its location on Carling Avenue later this Spring – right across the street from the Carlingwood Shopping Mall. Once the doors are shuttered on June 15th, it will mark the second Ottawa-based Beer Store closure of 2025. And as for the fate of the store’s employees, they could be transferred to other locations across Canada’s Capital. However, it still leaves Ontarians with a lot of long-term questions, as the province continues to expand the sale of alcohol to convenience stores and big box stores. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Rod Phillips, a Professor of History at Carleton University who teaches a course on the history of alcohol. He is also a wine writer.