Appeals board rejects liquor store across from Norwood park

Norwood residents are celebrating this afternoon after a city appeals board rejected a plan that would see a liquor store open up across the street from a park.

The owners of a convenience store located kitty corner to the park and playground at the intersection of 95th Street and 114th Avenue were originally granted a permit to sell alcohol last month — a decision which upset many Norwood residents.

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Alcohol consumption grows as Alberta’s population rises

EDMONTON – Albertans spent more than $2.1 billion on alcohol last year, more than $100 million above the previous year’s sales.

“As our population base grows, we have more Albertans, and more people 18-year-olds and over, consuming alcohol,” AGLC spokeswoman Jody Korchinski said Wednesday. “A majority of our increase in consumption is related to population growth.”

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