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Originally Posted by giallo
Bars, pubs and clubs would close at different times depending on their license. Pubs and bars would generally shut down by midnight with clubs going until 2am.
Not much has changed. Clubs serve until 3am now, but everything closes around the same time. Bars can serve until 2am.
One of the weirdest laws in BC back in the day was carrying your drink in a non-club environment. If you were drinking at a restaurant or bar, you were not allowed to stand and walk with a drink in hand. Switching tables would mean that your server would have to transfer your drinks to the next table. It was ridiculous, and thankfully no longer exists.
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The licensing laws in BC seem to have been relaxed quite a bit compared to what I've heard they were like even just 10-15 years ago; but then, even now you still get stuff like this from time to time - eg. a bar being shut down because patrons were...dancing (!) on New Year's eve:
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/taco...orarily-closed
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Originally Posted by thewave46
I would say that the attitude is moving slightly more towards a healthier European-style relationship with alcohol versus the dichotomous North American puritanical abstinence versus hard drinking culture of the past for the majority.
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Definitely seems to be the case, though a strong teetotaling streak no doubt remains here as well. All those tight-assed Presbyterians are still around - their concerns & general aversion towards alcohol now just come from a place of "public health" instead of religion.