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Fewer than half of auctioned SLGA liquor store licences in operation
It's been about one year since the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) began putting liquor licences on the auction block as it removed itself from retail liquor sales, but as of this week...
Feb 16, 2024 Fewer than half of the liquor licences auctioned off in 2023 currently have an operating store attached. (980 CJME file photo)
SLGA runs up total sales of former liquor stores to $3.5 million
Another former liquor store in Saskatchewan has been sold. On Monday, the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) announced it had accepted an offer of $260,000 for its former property in Assi...
Aug 14, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
SLGA sells former Fort Qu'Appelle liquor store
The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) continues to cash in on the sale of its former liquor stores. In a media release Monday, the SLGA said it had accepted an offer for the property tha...
May 15, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
Auctions of SLGA liquor permits generate more than $45 million
The Saskatchewan government cashed in with the recent auctions of liquor permits. The provincial government announced Monday that final bids for the permits totalled $45,077,800. The permits were asso...
Feb 27, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
SLGA auction takes steep climb hours after start
The auction for the first lot of SLGA liquor permits began slowly Monday morning but ramped up quickly by the end of the day. The permits up for grabs were for stores in Regina, Saskatoon, Prince Albe...
Feb 06, 2023
NDP calling on Moe government to reverse decision to close SLGA stores
By Cory Knutt NDP Jobs and Economy Critic Aleana Young and Municipal Affairs Critic Erika Ritchie were in Moose Jaw on Tuesday, calling on the government to reverse its decision to close all 34 Saskat...
Nov 30, 2022 The Moose Jaw SLGA store, located in the former train station on Manitoba Street, is one of 34 across the province to be closed sometime in the new year. (Discover Moose Jaw)
Reaction swift to SLGA liquor stores closing
Between 200 and 300 people braved the chilly weather Thursday morning to show the provincial government just what they thought of the decision to shut down Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority liq...
Oct 27, 2022 Between 200 and 300 people showed up for a rally against the provincial government's decision to close down its remaining SLGA liquor stores on Oct. 27, 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Jurisdiction hazy as Saskatchewan changes cannabis laws for Indigenous communities
An amendment to Saskatchewan's cannabis control laws has granted Indigenous communities the powers to regulate their own cannabis retail stores. Under the newly enacted change to provincial law, on-re...
Aug 15, 2022
Russian products pulled from SLGA shelves
The provincial government is heading to the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority's shelves to show its disapproval of what Russia is doing in Ukraine. On Monday, the government confirmed it was pu...
Feb 28, 2022
Province considering removing Russian product from SLGA shelves
The Saskatchewan government is looking to the liquor board's shelves to find a way to express its displeasure with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On Friday, a government spokesperson said that is curre...
Feb 25, 2022
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