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Morning Brew: December 1, 2006

Posted by Sameer / December 1, 2006

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LCBO to start charging depositYour morning news roundup for Friday, December 1, 2006:

Get ready to pay a bit more for your booze: the LCBO will start charging a deposit on wine and liquor bottles starting this February.

Auditors are claiming that four children's aid agencies in Ontario have been misspending their money on trips, luxury vehicles, and other "questionable" expenditures. The sad thing in all of this is that it's the children that lose out the most.

It's going to be a wet and wild weekend, as the rain continues to pound down on the city.

A second woman was assaulted near the York University campus earlier this week, and police believe it's the same person.

A Toronto man has died of meningitis, and health officials are issuing a warning for people who may have been at Crews/Tango on the 17th and 18th of this month. If you may be one of them, free vaccinations are being offered at 519 Church Street today.

It's not just a place to find neat street art and get some decent food: Ottawa has now named Kensington Market a historic site.

It's World AIDS Day. Time to take action.

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Jeremy Wilson / December 1, 2006 at 10:20 am
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Why is the first one a link to Gmail?
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Sameer Vasta / December 1, 2006 at 10:25 am
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Good question. I'll fix that.
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jerrold / December 1, 2006 at 10:37 am
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I think a deposit on wine and liquor bottles is a great idea. Beer bottles have a 95% return rate, and the potential for returns on other bottles is likely high as well.

I do wonder though... how will this affect the existing environmental surcharge and glass tax ($0.05 and $0.30 respectively per bottle using wine as an example)?
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Judy Moody / December 1, 2006 at 10:41 am
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Its inconvenient that you have to return the LCBO bottles to the Beer Store. That will mean more stuff in landfills.
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Chester Pape / December 1, 2006 at 02:56 pm
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If you don't want to collect your deposit you can still put the wine and liquor bottles out to the curb in the blue box, as glass bottles and jars from food will still have to be handled. Now most likely some neighbourhood freelancer will use this as an income opportunity. Return to the beer store is better than blue box because it has a MUCH lower level of breakage, broken bottle=landfill
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