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  • St. Paddy’s Day: binge drinking can have lasting effects

    St. Paddy’s Day: binge drinking can have lasting effects

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    BY JASMINE ANTHONY This St. Patrick’s Day, it’s important to remember that the “luck of the Irish” is not enough to get you home safely. With many pubs and bars promoting their venues using cheap beer and green beverages, it is easy to forget your one-drink-a-day rule and let loose for the night. And that’s…

  • Breathalyzer test: Ready, set, blow

    Breathalyzer test: Ready, set, blow

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    STORY BY ADAM JOHNSTON One and done, or 25 to life. It is entirely your choice. These are your options when you get behind the wheel after drinking this holiday season. One drink per night and done, or risk the possibility of prison, or worse death, if you choose to rely on an over-the-counter gadget…

  • Hung up on finding the right hangover cure

    Hung up on finding the right hangover cure

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    STORY BY KATE WOODS You remember hanging out at the bar and drinking the night away, never once thinking about the dizziness and headache you will experience in the morning. “A hangover is an indication of over consumption of alcohol,” said Mary Anne Vanos, a coordinator and instructor in the Practical Nursing program at Davis…

  • Wine vs. Beer: A battle of the titans

    Wine vs. Beer: A battle of the titans

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    INFOGRAPHIC BY SPENCER LUYBEN Along with the reciprocation of presents and getting together with family members, the holiday season breeds a behavioural tendency of mass alcohol consumption. It may come as a surprise for wine and beer drinkers that their drink of choice offers some nutritional benefits alongside its drawbacks. The following figures, however, are in…

  • Bars drafting ideas to shake up Oakville’s dining

    Bars drafting ideas to shake up Oakville’s dining

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    STORY BY SAMANTHA MAICH Sheridan students are about to see a change in the local bar scene with Shakers becoming a southern smokehouse restaurant, and Philthy McNasty’s sports bar having switched ownership and its name to Drafted. The Shakers Bar and Grill at the intersection of Kerr and Speers Rd. is shifting to a restaurant. Tony…

  • Chill Ice House offers drinkers a warm welcome

    Chill Ice House offers drinkers a warm welcome

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    STORY BY LINDA HERMIZ With winter approaching, it may sound outrageous to visit a bar made entirely of ice, but the Chill Ice House in Toronto is busier than ever this season. Though it appears to be a regular bar on the outside, the Chill Ice House is actually an arctic paradise where the tables,…

  • BARRED

    BARRED

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    SAMANTHA MAICH The drinking age has been raised from 19 to 21 at some bars and restaurants in Oakville, which may be illegal age discrimination, according to a Toronto lawyer. The legal drinking age in Ontario is 19, and while bars are allowed to refuse service for various reasons, it remains unclear whether age is…