{"id":44997,"date":"2026-04-22T19:12:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=44997"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:12:35","slug":"ontario-making-changes-to-where-you-can-drink-and-when-you-can-shop-see-what-laws-are-changing-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=44997","title":{"rendered":"Ontario making changes to where you can drink and when you can shop \u2014 see what laws are changing in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69e7b34447039.image_.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:185px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ontario introduces BYO alcohol regulations for outdoor events and will give retailers greater choice if they want to stay open on statutory holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehalton.com\/news\/ontario-relaxing-alcohol-holiday-shopping-laws-in-may\/article_dce42aba-8258-5e44-ac55-447f4ef1fd16.html\">Ontario making changes to where you can drink and when you can shop \u2014 see what laws are changing in May<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Hooorah!&nbsp; no i can have a beer or three at the farmer&#8217;s market!&nbsp; maybe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>fta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Starting April 30, Ontario is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehalton.com\/news\/ontario-parks-alcohol-rules\/article_dec2f231-1a28-5702-b286-1e9492f20f1f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">relaxing alcohol regulations<\/a>&nbsp;to allow \u201cbring-your-own\u201d (BYO) alcoholic beverages at select events. In March, the province announced it will allow people 19 and older to bring their own alcohol for consumption in designated areas at <strong><em>farmers markets<\/em><\/strong>, movie screenings, art exhibits and neighbourhood festivals.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario introduces BYO alcohol regulations for outdoor events and will give retailers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[50,147],"class_list":["post-44997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-alcohol","tag-ontario","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44997"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45002,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44997\/revisions\/45002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}