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  2. Prohibition in Canada - Wikipedia

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    A police raid confiscating illegal alcoholic beverages, in Elk Lake, Ontario, in 1925.. Prohibition in Canada was a ban on alcoholic beverages that arose in various stages, from local municipal bans in the late 19th century (extending to the present in some cases), to provincial bans in the early 20th century, and national prohibition (a temporary wartime measure) from 1918 to 1920.

  3. Rum-running in Windsor, Ontario - Wikipedia

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    Detroit police inspecting equipment found in a clandestine underground brewery during the Prohibition era. The popular saying, "Joe sent me", was used to gain entry to speakeasies, blind pigs, clubs or joints. By 1928, there were from 16,000 to 25,000 speakeasies and clubs in the Windsor-Detroit area, located in slums as well as in some of ...

  4. Ontario Temperance Act - Wikipedia

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    The Ontario Temperance Act was a law passed in 1916 that led to the prohibition of alcohol in Ontario, Canada.When the Act was first enacted, the sale of alcohol was prohibited, but liquor could still be manufactured in the province or imported.

  5. Canada Temperance Act - Wikipedia

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    The Canada Temperance Act [1] (French: Loi de tempérance du Canada), [a] also known as the Scott Act, [b] was an Act of the Parliament of Canada passed in 1878, which provided for a national framework for municipalities to opt in by plebiscite to a scheme of prohibition. It was repealed in 1984.

  6. Rum-running - Wikipedia

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    Rum-running from Canada was also an issue, especially throughout prohibition in the early 1900s. There was a high number of distilleries in Canada, one of the most famous being Hiram Walker who developed Canadian Club Whisky .

  7. 1920 Canadian liquor plebiscite - Wikipedia

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    Between 1916 and 1919, prohibition legislation passed in all the provinces. The sale of alcoholic liquors, except for medical and scientific purposes, was prohibited, with medical need being interpreted loosely with liquor sold by pharmacists. In 1920, eight of the nine provinces of Canada decided to continue prohibition after the war.

  8. Rocco Perri - Wikipedia

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    He was one of the most prominent Prohibition-era crime figures in Canada, and was sometimes referred to as "King of the Bootleggers" and "Canada's Al Capone." [2] Born in the Italian town of Platì in Calabria, Perri immigrated to the United States, and later to Canada, in 1908. In the early 1910s, he started work in construction and in a bakery.

  9. 1898 Canadian prohibition plebiscite - Wikipedia

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    A plebiscite on prohibition was held in Canada on 29 September 1898, the first national referendum in the country's history. [1] The Liberal government had made an election promise in 1896 to provide an opportunity for Canadians to register their opinions about the sale of alcohol. [ 2 ]

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