Friday, February 12, 2010

Halifax bars considering blacklist of troublemakers

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/11/ns-bar-disturbance.html?ref=rss


Getting kicked out of one bar in downtown Halifax might soon be enough to get patrons barred from all drinking establishments in the city.

Gordon Stewart, executive director of the Restaurant Association of Nova Scotia, said he is hoping to get 15 to 20 bars in Halifax to sign up for the pilot program, which would see people who cause a disturbance at one bar be banned from all participating establishments, possibly for life.

"Well, currently, the thinking is life. So, there are some consequences to this," Stewart said Thursday.

There are about 50 bars in downtown Halifax.



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/11/ns-bar-disturbance.html?ref=rss#ixzz0fJx5JKaj

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