Trapping Liquor

For almost a hundred years liquor was heavily controlled and regulated in Manitoba. It wasn’t until the past few decades that the provincial liquor control legislation would begin to change, allowing for more personal responsibility over restrictions that could be described as repressive and discriminatory. This episode asks: When and how did our province’s history of restrictive liquor laws originate? What role did the Hudson’s Bay Company play in the control of liquor sales? And how did Manitobans circumvent restrictions on liquor in the form of bootlegging and moonshining?