Ontario parks to allow drinking at picnic tables, beaches: Ford government

Ontario parks to allow drinking at picnic tables, beaches: Ford government

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The Ford government is going to allow alcohol consumption almost anywhere in provincial parks, 680 NewsRadio has exclusively learned.

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