Iqaluit booze can boss will go to trial

IQALUIT — Iqaluit school teacher and Booze can manager Joseph Morneau is slated go to trial next week on charges that he sold liquor without a licence.

Morneau, who was charged with the Liquor Act violation last summer, will have a French language trial January 28.

Charges that he violated municipal bylaws by operating a business without a permit or proper zoning are also scheduled to be dealt with Jan. 28.

Morneau was charged by police after a raid on his West 40 property, which was home to the Explorers Club. Morneau was a founding member of the club and has said that he acted as the club’s manager.

Penalties for selling liquor without a permit range from a minimum $500 fine to a maximum fine of $5,000 and a possible six-month jail term.