Cardston residents narrowly endorse ending alcohol prohibition in vote
Among the 925 Cardston voters who cast a ballot, 53 per cent were in favour of ending prohibition, and 47 per cent were opposed.
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Among the 925 Cardston voters who cast a ballot, 53 per cent were in favour of ending prohibition, and 47 per cent were opposed.
Results from a plebiscite question included on ballots in Cardston, Alta., could soon overturn the community's 100-year-old ban on liquor sales.
Cardston was one of a handful of southern Alberta communities to remain dry following the end of Alberta's prohibition in 1923. But that could soon change.
In the latest news in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we look at church growth in Utah and across the U.S.; an effort to end prohibition in Cardston, Alberta, Canada; and Dallin Oaks urges Latter-day Saints to marry and have children.
Cardston was founded in 1887 by Mormon settlers, and 62 per cent of the town's residents remain Latter Day Saints.