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Oct 30, 2026
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NuBrew stops canning, blames regulatory changes
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The markup applied by the Nunavut Liquor and Cannabis Commission to NuBrew beer used to be 76 per cent less than what’s applied to beer imported into the territory.
As of June 1, that difference was reduced to 40 per cent less.
They don’t contribute to the local economy like we do.” Kennedy said he first learned of the the cost increase when a customer complained about an approximately $120 price hike to a keg of the company’s beer purchased through Iqaluit’s beer and wine store in late July.
Now, a 355-millilitre can of beer at 3.5 per cent alcohol by volume, such as a Corona Light, carries a standard markup of $1.46.
A six-per-cent beer of the same size carries a $2.50 markup.
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NEWS OCT 30, 2026 – 11:15 AM EDT
NuBrew stops canning, blames regulatory changes
Territorial government now scales beer prices to alcohol content, making stronger drinks more expensive
Jordan Kennedy, interim general manger of Nunavut Brewing Co. Ltd., leans on the canning machine, which stopped running in August. A new pricing formula made canned beer economically nonviable for the business, Kennedy says.…
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