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Bieber investigation over: BC Liquor Branch
Vancouver/CKNW(AM980)
Marcella Bernardo | Email news tips to Marcella
2/3/2013

It took more than three months, but an investigation into why an under-age pop star was allowed to party at a Vancouver nightclub is finally over. 

Justin Bieber was 18 in October when he was spotted drinking alcohol at 'Republic' -- the Granville Street bar hosting the after-party for his sold-out concert.

BC's Liquor Control and Licensing Branch quickly launched an investigation of the club owned by the Donnelly group.

Operators insisted Bieber was seated in an area designated for minors and only drank cranberry juice.

Investigators say they did not find 'sufficient evidence' any rules were broken, so no enforcement actions are being contemplated at this time.

It won't be an issue when Bieber returns.

He turns 19 March 1st.


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  1. ChrisM_18 posted on 02/03/2013 09:03 AM
    Beyond the first response of "who cares?" My other thought is to ask CKNW why they would be so journalistically lazy as to just regurgitate a government body news release without doing some digging of their own to find out whose pocket got lined to make this investigation go away ?
  2. DavidM_4081 posted on 02/03/2013 09:37 AM
    Really Marcella? I thought you were a top-notch journalist. Now your sinking to stories which should be covered by the FM-stations, not CKNW.
    1. RonE_1902 posted on 02/03/2013 08:02 PM
      @DavidM_4081 Well you must be as old as stone, AM has always be relegated to the old and infirm.

      Enjoy ............
  3. taxed to death posted on 02/03/2013 01:24 PM
    Marcella want a real story? Go do a follow up on Tsakumis,s latest story about the RCMP in bed with the liberals and get back to us
    1. ChrisM_18 posted on 02/03/2013 01:44 PM
      @taxed to death Have you heard the adage about don't bite the hand that feeds you? I think CKNW has !
    2. commonsense posted on 02/04/2013 12:13 PM
      @taxed to death How many stories has Alex put out there? How many were actually taken seriously? How many actually interview this guy? See a pattern? No station or paper has used his information.
  4. BY_7463 posted on 02/03/2013 02:01 PM
    I sure hope they have prepared this snot nosed kid for when the end comes and he is not the cute little boy with no talent that he is. They are ghoing to let him down very badly. The $5,000 a night hotels will be long gone
  5. joes_2868 posted on 02/03/2013 02:55 PM
    What a joke with taxed to death and BY_7463making comments on this subject forgetting what they were up to at that age! UNBELIEVABLE, BUT TRUE!
  6. joes_2868 posted on 02/03/2013 03:13 PM
    BY_7463: The laugh is on you! The smart nosed kid is the owner of many real estate properties. Where did you go wrong in your life? WAS IT VOTING NDP?
    1. BY_7463 posted on 02/03/2013 06:25 PM
      @joes_2868 Joey Joey joey. It was snot nosed kid, not smart nosed kid.
  7. joes_2868 posted on 02/03/2013 06:37 PM
    BY_7463: Amazing that you cannot compete with a snot nosed kid? Where did you go wrong?

    49% plus of the popular vote and so little time left and constant bludering from Greg Selinger and Darrell Dexter.
  8. speakup posted on 02/04/2013 12:00 PM
    he drank cranberry juice???
    poor Beibs - must have had a urinary track infection.......
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