In Nova Scotia, getting booze is run by the government.
You have to go to a Nova Scotia Liquor Commission store to get booze....anything and everything. They are the ONLY store allowed to sell alcohol in the province (with the exception of the breweries....which have beer stores attached to them...but they only sell the beer they brew onsite)
Luckily, there are MANY liquor stores in the Halifax Metro area (hee hee....us alcoholic Maritimers!
) so you don't have to drive too far to find one!
They aren't open on Sundays though (the malls aren't either BTW)
I remember when I was in Quebec City for Spring Break one year (skiing!
) all the liquor stores closed at 5pm!!!! We had to resort to cheap wine from the gas station!!!! Arrrgh!