Canadian Beverage Association

• Quebec touts ambitious plan to reduce waste, retailers ask for delay

  Quebec's new plan involves consumers paying deposits on all beverage containers between 100ml and 2L and putting the onus on beverage producers to recycle their own waste.

  Environment

  Jan 26
  
• Montreal moves to ban sale of sugary drinks inside city buildings

  It calls on the city to ask the federal government to introduce a tax on sugary drinks.

  Health

  Dec 13, 2017
  
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• Beverage companies must do more to reduce calories on sugary drinks: Conference Board

  A top economic research organization says Canada's beverage industry will have to do more than rely on recent trends to reach its target for reducing the calories people consume through soft drinks and other similar products amid concerns over obesity rates.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2016
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• Montreal mayor’s musings on bottled water ban has industry’s attention

  A passing mention by Montreal's mayor that plastic-bottled water is next on the city's environmental to-do list has caught the industry's attention.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2016
• Should sugary drinks face a 20 per cent tax? Dietitians call for extra tax to curb obesity

  Canadians should pay a 10 to 20 per cent tax on sugar-sweetened drinks, the Dietitians of Canada said in a new position statement.

  Consumer

  Feb 9, 2016
• Albertans consuming too many sugary drinks: report

  More than 10 per cent of Albertans are drinking too many sugar-sweetened beverages per day, a new Alberta Health report has found.

  Health

  Nov 19, 2015
• Why scientists say soda may increase your risk of diabetes even if you’re thin

  Slim or overweight, you’re increasing your risk of developing type 2 diabetes if you’re sipping on sugary drinks, new research suggests.

  Health

  Jul 22, 2015