Iqaluit (Dec 20/04) - Here is a look at how each community deals with alcohol. The information was gathered through phone calls to each community's RCMP detachment or the hamlet office.

Kugluktuk: No restrictions. Eighty per cent of crimes per year are alcohol related.

Cambridge Bay: No restrictions. Ninety-five per cent of crimes are alcohol related. Bootlegging is a big problem. A 26oz bottle of hard liquor on the street retails for $200.

Gjoa Haven: Prohibited. A 40oz of Jack Daniels is worth $200 from a bootlegger.

Taloyoak: No restrictions. You can order booze from Yellowknife if you get a permit. No booze orders are allowed between Dec. 13 and Jan. 2.

Kugaaruk: Prohibited. Between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30 RCMP had 54 alcohol related complaints out of 310 total complaints. (17.4 per cent). Bootlegging is a big problem. 60oz of hard liquor is $500, $100 for a pint.

Fines are $5,000 for first offence and up to $10,000.

Repulse Bay: Restricted. People must get a permit and can order up to three 40-ouncers of booze a month per household.

Baker Lake: No restrictions. However, liquor vote on Dec. 13. for an alcohol committee to screen applicants. Starting Friday there is a booze ban, effective during the Christmas holidays.

Coral Harbour: Prohibited.

Whale Cove: Prohibited. Bootlegging is not bad, not a constant. Ninety per cent of people in custody are in for alcohol-related crimes.

Rankin Inlet: Restricted. You have to purchase a permit based on if you want beer or hard liquor. There are different prices per litre. Order it from the liquor store. Fax the liquor store your permit to prove you have one. The permit has an expiry date. Eighty to 90 per cent of person crimes are alcohol related.

Chesterfield Inlet: No restrictions. They are trying to form an alcohol education committee very soon and are moving towards becoming a restricted community.

b Prohibited. Most of the crime is alcohol related.

Resolute Bay: Restricted. In order for a person to legally possess alcohol they put a permit in for free, but it has to go to alcohol education committee. They scrutinize it or deny. Bootlegging is fairly expensive. A 375ml mickey is $100; 90 per cent of crime is alcohol related.

Grise Fiord: No restrictions. Order in as much as you want. Very few crimes in Grise Fiord.

Arctic Bay: Restricted. Alcohol can only be approved by alcohol education committee. RCMP members are new in Arctic Bay and didn't know percentage of calls that are alcohol related.

Iglulik: Restricted. People have to get approval by an alcohol education committee.

Hall Beach: Restricted. Permit from hamlet required before going to alcohol committee, which approves or denies the request. Thirty-five to 40 per cent of crimes are alcohol related. Bootlegging is not bad.

Pond Inlet: Restricted. Order in if approved by an alcohol education committee. "Moderate" bootlegging according to police. Seventy-five to 80 per cent of crimes per year are alcohol related.

Clyde River: Restricted. People can still order in alcohol by applying to alcohol education committee. Then they can order through Iqaluit. Bootlegging was a problem this summer, but no longer a huge factor. Ninety per cent of crime is alcohol related.

Qikiqtarjuaq: Controlled. You need a permit to import alcohol. The alcohol committee approves what people order. Maximum of four bottles per household.

Panniqtuuq: Restricted. Bootlegging is a "chronic problem," say police. "We just picked up three 40s and a 60oz. Every bottle that comes in there is an assault or disturbance." 40 oz. goes for $300 on the street.

Iqaluit: Restricted. You need a permit to bring in liquor. Bootlegging is a very big problem. A 40oz bottle of booze goes for $120-150. In October, 262 offenses out of 684 offences were alcohol related.

Kimmirut: Dry. Bootlegging not a major issue.

Cape Dorset: Restricted. By permit only. Very big problem with bootlegging. Mickey worth $100; 60oz: $500; 40oz: $300. During the Christmas season the alcohol committee will not approve permits. Sixty to 70 per cent of crimes are alcohol related.

Sanikiluaq: Prohibited. No alcohol allowed at all.