Black Velvet shutting down bottling facility in YQL

It has been around for five decades but as of next month it will be no more. The Black Velvet bottling facility will be shutting its doors in Lethbridge. Company officials with its parent company Heaven Hill Brands say keeping Black Velvet open was financially unfeasible. They said a decline in the efficiency of the bottling process at the plant led to too much of a production increase which led to the closure. The CEO of Economic Development Lethbridge, Trevor Lewington, says it is unfortunate that this division of Black Velvet is pulling up stakes and moving to the U.S. meaning there will be some job losses 

Hal Roberts

Hal is a veteran journalist with 30 years in the industry. He worked as a parliamentary reporter on the Hill interviewing federal leaders and cabinet ministers. Hal also covered the Ottawa terrorist attack in 2014, and has worked as an anchor/reporter in Toronto, Peterborough and Calgary. He worked as a reporter and anchor for business shows airing on BNN, Global and CHCH-TV. During his 10 year radio career he hosted a show called Roberts on the Road on KG Country. Hal was blessed to win a few awards in his career including one as senior producer for a TV show on human trafficking which aired on CTS.

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