Base metal prices were mixed, with LME three-month copper up 0.5% at $9,116 a metric ton and LME three-month aluminum down 0.1% at $2,618.50 a ton.

B.C. wholesale buyers spent $914,861,973 on spirits in 2024, down from $961,117,685 the previous year. That is a $46,266,712 drop, which works out to a 4.81-per-cent decline.