Nova Scotia needs to lighten up on its dog policing in local pubs: craft brewer

HALIFAX -- A Nova Scotia craft brewer has launched a petition to bring pooches into his pub, saying the province's regulations are too unfriendly to dogs. Ian Lawson, co-owner of Brightwood Brewery in Dartmouth, says an anonymous complaint led a provincial inspector to order an end to his practice of allowing patrons to bring dogs into his establishment as the humans enjoyed a pint along with a meat pie or a samosa.