Halifax brewer's promotional condoms seized at border as 'medical devices'

HALIFAX - The guys at Halifax's Good Robot Brewing Co. thought they had a great marketing idea: give out condoms featuring their company's misfit-robot logo, along the lines of the company's similar matchbooks and rolling papers. So they called up a U.S. supplier and ordered 100 for about $200. This week, though, they discovered to their amusement that you need a licence to import condoms. Reporter Alison Auld spoke to Good Robot co-founder Joshua Counsil on Wednesday: