Top Stories (2005) -
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| Jan 4, 2005 |
CN BC:
Court To Hear US Man's Refugee Case An American user of medical marijuana who had his claim for refugee status in Canada rejected more than a year ago says the Federal Court has agreed to hear an appeal of his case. |
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| Jan 4, 2005 |
CN BC:
Police Get Nod For Silly Raid, Translink Ranks As Dumbest "This raid is not going to put these sorts of operations out of business. Marijuana is being sold under the counter all over this city and Da Kine's Caf,'s main mistake was that they were quite public about how they were in fact doing it," said BCCLA president John Russell. "The war on marijuana is over and the police have lost it." |
| Jan 4, 2005 |
Police Not To Blame For War On Weed Most people realize marijuana would be a fat cash cow for the government if it were legal, and mercilessly taxed like tobacco or alcohol. I support local police busting grows when necessary, but they shouldn't have to bear the brunt of an entirely preventable 80-year political fiasco. |
| Jan 3, 2005 |
CN ON:
The Dangers Of Surveillance If the trend toward more surveillance equipment in schools continues, it could create a furtive, suspicious and alienated generation of Ontarians. |
| Jan 3, 2005 |
CN MB:
Health Canada Officials Linked To Fraud Probe The pleadings, recently filed in Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench, claim the three were part of a scheme to convert Health Canada funding into cash for their personal use. |
| Jan 1, 2005 |
CN BC:
Pot, Road Deaths Kept Police Busy Road safety, marijuana grow operations and shootings dominated headlines in the Tri-Cities this year. [Nice how they manage to link Pot, Road Deaths together for the headline but indeed they are two separate things as we find out if we bother to read] |
| Jan 1, 2005 |
CN BC:
Drug Charges Thrown Out For 'Judge Shopping' Rejected Once, Officer Sought Search Warrant From Second Official |
| Jan 1, 2005 |
CN AB:
Police Seized Pot By The Bushel In '04 Calgary: The seizure of pot crops in 2004 was expected to bring the total number of plants to 81,000 -- worth an estimated $100 million -- by the end of December. |
| Jan 1, 2005 |
CN BC:
DARE Takes On New Approach With Older Students Author: Beth Blackburn Note: RCMP Const. Beth Blackburn is the drug awareness coordinator for central Vancouver Island. |