Top Stories (2005) -
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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." |
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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. |
| Jan 4, 2005 |
Drug Prohibition Is A Terrorist's Best Friend There is little doubt that terrorist groups around the world profit from the drug trade. What anti-drug crusaders refuse to acknowledge, however, is that the connection between drug trafficking and terrorism is the direct result of making drugs illegal. |
| 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 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 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. |
| 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:
Drug Charges Thrown Out For 'Judge Shopping' Rejected Once, Officer Sought Search Warrant From Second Official |
| 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] |