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| Dec 6, 2008 |
Man Given Second Hearing In Bid To Recover $156,800 US Seized By Police A man seeking the return of $156,800 US seized by police will get another chance to argue his case before a judge. ...Struss appealed. This week, B.C. Supreme Justice Paul Williamson sent the matter back for a new hearing. He found the trial judge erred by ruling that an RCMP officer was competent to give evidence on banking practices -- evidence relied upon by the judge in making her decision. |
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| Dec 5, 2008 |
Accused Dealer A Wacky Defendant A former Maple Ridge mayoral candidate and advocate for the legalization of marijuana is on trial this week for selling marijuana on three occasions to an undercover cop this spring. ...During the trial Perry has sat reading the Bible and has refused to make eye contact or to respond to any questions or comments provincial court judge Pedro de Couto has made to him. |
| Dec 3, 2008 |
Firefighter Receives Five Months For Growing Pot A Vancouver firefighter whose luck ran out after harvesting 32 crops of marijuana was sentenced to five months in jail yesterday. ...The Canada Revenue Agency has obtained a $500,000 lien on the family home and is seeking between $500,000 and $600,000 in tax revenue in connection with the illegal activity. |
| Dec 2, 2008 |
'Weed King' Found Guilty A medical-marijuana activist known as DaWeedKing and his wife were found guilty Monday of cultivating 27 pot plants, almost 44 months after they were arrested at their Albert Road home. ...Fred Pritchard said outside court that he was disappointed the medical-marijuana aspect of his activities -- he has previously run the Marijuana Compassion Club of Windsor under the moniker DaWeedKing - -- was not brought out at trial. |
| Nov 29, 2008 |
Suburban Grow Ops Not As Seen On TV WHILE wheat and canola farmers struggle with crazy commodity-price swings and wacky weather, producers of Manitoba's No. 3 cash crop appear to be immune from the national farm crisis. Marijuana growers seem to be enjoying excellent market conditions these days, judging by the sheer number of cultivation operations busted up by Winnipeg police and rural Mounties..... If federal policy were as helpful to wheat and canola farmers as it appears to be to criminal gangs, there might not be a national agricultural crisis. After all, farmers tend to be a lot nicer than bikers. |
| Nov 28, 2008 |
Illicit Drugs Should Be Legal, Officer Says David Bratzer and I share at least one opinion in common: That it costs us a pointless fortune to maintain the charade of having effective drug laws in Canada. ....in fact, Bratzer, a constable, is one of only two active police officers in Canada who does public speaking on behalf of the U.S.-based non-profit organization Law Enforcement Against Prohibition ( LEAP ). |
| Nov 28, 2008 |
The Site Where Adults Don't Go EDMONTON - It's late Tuesday night and two teenage boys are comparing bongs in Nexopia's drugs forum. "Nice collection, man," writes one, referring to a photo of the colourfully painted glass pipes, used to smoke marijuana. For a website targeted towards youth, Nexopia is staggeringly explicit. |
| Nov 27, 2008 |
Don't Let Your Kids Go To Pot The following is part of a series of informational articles aimed at increasing public awareness about the services provided by the Kamloops Victim Services unit....There is plenty of controversy regarding the dangers of using marijuana. It has been recreationally used for only about the last 40 years and, as a result, there is not much research as to the long-term dangers associated with its use. |
| Nov 27, 2008 |
Detective's Return To Scene A Surprise Cook, a member of Rykhoff's team, is accused of stealing 15 bricks of the 102 packages of suspected cocaine discovered hidden inside boxes of mangoes in a courier delivery truck on Nov. 16, 2005. |
| Nov 26, 2008 |
Mayor's Marijuana Work Still An Issue For Media Mayor elect Brian Taylor said he's aware and sensitive to the fact that many residents are opposed to his marijuana advocacy and promised to keep his two lives separate. "I've made some concessions in terms of my civil rights," he said, in an interview. "But I'm not going to give up my right to campaign against marijuana prohibition." |
| Nov 25, 2008 |
Kindred Pot Gathering A small crowd of pot activists lit up on the steps of Old City Hall yesterday morning to protest against last week's police raid on the Kindred Cafe, a local hangout for medicinal and recreational marijuana smokers. |
| Nov 25, 2008 |
City Changes Course On Hemp Bylaw Langley City council is looking to repeal a 1995 bylaw prohibiting stores from selling hemp products. It turns out that several stores in the downtown have been carrying hemp items for years, from beauty products, clothing to hand cream and soap. Hemp beer is even sold in the provincially-run B.C. Liquor stores. "Back then, we thought hemp was marijuana," said City Councillor Gayle Martin. She has been on council 18 years. "Now we know there is a difference between the legal and illegal stuff." |
| Nov 24, 2008 |
Pot Cafe Owner To Turn Himself In Medical Marijuana Supporters To Rally Dominic Cramer, owner of the coffee shop raided by Toronto police last week on suspicion of marijuana trafficking, will turn himself in at 52 Division this evening, says his lawyer, Alan Young..."To the best of my knowledge it's a case about edibles that allegedly involved marijuana," Young said. |
| Nov 23, 2008 |
Budding Wealth in the Weed Eric Nash can barely contain his excitement waiting to hear from Health Canada whether he can start growing marijuana for 250 patients now that the Federal Court of Appeal has struck down the government's monopoly on supplying medical marijuana. |
| Nov 22, 2008 |
Police Target Pot-friendly 'Yongesterdam' Police flooded the burgeoning counterculture neighbourhood known as Yongesterdam late on Thursday, raiding an openly marijuana-friendly cafe after undercover officers allegedly purchased a mug of hot chocolate and snacks laced with drugs. |
| Nov 22, 2008 |
Kindred Apathy For T.O. Dope Cafe The Kindred Cafe - busted in a drug raid Thursday evening - has been particularly popular with registered medical marijuana users, those actually issued with Health Canada cards designating their status. |
| Nov 22, 2008 |
Killer Pothead Off To Jail A "chronic" pot smoker who was impaired on marijuana when he slammed into an oncoming Jeep, killing two people and injuring two others, was sent to prison yesterday. It is the second time James McIlwrick, 36, has been put behind bars for the deadly 2003 crash near Sherwood Park and family of a victim say it is a good thing the killer driver is finally having to pay for his crime. They forgot to mention <a href="http://www.mapinc.org/newstcl/v08/n881/a05.html">Court earlier heard he had also been using prescription medications including Paxil, Zyprexa and Ativan</a>, but Ross rejected suggestions that they played a role in the crash. |
| Nov 21, 2008 |
Drug Issues Keep Police, Resource Providers Busy Const. Gary O'Brien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesman, said police are kept busy dealing with issues that arise from the use and trade of legal and illegal drugs, as well as the related homelessness, addiction and petty crime issues. "A significant amount of our time is dealing with drug issues," he said. [The answer seems so obvious] |
| Nov 21, 2008 |
Pot Shop May Soon Close After moving to a new location and undergoing renovations, a long-time business finds it's unable to get a business licence from the City of New Westminster. The delay in getting the licence is because the store, Sinn and Sativa Fashions at 655 Front St., sells what the city describes as drug paraphernalia-rolling papers, pipes and bongs. |
| Nov 20, 2008 |
Smoke Clears For Hempyz Hempyz is legitimate. After refusing the pot plant novelty store a business licence, Langley City has done an about-face. "I went to City Hall on Nov. 6 to dispute the $100 per day fines [for operating a business without a licence] and staff asked me if I would like to fill out a business license," said Hempyz owner Randy Caine. |