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Jan 16, 2006	So, Just What Were They Smoking? "Where do you stand on the legalization of marijuana?"....Suddenly, the mood in the room turned dark as Conservative candidate Sam Goldstein, seething in his seat, took his turn. Pointing a menacing finger at the crowd, he chastised them for wanting candidates to control gun crime in their city, while wanting to legalize a drug that was causing the gang warfare on their streets.
Jan 12, 2006	Marijuana Activists Pay Krieger's Travel Expenses Grant Krieger, the Alberta medical marijuana activist whose appeal from a 2003 drug-trafficking conviction is to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada today, will be able to attend the hearing now that a group of pot activists has paid his travel expenses.
Jan 12, 2006	Is The Marijuana Party Going Up In Smoke This year the party is running only 23 candidates, after having run at least 70 in the previous two elections. Its founding leader, Marc-Boris St-Maurice, quit the party last year to join the Liberal party. Now, the B.C. Marijuana Party has thrown its support behind the federal NDP party.
Jan 10, 2006	Rent-A-Narc Takes Aim at Grow-Ops The cash-for-tips program is the first in North America to seek private donations from companies and individuals to offset the costs of new police officers, Vern Nielsen, the board's vice-president, said Monday. Starting in July, three new RCMP constables will work exclusively on Crime Stoppers tips that point to drugs and property crimes in the Central Okanagan. Private donors have contributed more than $60,000 to the $250,000 annual cost of the three officers. A public fundraising campaign begins in February to make up the shortfall.
Jan 6, 2006	Police Officer Back To Court On Drug Charges Const. Sheldon Cook, 38, a 14-year veteran of the Peel force, is facing the drug trafficking charges after the RCMP followed a shipment of cocaine to a home in Cambridge, where they discovered 15 kilograms of the narcotic with a street value of more than $500,000.
Jan 4, 2006	Raid Charge Stayed Mandeep Sandhu, a former executive member of the Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca federal Liberal riding association, was charged with conspiracy to traffic in marijuana in Sept. 2004. His laywer, Richard Peck, confirmed those charges were stayed on or about Nov. 7. Sandhu's cousin, Victoria police Constable Ravinder Singh ( Rob ) Dosanjh, was also charged last Dec. 2004 with obstruction of justice for allegedly counselling Sandhu "make false statements to law-enforcement officials" about the origin of money seized during a police search of his residence. A hearing for three other men charged in connection with the raid is scheduled for Friday in Vancouver. It pays to be a Liberal - provincial, federal... doesn't matter... you're covered, and the media is there to help in any way.
Dec 26, 2005	Sovereign In Name Only Here's the issue: If there is evidence of his guilt, Emery should have been charged here. If Canadian authorities have no evidence, they've no reason to co-operate with the U.S. ( Parenthetically, when U.S. warships visit Esquimalt, B.C., the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service routinely works sting operations in Victoria to discourage their sailors from buying drugs there -- meaning U.S. law-enforcement agents are operational on Canadian soil. Conscious of sensitivities, the Victoria police did make arrests. )
Dec 17, 2005	Variety Of Methods Help Users Get High Some local marijuana users are connoisseurs it seems, according to a new demand for pot-related devices.
Dec 15, 2005	This Man Loves Herb More Than You Edmonton-reared David Malmo-Levine was our keynote pot activist in the '90s, writing for The Gateway, organizing wild rallies and handing me lit joints on television as police stood at the edge of Gazebo Park, staring.
Dec 7, 2005	Judge May Ban Police A judge vowed yesterday to limit the number of off-duty Winnipeg police officers who have flooded a misconduct hearing and literally surrounded three men who claim they were assaulted by police. A frightening look at police mentality...
Nov 29, 2005	Botched Raid Battle Expected To End A Calgary woman's five-year fight against several police officers who bungled a drug raid at her rented southwest home is expected to come to an end today.
Nov 24, 2005	Why Blacks Won't Talk To Police I asked for a show of hands of how many had been stopped by police for no apparent reason. Seventeen of the 19 males raised their hands. [Remember the mantra... the police are our friends.. we pay them to serve and protect us...]
Nov 23, 2005	Cops Cope With Growing Problem Five years ago, 95 per cent of Ontario Provincial Police drug enforcement was proactive work. Now, it's 95 per cent reactive, and more than half of the workload centres around marijuana, Det. Insp. Frank Elbers said at OPP headquarters yesterday. [Duh, so what's the logical answer?]
Nov 20, 2005	Pot and Your Pooch Dogs have been getting high on B.C. Bud for years, according to several local veterinarians who have treated pets who have ingested marijuana.However, there have been no cannabis-related deaths, says Brocklehouse. "They'd have to eat a helluva lot," says Shaw, speculating on what it would take before a canine OD-ed on marijuana, but that could change with any reconfiguration of street cannabis.
Nov 12, 2005	Activist Accused Of Trying To Hijack Forum A pot activist who used a crowded rural forum to confront police Chief Brian Mullan says he'll keep speaking out at future meetings, despite being blasted by an irate city councillor. Councillor Margaret McCarthy says she had to tell two men to "sit down and shut up" because they tried to "hijack" the meeting this week in the old Flamborough town hall. [They just can't handle the truth...]
Nov 12, 2005	Meet The Marijuana User Next Door Surprise: The Rank And File Of Canada's Multi-Billion-Dollar Pot Industry Look A lot Like You And Me Ever wondered how your neighbours managed to afford that Land Rover or the cash to cover their kids' private school tuition? Maybe they have a sideline: a secret, subterranean income booster in the form of a marijuana grow operation. To some that might sound scandalous, while others might wonder why they hadn't thought of it themselves.
Nov 10, 2005	Police Rules Weren't Followed, Inquest Told The night Heather Benson died in RCMP custody, some regulations were not followed, a coroner's inquest heard Tuesday. Benson died while being transported by the RCMP from Tagish to Whitehorse, when the police cruiser rolled off the road and into the ditch. She was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene of the accident as a result of chest wounds, on Sept. 27, 2003. Const. Jeff Monkman, who was driving the car, was convicted of careless driving in a trial held last February and fined $1,000. [This sums up everything that is wrong with the system as we know it]
Nov 8, 2005	LTE: Why Not Legalize Theft, Burglary, Rape? If legalizing is equal to less crimes and less court times, then why not legalize theft, burglary, rape? Our courts would havea less burden and judges can go on longer holidays. We can cut the police force in half and save money. [This so-called logic defies normal intelligence... in the school of life 101, most of us can differentiate between something we do to ourselves versus something done to us by others... BIG DIFFERENCE]
Nov 2, 2005	Mountie Charged With Assault After Lillooet Home Raided [ A Lillooet Mountie has been charged with four counts of assault with a weapon.It is alleged a police officer used excessive force by Tasering a 19-year-old woman in her back as she lay on the ground face down during a drug raid Feb. 5. The woman's dog was also allegedly Tasered during the raid. Police said they found trace amounts of cocaine on a scale, plus four ecstasy pills in a coat and a bag of marijuana in the woman's home. [ DO YOU AGREE WITH THE WAY YOUR MONEY PAYS THE SALARY OF PEOPLE HIRED TO "SERVE AND PROTECT" US? WHO PROTECTS US FROM THEM? ]
Nov 1, 2005	Toking Diplomacy If you were the guy everyone called the prince of pot and the U.S. drug czar came to town rattling his saber, you'd probably have the sense to stay out of his way. At the very least, you wouldn't go out of your way to antagonize him, let alone pay $500 for the privilege.
Nov 1, 2005	Felger In Street Scuffle Tim Felger is running in Abbotsford for council and for mayor in Mission. His call to legalize marijuana and for harm reduction are emblazoned on his windows. Randall Severson admits he kicked the counter in Felger's office. "That was a bad move on my part. I was frustrated. The signs and the messages really bother me. He promotes violence and hatred and sexual immorality," said Severson. [Seems he uses the same leap in logic that the cops/government do...]
Nov 1, 2005	Randall Severson admits he kicked the counter in Felger's office. A surprise police sweep at Cardinal Carter secondary school in Leamington resulted in one student being caught with drug paraphernalia and trace amounts of cannabis. [Consider the time, cost, resources, and more importantly the right to terrorize hundreds of students to send a "message", especially since no drugs were found. Kids are getting the message all right, but not the one intended... the message they get is they have no rights, no privacy and adults are authoritation #%*^@'s ]
Oct 31, 2005	Civic Election Gone To Pot The alleged pot supplier to the Da Kine Smoke and Beverage Shop on Commercial Drive, which sold marijuana over the counter, is one of 36 candidates battling for 10 seats on city council in the November civic election. [The headline gets an F for being so typically cliche. Give us a break.]
Oct 27, 2005	This Bud's For All Of Us Bud Inc., by Ian Mulgrew ( Random House Canada, 304 pages, $35 ) After a week in Vancouver I realized that Mulgrew's new book will open the eyes of quite a few people when it comes out next month. Prohibition has failed. The police and courts are overwhelmed. The cultivators are laughing all the way to an offshore account. The only hope is that Uncle Paul and some of his colleagues will come to the glaringly obvious conclusion that Ian Mulgrew spells out again and again. Legalize it.
Oct 24, 2005	Harmless? Never! More than 2,000 Canadians go to jail annually for simple possession of marijuana and some segments of society believe this is a useless waste of public funds and police resources....The drug has become more potent and dangerous than it was a generation ago. It is damaging. [Good ol' Texas North...dissing a herb that has no fatalities in it's thousands of years of use...]

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