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| Sep 19, 2005 |
CN SN:
Pot Laws Protested At Weekend Event
A couple of hundred people protested Canada's pot laws by hanging out in a downtown Saskatoon park Saturday afternoon....Saskatoon's event was one of more than 40 protests around the globe. Many of the events overseas were staged at Canadian embassies or consulates. |
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| Sep 16, 2005 |
CN NT:
Pot Party Candidate Charged With Trafficking
"It's Really A Badge Of Honour For Us Rather Than A Stigma" Nunavut's Marijuana Party candidate appeared in court this week to face long-standing charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. |
| Sep 14, 2005 |
Spokesperson Denied Agent Status
Two Pasqua First Nation men charged in connection with a large marijuana grow operation found on the reserve in August were told Tuesday that their spokesperson, who was seeking to represent them legally in court, would not be given agent status. |
| Sep 11, 2005 |
Pot Activist Rallies Support
Vancouver -- Marc Emery took a quick hit from a joint as his fans smoked and screamed for his freedomin front of the U.S. consulate.... Today, 40 cities around the world, from Warsaw, Moscow, Russia, London, Paris, Madrid, Italy, they are rallying at Canadian consulates around the world. In Melbourne, Australia, and Sydney, Canadian embassies are being picketed!" |
| Sep 9, 2005 |
Crohn's Relief Brought Pot Activist To Cause
She was suffering with agonizing symptoms and side effects when an old friend recommended marijuana to ease her afflictions. She said it worked and she hasn't used prescription drugs or had surgery since 1996. |
| Sep 9, 2005 |
Da Kine Doors Open On Sunday, Business Licence Or Not:
Despite his troubles in obtaining a business licence from the City of Abbotsford, marijuana activist Tim Felger says he'll open his downtown Da Kine store on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. |
| Sep 8, 2005 |
Judge Scolds Officer For Lying In Court
A metro man who admitted in court to being involved in criminal activity will not be prosecuted on a slew of drug and weapons charges because a Halifax Regional Police officer lied on the stand and officers unlawfully searched the man's home. [Every once in awhile, justice prevails still] |
| Sep 8, 2005 |
Chong Says He Was Targeted For His Hippie Persona
Edmonton-born Tommy Chong rose to fame in the 1970s as one half of the dope-smoking comedy duo Cheech and Chong. In 2003, Chong was charged in the United States with conspiring to sell drug paraphernalia and sentenced to prison, what he now calls an assault on his civil liberties. [The powers-that-be have been trying to systematically rid the world of counter-culture types since the 60's... it is just getting more fierce now. ] |
| Aug 30, 2005 |
CN BC:
Judge Sets Aside Bail Conditions For The Sake Of Love
Flashing a thumbs up from the prisoner's dock to a handful of supporters, Briere was ecstatic at the ruling that will allow him to run for Vancouver city council in November and paves the way for him to see his lover Carol Gwilt, who also faces drug and money-laundering charges for her role at the Commercial Drive cafe. |
| Aug 26, 2005 |
Police Didn't Violate Pot Advocate's Rights - Judge
A judge yesterday threw out arguments that police violated the constitutional rights of pro-marijuana advocate Marc-Boris St-Maurice when they joined the Bloc Pot party he founded and arrested him at the party's cafe. |
| Aug 24, 2005 |
Pot Issue The 'Perfect Storm'
The Marc Emery case, in which Canada appears complicit with the United States in bringing to "justice" Vancouver's most prominent potrepreneur, may bring this still-peripheral issue to the front burner of Canadian politics. |
| Aug 22, 2005 |
Marijuana Mayhem
Ont - Three people face charges after a scuffle with police at Hamilton's marijuana cafe. |
| Aug 22, 2005 |
CN ON:
Up in Smoke: Pot Users Blaze A Trail
Hamilton - City Hall was the scene of a marijuana smoke out over the weekend as 300 users lit up to celebrate Canabian Day. |
| Aug 13, 2005 |
Legalize Pot, Focus Sights On Crystal Meth
The arguments for legalizing pot to better fight hard drugs are so strong that Ottawa's failure to move in that direction seems to be due to outside pressure. <strong>Either it's organized crime, hoping to keep pot illegal to keep profits flowing, or it's police agencies -- domestic or American -- nervous that their budgets will be slashed if this bogeyman is removed. </strong> [Only police and organized crime support prohibition, yet that seems to be all it takes] |
| Aug 5, 2005 |
US WA:
<h3>DEA Chief admits politcal persecution in Emery seed case</h3>
<strong>US WA: Column: Pursuit of Drug Case All Smoke, No Fire</strong><br> Seeking to stop his extradition to the United States -- where he faces charges of trafficking in marijuana seeds -- Emery's legal team could use Tandy's words to telling effect: Their client is being prosecuted for his beliefs. "Today's arrest of Mark ( sic ) Scott Emery, publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine and the founder of a marijuana legalization group, is a significant blow not only to the marijuana trafficking trade in the U.S. and Canada, but also to the marijuana legalization movement." "Hundreds of thousands of dollars of Emery's illicit profits are known to have been channeled to marijuana legalization groups active in the United States and Canada. Drug legalization lobbyists now have one less pot of money to rely on." [Targeting citizens for their political views and trying to silence them is against the rules.... but when has that ever mattered? Will the government of Canada do the right thing? Not something we could ever count on.] |
| Jul 29, 2005 |
BCMP Headquarters Raided ordered by U.S. - Emery & others arrested
Police raided a marijuana seed store run by the B.C. Marijuana Party leader in Vancouver Friday, apparently at the request of U.S. authorities in Seattle. At a news conference in Seattle, U.S. authorities announced they've asked for Emery to be extradited to the U.S. to face drug charges. [ Any illusion that Canada is a sovereign nation is now dead and gone] |
| Jul 26, 2005 |
'Football Fields' Of Pot Discovered
Police in Northern Ontario have charged a Toronto man after they found marijuana fields stretching "three football fields in length" in what is considered to be one of Canada's largest pot busts. |
| Jun 11, 2005 |
How To Cheat On A Urine Test
EDMONTON - Keeping a job used to be about minding your Ps and Qs. These days, some people are minding their pee. "We're not talking just typical party people. We're talking mothers, fathers, secretaries, grandparents, everybody." |
| Jun 5, 2005 |
CN ON:
York Police Target Stores Selling Drug Accessories
"Just because certain crimes aren't seen as a threat to public safety, does that mean we should stop enforcing it?" [Through perseverance and diligence, will they ever be able to stomp out cannabis culture?] |
| Jun 2, 2005 |
NB:
Pregnant Woman Gets A Year For Selling Pot
A New Brunswick judge has sentenced a pregnant woman to a year in prison, even though she will have to give birth while in jail in August, and also has three other children at home. [Another blow to reason, logic, justice, enlightenment and humanity in general. <a href="http://lynnwood.ca/" target="_blank">FREE LYNN WOOD</a> - donations toward her legal costs can be made through <a href="http://mumm.ca/donation.htm" target="_blank">MUMM</a>, Please help.] |
| Jun 1, 2005 |
CN ARTIC:
Police dismantle drug pipeline to the North
ARTIC: Dozens of suspects appeared in court today in connection with the massive dismantling of a criminal ring that trafficked marijuana from Montreal to the Far North. ... Gordon McGregor, the president of the police chief's association of aboriginal communities, said the drug ring has created enormous social problems in the communities affected. "We see high rates of suicide, we see a lot more violence, and we see more lot more situations where weapons are involved," McGregor told reported today. [The northern communities should file a class action suit stating prohibition opens them to greater societal harm, and they need protection against such an unjust law. If there is problems of that magnitude associated with cannabis, than without a supply of non-toxic, less harmful herb , their communities are more susceptible to greater harm and violence from <a href="http://www.mapinc.org/newstcl/v00/n1718/a04.html"> gasoline sniffing</a>, alcohol, and eventually crystal meth, which is easier to smuggle. |
| May 29, 2005 |
CN ON:
Averse To Pot Laws, Poet Objects In Rhyme
A poetic pot activist rhymed out his reasons for battling Canada's marijuana laws at a rally yesterday ... "There's a little poem I've got, that makes a case for pot. Though a poet I am not, I've given this much thought. Is there hard data? A lot. What's pot's greatest danger? Getting caught," |
| May 27, 2005 |
CN BC:
Marijuana Party Candidate Claims Company Fired Him
The Marijuana party's Shuswap candidate believes he lost his job because of his election attempt. "It's all fun and games until somebody loses a job," |
| May 27, 2005 |
CN BC:
Hippie Capital Tunes In
The Counter-Culture '60s Come Alive In A New Vancouver Museum Display ... The coffee table contains the essentials of the day: a hookah pipe and a stash basket. |
| May 24, 2005 |
Mary Jane And Me
TV shows where people are smoking marijuana are entertaining for some, but offending to those who say they promote drug use. ..."[The shows are] just reflecting a consensus reality that has emerged over the last 40 or 50 years in North America, that says the use of marijuana is not a serious problem and the worst thing about marijuana are the laws against it," he said. |