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Sep 10, 2008	Pot Plantations Aired Out Vancouver Island Police Officers have wrapped up a six-day air and land operation, which resulted in the eradication of over 23,000 marijuana plants from across Vancouver Island. In total, officers visited 222 sites where marijuana was being illegally cultivated on Crown Lands. [Consumers can't afford gas, but thier tax money can fund helicopter excursions]
Sep 9, 2008	District Orders Bong Store Shut During its brief existence the store had posters with marijuana leaves on its front windows. Key chains that said "legalize" on top of marijuana leaves were on sale. Mayor Gord Robson told council at the Monday council meeting that he had received "a number" of complaints about the store's existence.
Sep 9, 2008	Driver Found Not Guilty Of Marijuana Possession A man caught with marijuana during a traffic stop in Pitt Meadows was acquitted of a drug possession charge Friday after a provincial court judge questioned the legality of the police search.
Sep 5, 2008	Federal Election Could Be Going To Pot Legalizing The Use Of Marijuana Will Be An Election Issue If Proponents Across Canada Listen To Neil Magnuson. .... In Lethbridge as part of the "2008 Freedom Tour" on Thursday, the long-time activist said three of the four national parties have spoken out in favour of decriminalizing the recreational drug.
Sep 4, 2008	Relight Those Nice Dreams <strong>Cheech & Chong Reprise Their Hit '70s Comedy Act In Ottawa</strong> Nearly 25 years after their breakup, the wildly popular comedy team of the 1970s is back to "Light Up Canada." And, after that, they're going to blaze up America too. "Our performance in Ottawa is actually going to be the first time that we've done Born in East L.A. together," says Cheech, calling from Hawaii, of the comedy team's hit parody of a Bruce Springsteen original. "Condoleezza Rice called us and said, 'You know, I'm having no luck with the Palestinians and the Israelites and I need to get somebody together before my reign is out here.' Ottawa - you're the first guys."
Sep 3, 2008	Growing Flowers, You Say? A Likely Story Likely residents were divided on whether the police raids had made their community a better place to live. Likely Chamber of Commerce spokesman Robin Hood said yesterday the grow ops fed an underground economy and boosted property values in a town hit hard by a slowdown in logging and mining. "It did not bother me," he said in an interview. .... But High Country Inn owner Darlene Biggs, who has three of her eight grandchildren living in the village, said she was pleased to see the grow ops closed down. "A lot of us have been complaining for a while and calling the police," she said.
Aug 29, 2008	Cannabis Crusader Calls On Whitehorse But the marijuana activist didn't bring any weed to the Yukon. "Typically I let the locals smoke me up," said the 50-year-old leader of BC's Marijuana Party. "That way, I can experience what you're smoking here." It's Emery's first time championing cannabis in the territory. .....And Whitehorse RCMP is worried.
Aug 28, 2008	Stoning Of A Crusader NOW readers know Matt Mernagh as that indomitable spirit behind the megaphone at medpot rallies in Yonge-Dundas Square. Bright lights, big city. That's Mernagh. .....On Saturday August 16, Mernagh was arrested, along with a roommate, and charged with possession of marijuana, possession for the purposes of trafficking and production of marijuana.
Aug 24, 2008	Police Stop 'Pretty Unusual' For Marijuana Exemptee Derek Pedro's first trip to Hempfest was a "nerve wracking" one. He says Ontario Provincial Police asked him and Alison Myrden, both federal medical marijuana exemptees, to get out of their truck during a spot check Wednesday.
Aug 24, 2008	Hempfest considers move to new site Hempfest could move to a new location with several entry roads after a second consecutive year of stepped-up police enforcement. Police stopped more than 500 vehicles and handed out dozens of charges during 12-hour daily vehicle checks Wednesday to Saturday north of Echo Bay.
Aug 18, 2008	Legislation Out Of Joint Ryan Vander Hoek hopes lighting a joint will fire up Edmonton's cannabis community. The 22-year-old and his so-called Sunshine and Grass crew were at Louise McKinney Park yesterday, getting high and having fun. The eight-hour cannabis festival, which was expected to draw up to 150 pot smokers, featured live music, free munchies and pot-related competitions - such as creative bong-making and fastest joint-smoking.
Aug 15, 2008	AB: Police Say Marijuana Sold To Students At Pizza Parlour William Aberhart High School students could satisfy their munchies with Your Choice Pizza's $3.50 special that got you a slice of pepperoni or cheese pizza and some chips.
Aug 13, 2008	Ruling Needed on Vehicle Searches: Judge With the Moncton judiciary split on the legality of a local Mountie's vehicle searches, Judge Irwin Lampert says it's time for New Brunswick's Court of Appeal to rule on the subject. ...He said if police are allowed to search people based on guesses or hunches, it "can too easily mask discriminatory conduct."
Aug 12, 2008	Busted For Holy Smoke BRACEBRIDGE -- A man who claims he is an ordained minister was busted with almost half a kilo of pot yesterday during a traffic stop on Hwy. 11 near Bracebridge. "Rev." Michel Nathier, 53, of the Church of the Universe, admitted he was smoking a joint when the OPP officer pulled him over but said he was committing a holy act.
Aug 11, 2008	Chong 'Looking For People To Talk To' You might think that three decades after Tommy Chong pioneered the stoner movie genre with Cheech Marin in Up in Smoke, Canada's Prince of Pot would be tired of, pardon the pun, rehashing his reputation as a famous pothead. "No, not at all. I'm not tired of talking, period," laughs the Edmonton-born cannabis comic, still smokin' after all these years. "When you get to my age, man, you look for people to talk to."
Aug 11, 2008	Stoner Flicks Have Slowly Seeped Into Modern Culture With pot-friendly flicks often scoring huge at the box office -- and earning bags of pop culture credibility -- stoners are almost mainstream. In honour of pot-action comedy Pineapple Express, we're taking a look at genre-defining stoner flicks.
Aug 7, 2008	New Law Passes First Test In Saint John Courtroom SAINT JOHN - A 33-year-old Saint John man is the first in New Brunswick to be convicted for drug-impaired driving based on new investigative tools provided by federal legislation. Ralph Daniel Craig, a Dilaudid addict, was subjected to new drug detection tests by police after rear-ending another vehicle and "failed miserably," Crown prosecutor Chris Titus told provincial court. Craig was "clearly impaired by drugs," Titus said.
Jul 31, 2008	AB: Police Chief Apologizes To Family For Botched Raid After nearly eight years, the longest running complaint against the Calgary Police Service has ended with a rare public apology from the chief to a family who was the victim of a botched drug raid.
Jul 31, 2008	Outlaw Compassion Paul Spendlove, media relations officer for Health Canada, says no matter what benefits they may provide to the sick, "Compassion clubs are unregulated and have always operated outside Canadian laws. These clubs have no legal authority to provide access or to produce and distribute marijuana."
Jul 25, 2008	12-Year-Old Boy Facing Drug Trafficking Charge Shelburne police have charged a 12-year-old boy for trafficking marijuana. The child was arrested Tuesday afternoon ( July 22 ), as part of an ongoing investigation. "Obviously it's very disconcerting at any age, but when you see 12-year-olds who are supplying it to other minors, it's a grave concern," shares Sgt. Mark Bennett. "It's something that has to be addressed by the police, the judicial system, the public and the parents." If it was a grave concern, then they would regulate uncontrolled substances to deter this, but when there are no controls, anyone and everyone sells them.
Jul 17, 2008	Bust My Bubbleator When I pictured what high times pot orgy the Toronto Cannabis Cup would look like, I imagined tables and tables piled high with sweet toke.
Jul 17, 2008	'Flagrant' Charter Violations Cited In Bacon Acquittal Abbotsford police used misleading information about three suspected drug traffickers when officers applied for a search warrant after arresting the trio three years ago, a provincial court judge says. Judge Donald Gardiner said he had no choice but to throw out the evidence obtained against Jonathan Bacon, Rayleene Burton and Godwin Cheng because the Charter violations by police were "deliberate, wilful and flagrant."
Jul 16, 2008	Blood Testing For High Drivers Drivers suspected of being high on drugs could be facing an unwelcome needle at the hands of police. New federal legislation enacted on July 2 allows police to collect blood and fluids from drivers suspected of being high on drugs.
Jul 16, 2008	It's Harvest Time For Marijuana Growers Ontario Provincial Police are gearing up for an annual harvest, and it's looking like a bumper crop of illegal marijuana this summer.
Jul 10, 2008	Cannabis Day Picnic Has Highly Charged Agenda There was more than one way to get baked in the sun in Halifax on Canada Day. A telltale sweet smell drifted through the air as more than 200 people gathered on the Dartmouth Common for Halifax's 13th annual Cannabis Day picnic, held every July 1.

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