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Power Cut After Smart Meter Installed

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 19:31

Power Cut After Smart Meter Installed

By Martin van den Hemel – Richmond Review

A Richmond couple is demanding an apology, compensation and answers from BC Hydro after the electrical utility cut power to their home without any notification based solely on a smart meter installer’…

Category: In The News

Editorial: Drug Laws Fuel Gangs’ Growth

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 19:19

Editorial: Drug Laws Fuel Gangs’ Growth

By. Victoria Times Colonist

Jonathan Bacon surely knew the risks that came with his chosen profession. He knew his life would end violently; it had been threatened many times. The only question was when he would be gunned down.

Bacon's death …

Category: In The News

Little Shop Of Pot

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 22:44

If Kamloops Mounties consider Carl Anderson a problem, it might well be he is a problem of their own making. Who is Carl Anderson, you’re asking? Depends on who you talk to.  For some, he is no doubt a saviour, a supplier of high-grade medical m…

Category: In The News

City Clamps Down On Medical Marijuana Users, Growers

Friday, June 3, 2011 20:01

Permits Required, Agricultural Location Needed People in Surrey who use or grow medical marijuana will soon have to obtain municipal permits and growers will have to relocate to an agricultural area. Surrey council endorsed a plan that would place rest…

Category: In The News

Free Hemp Burgers At Victoria Courthouse

Thursday, May 19, 2011 21:47

Free Hemp Burgers At Victoria Courthouse

Hempology.ca

The first-ever free hemp burger barbeque will be held on the back lawn of the Victoria, B.C. courthouse this afternoon (May 19) at 1pm.

This hemp barbeque will be an opportunity to celebrate a small victory for Owen Smith, baker for …

Category: Activism, In The News

Nanaimo Advocate Eyes Ontario Marijuana Ruling

Sunday, May 15, 2011 19:36

A recent Ontario superior court ruling against the federal government’s medical marijuana regulations has a licensed medical marijuana user in Nanaimo wondering where she and other patients across Canada stand legally.
Pam Edgar, host producer of…

Category: In The News

Medicinal Pot Education Goal Of New Initiative

Friday, May 13, 2011 10:06

Growing marijuana doesn’t quite evoke a noble-farmer image, even when it’s for the sake of treating terminally ill patients.
As medical marijuana becomes less taboo, however, supports for those who cultivate the product need to fall into pl…

Category: In The News

Marijuana Controversy Grabs National Attention

Monday, April 11, 2011 21:16

A local battle over the bounds of legal marijuana production has grabbed national attention after police raided a grow op near Castlegar and arrested a 62-year-old woman, despite the fact that she had a valid licence to grow a certain number of the pla…

Category: In The News

Legal Pot Grow-Ops: Justifiable ‘Hazard’?

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 20:06

Health Canada’s Policy Sparks Controversy
There are houses in Abbotsford where pot is growing with the sanction of the federal government, and neither the Abbotsford Police nor city hall knows where they are.
Even Health Canada, which licenses th…

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Health Pot Issue Clouded

Thursday, March 24, 2011 21:39

Members of Kelowna’s compassion club were gobsmacked by the idea local politicians wanted their input on problems surrounding medical marijuana growers, let alone that talks slated for next Monday could give rise to a committee dedicated to the i…

Category: In The News

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