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Monday, November 28th, 2011Crime bill changes: round 2 http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Crime+bill+changes+round/5775998/story.html Tobi Cohen, Postmedia News · Nov. 28, 2011 | Last Updated: Nov. 28, 2011 3:05 AM ET OTTAWA – After failing to get a single amendment to the controversial omnibus crime bill approved during committee, the Opposition is poised to try again this week when the bill returns to [...]
Ex Mayor Philip Owen Interview on Mayors for Marijuana
Monday, November 28th, 2011Four former Vancouver mayors have joined a growing coalition trying to legalize marijuana. Sam Sullivan, Mike Harcourt, Larry Campbell and Philip Owen have co-signed a letter in support of Stop the Violence B.C., saying that prohibition of the drug has been an utter failure, has created a gang-fuelled $7-billion underground industry in B.C. and has [...]
Halloweed 2011
Thursday, October 27th, 2011420 seeks smoking policy exemption
Saturday, October 8th, 2011The Martlet Hempology 101 hopes to have weekly lectures and 420 sessions declared a cultural tradition Oct 06, 2011 | Volume 64 Issue 9 Brandon Rosario Hempology 101 is currently holding its lecture series and 420 festivities beside the Student Union Building, in compliance with UVic’s smoking policy. Brandon Rosario The UVic Students’ Society’s Hempology [...]
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
As the song states, “We get by with a little help from our friends” A dear friend in Nova Scotia needs our support. John Cook, a tireless advocate for medicinal cannabis and Director of the Halifax Outlet of the Cannabis Buyers’ Club of Canada, has had a heart attack. Unfortunately, the blockage is unable to [...]
‘Legal pot’ program from US gov’t stirs up legalization debate
Friday, September 30th, 2011‘Legal pot’ program from US gov’t stirs up legalization debate http://www.katu.com/news/politics/national/130709568.html By NIGEL DUARA, Associated PressPublished: Sep 28, 2011 at 8:48 AM PDT EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sometime after midnight on a moonlit rural Oregon highway, a state trooper checking a car he had just pulled over found less than an ounce of pot on [...]
Keep Vancouver’s Insite open, Supreme Court rules
Friday, September 30th, 2011Here is the text http://csc.lexum.org/en/2011/2011scc44/2011scc44.html http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Keep+Vancouver+Insite+open+Supreme+court+rules/5482750/story.html Keep Vancouver’s Insite open, Supreme Court rules Harper government to comply with unanimous decision By Peter O’Neil and Evan Duggan, Vancouver Sun with Postmedia News September 30, 2011 11:18 AM OTTAWA — The Harper government said Friday it is disappointed but will comply with a unanimous Supreme Court of [...]
Medical marijuana law under review
Thursday, September 29th, 2011http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/20…ogleeditorspick September 28 2011 Medical marijuana law under review -Current law pits doctors against patients and creates backlogs, critics say. Health Canada began two days of closed-door talks Wednesday about changes to the controversial medical marijuana law that has faced legal challenges and criticism for being ineffective. But even as meetings get underway in Ottawa, [...]
New pot laws could overwhelm B.C. jails
Thursday, September 29th, 2011CBC.ca New pot laws could overwhelm B.C. jails CBC News Posted: Sep 23, 2011 1:00 PM PT The North Fraser Pretrial Centre in Port Coquitlam, is just one of several B.C. jails that are over capacity. (CBC) Minimum sentences in the federal government’s new ‘tough on crime’ legislation are going to overwhelm B.C.’s overcrowded jails [...]
Letter to UVic Administration
Thursday, September 29th, 2011Sept 21. 2011 To Whom It May Concern We believe it is in the best interest of the University of Victoria that the UVSS Hempology 101 Club be granted an exemption from the new smoking policy for the club’s traditional weekly 4:20 gatherings at Petch Fountains. The reasons the administration should consider granting the exemption [...]
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