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Pot bylaws to be considered
A week after Langley City council voted to ban medical marijuana within its boundaries, Township council began looking at the issue.
What's in the menu
CONGRATULATIONS to the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association for its efforts in expanding British Columbia's year-old Informed Dining initiative to a national program that expects to be in 12,000 food outlets nation-wide by the end of the year.
Government has acted in contempt of courts
Re: "Legal grow-op plan 'failed miserably,' MP says," Wednesday, March 20.
Legal pot growers feel betrayed by gov't
Doug Hewer tends to his garden with the loving care of a dedicated horticulturalist.
Kids with juvenile arthritis can live full lives
March is Juvenile Arthritis Month. Now I imagine that many of you think I got this wrong; arthritis is a disease for old folks, or at least adults. But that is not the case.
Criminal element
MOST sensible people are skeptical of so-called silver bullet theories that attempt to perfectly explain or solve massive, complex problems with one simple fact or solution.
Arthritis not just for adults
MARCH is Juvenile Arthritis Month. Now I imagine that many of you think I got this wrong, arthritis is a disease for old folks, or at least adults. But that is not the case.
Legal grow-op plan 'failed miserably,' MP says
As far as most Tri-Cities politicians are concerned, the laws around legal pot grow-ops are a mess and they want change.
Hands tied over 'legal' growing
News that Chilliwack RCMP busted a medical marijuana licence-holder producing 15 times more than allowed for by Health Canada is surprising.
Grow-op way past its limit
A medical marijuana grow operation producing nearly 15 times more than allowed by
Medicinal grow-op will be shut down
A medical marijuana grow-op in Surrey will be shut down after the facility caused damage to a neighbouring auto repair shop, according to Deputy Fire Chief Dan Barnscher.
Push on to eradicate urban pot farms
Municipalities have to deal with the fallout of federal medicinal marijuana growing licenses and it's costing Maple Ridge police and fire resources.
Grow ops spreading like weeds
Since there are 590 legal medical marijuana growers in Chilliwack and Health Canada has no rules that stipulate where pot should be grown, cannabis production takes place in commercial buildings, residential basements and agricultural outbuildings.
No regard for his rights
My civil and constitutional rights have been compromised by DPPL licences handed out by Health Canada with no regard to my rights to my health, security, and protection of my assets.
City housing complex infested with bed bugs
Residents of a Burnaby B.C. housing complex are fed up with a chronic infestation of bed bugs that has persisted despite numerous attempts to eradicate the bloodsuckers.
A growing conflict
Most of the names in this story have been changed or omitted so as not to identify the location of the medicinal marijuana grow operations in question.
