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A High-Minded Debate Over Legalizing Pot (Not)
September 28, 2010 – At precisely 4:20 PM last Saturday, proponents and foes of legalizing marijuana in California were scheduled to hold a debate at the International Cannabis and Hemp Expo (abbreviated as INTCHE—TCH being pot’s most popular active ingredient) inside the Cow Palace arena just outside San Francisco. Things didn’t go as planned. “The…
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Canada: Hemp Research Partnership Boosts Green Building Benefits
September 8, 2010 – A recent teleconference officially announced an industrial hemp partnership between the District of 100 Mile House in British Columbia and The Alternate Village at the University of Manitoba (U of M). The announcement follows an earlier meeting held in Winnipeg where district and The Alternate Village representatives explored potential opportunities for…
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Canada’s Cannabis Car
August 24, 2010 – As we’re faced with an increasingly large world population and ever-dwindling resources the race is on to produce cars that not only produce zero tailpipe emissions, but ones that are green to manufacture too. But what is the ultimate material for cars? Steel is strong, but hardly light enough to make…
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Save the Grow-Op Bears!
CALGARY – Word a gang of black bears in B.C. found guarding an outdoor marijuana grow-op might be euthanized is too much to bear for some learning of their potential fate. A group of up to 15 bears were found a few weeks ago near Christina Lake, hanging about near a patch of more than…
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Is Harper Hungry for a Recession? Marijuana May Cause Canada’s Economic Comedown
August 6, 2010 – If you’ve been paying attention to some of the more peculiar side-effects of the global recession, you may have noticed that Canadians have been behaving uncharacteristically uppity of late. This new-found swagger is a result of Canada having the dubious distinction of being the “least-bad-rich-world-economy” – an honour that would be…
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Hemp Vodka First of its Kind in North America
July 31, 2010 – It’s always 4:20 somewhere, and two Grande Prairie women figure the best way to celebrate is with a nice, cold shot of hemp-infused vodka. Yes, someone has figured out how to put two of the world’s most popular vices — alcohol and cannabis — together. “We think that this is definitely…
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Toronto: Going to Pot to Ease the Pain
July 18, 2010 – The G20 leaders met here for some serious discussions last month and the Shriners partied and prepared for their parade in the same spot last week. After hitting a new low with the violent protests surrounding the G20 summit, Toronto may reach a new high with the Medical Marijuana and Hemp…
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Toronto Marijuana Expo to Tout Health Benefits
July 16, 2010 – Canada’s first International Medical Marijuana Expo in Toronto hopes to attract people suffering from health problems who are “sick and tired of taking pharmaceutical drugs that have adverse side-effects,” says the event’s organizer. The event, which is being held in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this weekend, is labelled as “the…
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Big Toke in the Big Smoke: Hemp Expo Blows into Toronto
TORONTO — A three-day expo, which kicks off Friday in Toronto, is being billed as the first convention ever held in Canada to promote the use of medical marijuana, with organizers expecting as many as 30,000 people from around the world to attend. The Medical Marijuana and Hemp Show will be held at the Metro…
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Canada’s First Expo Promoting Respectable & Responsible Use of Marijuana as Medicine-Toronto July 16-18
July 10, 2010 – Next weekend (July 16-18) the Medical Marijuana & Hemp Expo comes to Toronto (Metro Toronto Convention Centre North Building Hall A.) Billed as Canada’s first expo promoting the respectable and responsible use of marijuana as medicine, the event stands as a watershed moment in Canada’s journey towards a civilized approach to…