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CN BC: Police Raid Holy Smoke
Posted by admin on Friday, July 21 @ 14:39:53 EST (4910 reads) |
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 POLICE RAID HOLY SMOKE
THE WAR ON DRUGS: Saturday night arrest once again shines the spotlight on controversial Herridge Lane shop
Nelson City Police raided Holy Smoke Saturday evening and arrested Paul DeFelice, one of the controversial culture shop's three owners.
DeFelice was charged with trafficking and possession of a substance and spent four hours in lock-up while police conducted a search of Holy Smoke. DeFelice is not permitted within 50 metres of the store.
"It was a bit frightening at first because this unmarked SUV just came barreling straight at me. I was almost being run down on Herridge Lane, said DeFelice, who was alone at the Holy Smoke store when the police tracked him down. "Then about four, maybe five cops - I couldn't quite keep track of them - all jumped out at once. It instantly turned into a Trailer Park Boys scene."
Speaking on his day off, Sgt. Steve Bank confirmed that the warrant was executed and DeFelice was charged, but could not provide greater detail as it could jeopardize his investigation.
"The warrant was for trafficking in a substance," said Bank, adding that the substance was marijuana. "Further arrests are imminent."
Bank explained that he could not say how long the investigation had been taking place nor why they acted now, but he confirmed that the investigation was ongoing.
According to Sgt. Pat Severyn, the search and arrest was more about the individual that ( than ) the quantity allegedly in possession.
DeFelice said that he was told police did not make a huge mess in the store but he does not know what - if anything - was taken from the premises because he has not yet seen the Information. He said he was told by the police that they used his keys to enter the premises and added that because the issue is now in courts, he could not confirm or deny if he or Holy Smoke sells marijuana or other drugs.
"It's pretty much mostly paraphenelia ( paraphernalia ), papers, hikes, literature. We have a little cafe that's not running at this exact moment. We're between operators. We try and keep a cafe running with coffee and baked goods,' said DeFelice.
The store, which is just a few months shy of celebrating its 10th anniversary, has been raided before. Most famously, it was raided on the day of its first anniversary in 1997, but the charges against were dropped.
According to DeFelice, the warrant was issued to Det. Paul Burkart by telephone and indicates that police had reasonable grounds to search for cannabis, cannabis resin and psilocybin - the latter of which is an ingredient in mushrooms - a thing in which such a substance is contained or concealed in, and offense-related property that would afford evidence in respect of an offense under the Controlled Drug Substances Act, including debt/price lists, score sheets, weigh scales, packaging materials related to cannabis, cannabis resin and psilocybin, as well as documents and cash relevant to the investigation.
DeFelice said police showed him their identification and a female police officer handcuffed him behind his back. He said that another two officers were going through his backpack until he asked them to see the arrest and search warrants. According to DeFelice, the officers told him "you'll see it when it's appropriate."
"Then I realized I don't have any witnesses so I started yelling pretty loudly - basically at the top of my lungs - trying to get the attention from a neighbour until finally a neighbour a couple doors up came out and witnessed what was going on," said DeFelice. "They [the neighbour] pointed out that the police didn't have a warrant. I started naming some people that he might get a hold of but he didn't know any of them though."
DeFelice questioned the timing of the arrest - in the evening on a weekend after business hours - and said he had to leave a message on lawyer Donald Skogstad's answering machine at home. He was then in contact with a Vancouver legal aid lawyer.
According to DeFelice, he has been charged of possession of a substance on July 15 contrary to Section 4( 1 ) of the Controlled Drug and Substances Act and two identical counts of trafficking on a substance on June 2 under Section 5( 1 ) of the same act. He is due for his first appearance in court on October 3.
"My lawyer tells me that more can still come out of this. That they can swear new charges. They can alter one that they've made," said DeFelice.
DeFelice is not surprised by the raid or by his arrest. He explained that since the change in the federal government, police have been given marching orders to make the "small-time" busts.
"It's pretty screwed priorities when there's murders and violence and robberies, home invasions that they make the priority in something where there's no victim and no complainants," said DeFelice.
Holy Smoke owner Alan MIddlemiss said that he believes the directorate to crackdown on Holy Smoke may also come from Mayor John Dooley, who is the chair of the police board. Dooley, however, denied that there was any political involvement.
"As far as politicians are concerned - we have absolutely nothing to do with the day to day operations of the city police," he said. "The police carry out their duties based on keeping law and order in the community and politics has absolutely nothing to do with it."
When asked what he thought of Holy Smoke's presence in Nelson, Dooley said he didn't know much about it.
"If anybody in the community is carrying on anything [allegedly] illegal, the police are going to be investigating it and taking action. That's what we have a police force for," he explained, adding that if you're not doing anything illegal, the police won't be looking for you.
DeFelice said this incident is "all good" when asked if it was what he wanted.
"The idea is in the long run we want to be left alone because we're not hurting anybody but at the same time, if they want to come after us, plenty of arguments that we want to make in court, plenty of answers to legal questions that I want to hear. I want to hold the powers that be to account," he said. "I want to educate the public and if they're going to shine a spotlight on me and give me a platform, I'll definitely use it."
MAP posted-by: Derek
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CN BC: Builders Of Tunnel Get Nine Years In US Prison
Posted by admin on Friday, July 21 @ 14:38:46 EST (2585 reads) |
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The three men who tunnelled under the U.S.-Canada border in Langley have received a tough nine-year prison sentence.
The term will be served in an American prison. All three Surrey men were arrested when they emerged from the tunnel's south side, following a cross-border investigation.
The sentence imposed on Francis Devandra Raj, 31, Timothy Woo, 35, and Jonathan Valenzuela, 28, was almost twice the term sought by defence lawyers in the case, said Emily Langley of the United States Attorney's Office.
The lengthy sentence was partly due to the tunnel's potential threat to national security. Anything from people to weapons could have been moved through the secret passageway.
The 110-metre tunnel was discovered during construction last summer, when sharp-eyed border guards saw materials going into, and dirt coming out of, a quonset hut on the Canadian side near 264th St.
The three men built the tunnel using more than a thousand 2x6 wood supports. It was ventilated and equipped with electrical lights.
They were planning to run marijuana through the tunnel, avoiding border patrols and police.
However, police had searched the properties secretly before the tunnel was even finished. All three men were arrested at the end of an early drug transportation run. The tunnel was revealed to the public on July 20.
The Township spent $30,000 filling in its end of the tunnel, but managed to recover the costs later.
It is the only tunnel ever discovered under the U.S.-Canadian border. Several have been found under America's border with Mexico.
MAP posted-by: Derek
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CANUCKS FACE TOUGH REGS
Posted by admin on Friday, May 26 @ 08:12:04 EST (515 reads) |
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Canada was the first country to regulate medical marijuana use.
Health Canada established guidelines to allow Canadians access to marijuana for medicinal reasons in 2001, called Marijuana Medical Access Regulations. The regulations outline circumstances that permit people to use pot for medical reasons under two categories:
Category 1 - compassionate end-of-life care
Pain or muscle spasms stemming from multiple sclerosis, or spinal cord injury or disease.
Pain or other symptoms from cancer, HIV-related infections, severe arthritis or epilepsy.
Category 2 - debilitating symptoms from medical conditions not under Category 1.
As of April 2006, nearly 3,000 Canadians are authorized to produce, distribute or use pot for medical purposes.
1,399 are authorized to possess marijuana for medical reasons;
1,005 can grow marijuana for medical use. Of that:
890 have a Personal-Use Production Licence;
109 have a Designated-Person Production Licence;
266 are authorized to buy marijuana;
190 receive marijuana seeds;
72 are receiving dried pot and seeds for medical purposes.
B.C. has the second highest number of authorizations for use in Canada; Ontario has nearly twice as many. More than 300 people are authorized to possess in B.C., and more than 200 physicians in the province support authorization. Country-wide, 829 physicians support authorization.
To become eligible for legal use, Health Canada issues a 35-page application document.
The document's sections include application for licence to produce, and to obtain dried product and seeds.
Information provided by Health Canada Satistics, April 7, 2006.
MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman
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CN BC: Prison Tattoos Go Straight
Posted by admin on Tuesday, December 20 @ 20:12:37 EST (1903 reads) |
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Pilot Project Costing $700,000 Will Give Inmates Access To Clean, Legal Needlework
VANCOUVER -- In shadowy corners in Canadian prisons, you can trade cigarettes, jewellery or drugs to get an illegal tattoo. But if you don't want to get sick from the dirty needle, your only currency is trust.
Tattoo artist Natalie Dubreuil, an inmate at the Fraser Valley Institution for Women near Abbotsford, trusted her system: She would tell sister inmates to bring their own filed-down sewing needles, pen barrels and Walkman motors for her to fashion into makeshift tattoo guns.
She would tell the women to dispose of them, too. Later, if their blood tested positive for HIV or hepatitis C, they couldn't point a finger at Ms. Dubreuil.
"It was how I built my credibility," she recalled in an interview at Fraser Valley. "In prison, it's hostile ground, right? I had to save myself in all this."
But in her 11 years in prison for robbery and drug offences, the 31-year-old hasn't seen many people who offered relatively safe tattoos.
Tattoos are a part of prison culture, she noted, and if people want them, they'll get them from anyone.
"I've seen lots of infections. Their methods are pretty careless. I would never do it. But people get desperate."
Next week, Ms. Dubreuil will become the first woman to do a legal tattoo in a Canadian prison. It's part of a pilot program by Correctional Service Canada in six prisons, aimed at making it safer for inmates to get tattoos.
For $5, about a day's wage in prison, an inmate can have a two-hour session with Ms. Dubreuil and be tattooed with any design, as long as it isn't obscene or gang-related.
The program will cost about $700,000, funded by the Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS through the Public Health Agency of Canada, and will run until March 31.
Four of the prisons -- in Renous, N.B.; Cowansville, Que.; Bath, Ont.; and Stony Mountain, Man. -- started tattoo parlours in August. In British Columbia, the Matsqui Institution, a medium-security men's prison in Abbotsford, started one this month.
Matsqui's tattoo parlour is in the prison's old barbershop, overlooking a gym where prisoners lift weights. Inmates are proud to take off their shirts and show off inked snakes, flowers and Celtic signs. Dean Smith, 26, said half his body is etched with aboriginal art because he is half Nisga'a.
Each prisoner tattoo artist and his, or her, apprentice is trained in tattooing and workplace safety. Tyler Thomas, 22, says those skills will help him when he is released from Matsqui next year.
"It's minor surgery," said Mr. Thomas, who is serving time for robbery and possession of drugs. He now knows to wear face gear to protect his eyes from splashing of body fluids, and knows that needles need to be sterilized to remove bacteria and dust.
Prison staff keep track of the needles, which can be used only in the designated parlour.
Mr. Thomas said the first illicit tattoo he gave "on the range" was the number 187, the California Penal Code section on murder.
"If it's your first [time in prison], you want a hard tattoo; you're in the pen," he said. "You want skulls and flames and razor wire. I think it's kind of a rebellious thing for everybody.
"But I've done a few that are a tribute to family or daughters. Not your classic spider web on the elbow [which stands] for time, or tears on the eyes for murder. It's respect for your loved ones. That stuff I get a lot."
He said he did 40 illicit tattoos, and has done 25 in Matsqui's new parlour. He contracted hepatitis C several years ago when he got a skull tattoo on his left arm, which makes him doubly careful. Now in his fourth year behind bars, he has another tattoo emblazoned across his abdomen: the word "Liberty."
At Fraser Valley, 29-year-old Tara Westgarde is serving time for her part in an armed robbery with a sawed-off shotgun. She said she did it to buy drugs -- methadone, heroine, cocaine -- before she cleaned up in 2004. She wants Ms. Dubreuil to put a tattoo on her arm next week: a butterfly.
"It symbolizes change," she said. "I've done the most changes in my life in the past two years. I've been clean off drugs for the past two years."
The correctional service estimates that prisoners' HIV rate is 10 times higher than that of the outside population; the hepatitis C infection rate is 30 times higher. At Matsqui, about 40 per cent of men have hepatitis C; at Fraser Valley, 50 per cent of women have it.
About 2 per cent of male prisoners test positive for HIV, according to the Toronto-based HIV/AIDS Legal Advocacy Network, a charitable organization. The rate for female prisoners is three times higher, it says.
Terry Howard, prison outreach worker for the B.C. Persons with AIDS Society, a support and advocacy group, believes the prison tattoo pilot program was needlessly delayed for 10 years because of a lack of political will. If the program ends in March as scheduled, there won't be enough time to evaluate its impact, he said.
"If they say they'll drop it after not seeing any changes after only four months, we'll be mad as hell. It takes years to see the infection rates drop."
He added the program is widely expected to be a first step to a needle-exchange project, which will directly target the spread of disease drug injection.
But the tattoo program has drawn strong objections from the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers, which says prison guards already worry about being poked by dangerous, illicit needles during violent exchanges or during regular searches of inmates.
John Williams, president of the union's Pacific region, said taxpayers' money shouldn't be spent on something that increases the number of needles in prisons and the dangers to guards.
Health officials at Matsqui say it costs about $20,000 a year to treat a patient with hepatitis, and medication for an AIDS patient costs about $25,000 a year. The tattoo program there will cost $100,000 to run in its first year, they said.
"If we kept four or five people disease free, our job is complete," said Lucky Belliveau, an apprentice tattooist at Matsqui. "Five or more, great. But if it was just one, that would be worth it, too."
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CN MB: Revenue, Potential High But So Are The Costs
Posted by admin on Tuesday, October 11 @ 16:28:04 EST (326 reads) |
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NESBITT - Dust and straw fly around Alan McKenzie's combine as its blades release the field-fresh scent that reveals the unusual crop's identity.
This is the 32-year-old farmer's second shot at growing organic hemp for a budding market. After last year's poor crop, he planted 200 acres on two fields in what he called his "do or die year." Despite this year's heavy rainfall that negatively affected farm production across the province, McKenzie has decided to continue growing hemp.
"There's so much money tied up in what-ifs and maybes. I kind of stuck my neck out," McKenzie said yesterday, as he combined his Nesbitt field.
This is no ordinary crop, however. Also known as cannabis sativa, it's related to illegal marijuana and Health Canada takes several costly precautions. Before planting his two fields - one in Nesbitt 30 kilometres south of Brandon and the other near Glenboro - McKenzie underwent the necessary criminal record check before he received a licence to grow the alternative crop for its seed. He also gave Health Canada his field's global positioning system co-ordinates so it could be inspected at any time.
During the summer, McKenzie had to pay $500 for his crops' delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol ( THC ) levels to be tested for Health Canada. THC is the ingredient in cannabis that causes psychotropic activity. Industrial hemp cannot exceed 0.3 milligrams of THC.
"It's very expensive. It's just one more thing," he said, about the testing.
But this isn't his only added expense. McKenzie was a pregnant mares' urine rancher until two years ago when he switched to producing organic crops and cattle. He is so determined to produce this crop that will end up on the international food market as whole seed, toasted seed or oil, that's he's invested in a straight cut header combine and aerator bin.
Organic hemp seeds cost about four times the price of organic oat seed. Although McKenzie expects his larger field will just break even this year, his Nesbitt crop looks promising. He estimated he will yield 250 lbs/acre on the 50 acre field.
"I think it's got potential," he said about the industry.
He is under contract with Hemp Oil Canada Inc.
"There are additional costs but their net revenue is a lot higher," said Shaun Crew, Hemp Oil Canada president.
Crew estimated there are 75 Manitoba farmers producing hemp seed.
Hemp producers have increased by 140 per cent in the last two years. Hemp field acreage increased four times since last year, he said.
The crop loves damp soil but can't handle standing water, which makes the Prairie provinces good producers for the crop.
Nearly all of the province's hemp producers are under contract for either Manitoba Harvest or Hemp Oil Canada, Crew said.
Hemp is a good rotational crop as it fixes nitrogen in the soil.
This was agriculture reporter Marcy Nicholson's second visit to McKenzie's hemp farm, where she first informed on spring planting. Look for future articles in this alternative farming series that will include a Kenton trout producer.
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