CANNABIS CULTURE - Happy Cannabis Day! Celebrate your love of cannabis today with thousands of peaceful protestors in Vancouver and other Canadian locations.
Pro-marijuana activists held their counter summit at the Yonge-Dundas Square in downtown Toronto called the G420 Summit but as soon as it begun it was temporarily stopped by police officers.
I've been watching the crazy footage of police in Toronto - or should I say footage of the crazy police in Toronto. You would think these cops have gone completely nuts the way they beat the crap out of journalists and peaceful protestors in unprovoked attacks. But, of course, they haven't lost their minds - this is government policy!
CANNABIS CULTURE - Imprisoned cannabis activist Marc Emery has been released from solitary confinement after spending three weeks in a small cell, 24-hours-a-day, with little human contact.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Members of Toronto's cannabis community will be hosting the G-420 parade on Saturday, June 26 in downtown Toronto. The protest will start at 12pm at Dundas Square and parade will depart at 2pm to Queens Park South, via Yonge and Wellesley Streets.
Canada's Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says he hopes the beefed-up security presence following him lately is a "short-term" measure, but the Niagara Falls MP wouldn't say much else about why he has a police escort tailing him.
Lawyers for 35 people arrested during raids that shut down five compassion clubs in Quebec say they will mount a constitutional challenge to the federal government's medical marijuana laws.
CANNABIS CULTURE - 'Free Marc' activists were welcomed by staff of Conservative MP Dona Cadman's office for the second time in as many weeks. Cadman met with protestors last week to discuss the extradition to the US of cannabis activist Marc Emery and was surprisingly supportive.
CANNABIS CULTURE - A group of 'Free Marc' activists stopped by the office of Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on June 22 to protest the treatment of cannabis activist Marc Emery.