World Health Organization has just declared a swine flu pandemic – raising its pandemic warning from phase 5 to 6.This is the first global flu epidemic in 41 years. There have been outbreaks in Asia, the Middle East and Europe.Dr. Robert J. ...

In the end, my lawyer, a wily and shrewd man named Ian Donaldson, said he just wouldn’t do it. He wouldn’t be the lawyer of record at any Extradition hearing for Marc Emery.It wasn’t about money – Ian has charged me next to nothing ove...

A federal bill to impose automatic jail terms for drug crimes, for the first time in Canada, is headed for passage in the House of Commons in a final vote that could happen as early as today. If the proposed legislation succeeds as anticipated, ju...

Canada’s self-proclaimed “Prince of Pot” will plead guilty this summer in a Seattle court in hopes of serving a shorter sentence — and one in Canada. Marc Emery is facing three drug-related counts in relation to his 2005 arrest...

Marc Emery, the self-described “Prince of Pot,” says he is willing to stop fighting his extradition to the United States on charges of selling pot seeds to Americans and plead guilty on a drug charge even though it could mean up to eig...

In case anyone forgot, the U.S. Dept. of Justice is still trying to extradite famous Canadian marijuana activist Marc Emery for selling marijuana seeds to American customers. But they want everyone to know that the case has nothing to do with his ...

Medical marijuana advocates are planning a court challenge aimed at legalizing all cannabis use, in response to the latest restrictions announced by Health Canada. The federal government announced last week that it would allow designated producers...

Local political junkie, businessman and pot advocate Tim Felger may lose his business licence to operate the head shop Da Kine after being charged with possession of marijuana and six counts of trafficking in a controlled substance. Felger was arr...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Psychedelic rock booms through The Vapour Lounge. In the store, young and some not-so-young people smoke pot through a variety of devices. And owner Marc Emery stands in the middle of it all, proclaiming his go...

Medicinal marijuana advocates on Vancouver Island believe new federal regulations announced this week on growing the controversial plants are “unacceptable.” Richard Payne, a member of the Mid-Island Compassion Society that set up in N...

B.C.’s Prince of Pot will get to stay in Canada a while longer. A B.C. judge Monday agreed to adjourn the extradition hearing for marijuana activist Marc Emery that was scheduled to begin next week. Emery’s lawyer Ian Donaldson told B....

TORONTO —New federal regulations allowing designated medical marijuana producers to grow cannabis for two approved users of marijuana—up from one—are a “slap in the face,” advocates said Tuesday. The changes, to be an...

Sam Mellace has possibly the most sophisticated marijuana growing operation in British Columbia. An outspoken advocate for medicinal marijuana, the former Ontario resident with a criminal record is running an industrial-style production line yield...