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1 CN YK: YG Clears The Air On Proposed Cannabis RulesFri, 12 Jan 2018
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Blake, Emily Area:Yukon Territory Lines:190 Added:01/12/2018

What legal recreational cannabis could look like in the Yukon come this summer has become a little less hazy.

The territorial government presented a summary of its proposed legislation for the Cannabis Control and Regulation Act at a news conference Thursday afternoon.

"The legislation is intended to provide for legal, controlled access to cannabis that displaces illegal and criminal activity and to prioritize public health and harm reduction," said Community Services Minister John Streicker, who will be responsible for the act once it is passed.

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2 CN YK: Pro-Cannabis Respondents Smoke DissidentsFri, 10 Nov 2017
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Blewett, Taylor Area:Yukon Territory Lines:128 Added:11/13/2017

A significant majority of Yukoners are behind the federal government's plan to legalize marijuana for recreational use

A significant majority of Yukoners are behind the federal government's plan to legalize marijuana for recreational use and believe it's acceptable to occasionally use the drug for exactly that reason.

Those findings are in the results from the Yukon government's most successful survey ever in terms of participation numbers.

Nearly 3,200 responses to the introductory section of a YG public engagement survey on cannabis legalization were filed.

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3 CN YK: Territory Is Pursuing Its Own Cannabis LegislationTue, 13 Jun 2017
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Cohen, Sidney Area:Yukon Territory Lines:92 Added:06/13/2017

The Yukon government plans to have its own cannabis legislation in place when marijuana becomes legal across Canada in July 2018.

The territorial law could pave the way for a retail weed market in the territory, though the justice minister said it's too early to confirm whether the Yukon legislation will support brick-and-mortar dispensaries.

The purpose of the Yukon's legislation will be "to keep Yukoners safe, to restrict access to cannabis to youth, and remove profits that are related to organized crime," said minister Tracy-Anne McPhee.

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4 CN YK: Opioid-Related Death Rate Called No SurpriseMon, 12 Jun 2017
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Blake, Emily Area:Yukon Territory Lines:117 Added:06/12/2017

The Yukon and British Columbia experienced the highest rates of apparent opioid-related deaths in Canada last year.

According to a new national report from the federal government, the territory and province had a rate of over 15 deaths per 100,000 population compared to a national rate of 8.8 in 2016.

"I don't think it's a surprise," Dr. Brendan Hanley, the Yukon's chief medical officer, told the Star of the findings this morning.

He noted that the territory's high rates are driven by the five deaths officially linked to fentanyl since April 2016.

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5 CN YK: Details Of Marijuana Regulation Remain HazyFri, 16 Dec 2016
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Cohen, Sidney Area:Yukon Territory Lines:146 Added:12/19/2016

Legal weed may not be the "revenue cash cow" provinces and territories were hoping for, says the Yukon's assistant deputy minister of justice.

Legal weed may not be the "revenue cash cow" provinces and territories were hoping for, says the Yukon's assistant deputy minister of justice.

While the recreational marijuana market will open up new revenue streams, said Al Lucier, those dollars, at least in the early days, will be funneled into awareness and education campaigns, research and policy enforcement.

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6 CN YK: Gathering Saluted Benefits Of Medical MarijuanaMon, 22 Apr 2013
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Tobin, Chuck Area:Yukon Territory Lines:97 Added:04/22/2013

Lee Goodwin organized Saturday's local 420 marijuana rally to increase awareness about the benefits of medical marijuana.

Lee Goodwin organized Saturday's local 420 marijuana rally to increase awareness about the benefits of medical marijuana.

While he supports the legalization of marijuana across the board, he said in an interview today, he is particularly interested in assisting Yukoners who have a need but are unfamiliar with what's involved in obtaining a prescription for medicinal marijuana.

As a licensed user of medicinal marijuana, Goodwin says he understands how difficult it can be to go through the routine to get approval.

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7 CN YK: More Than Half Of RCMP's Calls Involved AlcoholFri, 13 Nov 2009
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Davidson, Justine Area:Yukon Territory Lines:101 Added:11/14/2009

Statistics released this week by the Whitehorse RCMP show that police officers in the capital are busier this year than they were in 2008.

The quarterly report is regularly sent to city council and the Kwanlin Dun First Nation chief and council, and has been released (in part) to the media for the first time this year.

It's an effort to show what the detachment members are doing, and to keep the public abreast of policing priorities, Sgt. Don Rogers said about releasing the numbers.

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8 CN YK: Contaminated Cocaine May Well Infiltrate Territory, Officials SayWed, 31 Dec 2008
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Unrau, Jason Area:Yukon Territory Lines:56 Added:01/01/2009

The Yukon's RCMP and the territory's top doctor are warning residents to be aware that potentially deadly cocaine, contaminated with animal antibiotics, is making its way across the country.

Some could well reach the Yukon, they believe.

According to officials, cocaine cut with the hog de-worming drug levamisole surfaced in British Columbia, Alberta and, most recently, the Northwest Territories.

Those ingesting levamisole may experience fever or chills, swollen glands, sores around the mouth and anus, pneumonia, thrush and potentially fatal blood poisoning.

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9 CN YK: 'We Have A Police State Here': Prince Of PotFri, 29 Aug 2008
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK)          Area:Yukon Territory Lines:138 Added:08/30/2008

Marijuana users have contributed more beauty and more richness to the world than anyone else, yet they are hunted down like dogs.

That was the message Vancouver's "Prince of Pot", a.k.a. Marc Emery, had for his rapt audience at Doc's Cafe and Bakery on Thursday evening.

Following introductions from event organizer Chris Gilberds and Dana Larsen, the NDP candidate for Vancouver West, Emery spoke for more than two hours about the benefits of marijuana and the harm inflicted on society by the war on drugs.

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10 CN YK: Ex-Grow-Ops Should Be Registered: MitchellFri, 22 Aug 2008
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Unrau, Jason Area:Yukon Territory Lines:80 Added:08/27/2008

The territory needs a registry of all properties identified as former marijuana grow-ops, according to Arthur Mitchell, leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.

"Grow-ops and illegal drug operations can produce property defects and health hazards that are major concerns for the public,"Mitchell said this week.

"And potential purchasers need a central place to check before buying."

Damage to the structural integrity of a property and severe mold infestations can depend on the size of an operation and how long a place has been used to grow marijuana.

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11 CN YK: Crack House Demolished; Owner Issues StatementFri, 11 Jul 2008
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK)          Area:Yukon Territory Lines:146 Added:07/12/2008

Known as a local crack house, the building at 810 Wheeler St. saw its end early today as a demolition crew reduced it to rubble.

Its Edmonton owner (who inherited the property) issued a statement addressing area residents.

"I would like to express my heartfelt sympathies to all the families affected by the behaviour and actions of people at 810 Wheeler Street," reads the one-page written statement by Natalie Stinson, who was the executrix of her mother's will.

"It is my hope that the demolition of this property will help bring some closure to a very sad story."

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12 CN YK: First Nation, Society Tackle Substance AbuseThu, 05 Jun 2008
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK)          Area:Yukon Territory Lines:82 Added:06/06/2008

A two-year process is underway for the Liard First Nation and the Liard Aboriginal Women's Society to come up with a plan to deal with substance abuse and detoxification in the community thanks to $321,000 in funding from the Northern Strategy Trust.

It's an initiative that's been needed for a long time as the territory's southeast community has continued to deal with the impact of addiction.

"It's been one of our struggles," Ann Maje Raider, the women's society executive director, said in a recent interview.

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13 CN YK: Mitchell Calls For A Ban Of 'Blow'Fri, 09 May 2008
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK)          Area:Yukon Territory Lines:44 Added:05/10/2008

A new powdered beverage supplement called Blow, which could be on Canadian shelves this summer, has Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell calling for its ban from the Yukon.

On Thursday, the Copperbelt MLA urged the government to "undertake a review of ways of preventing the controversial drink ... from being sold in (the territory)."

Logan Gola, the founder of the Blow Energy Drink Mix, has dismissed criticism his Las Vegas-based company is promoting cocaine use or providing an alternative to illegal drugs.

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14 CN YK: Ruling Won't Affect Drug Dog ProgramFri, 25 Apr 2008
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK)          Area:Yukon Territory Lines:82 Added:04/27/2008

A Supreme Court of Canada ruling on the use of random drug searches will not impact the Canines for Safer Schools program at Porter Creek Secondary School, says the school's drug awareness co-ordinator.

A Supreme Court of Canada ruling on the use of random drug searches will not impact the Canines for Safer Schools program at Porter Creek Secondary School, says the school's drug awareness co-ordinator.

"We don't do random searches at Porter Creek," Doug Green said in an interview this morning.

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15 CN YK: Scan Is Doing Its Job, Supporters SayFri, 15 Feb 2008
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK)          Area:Yukon Territory Lines:114 Added:02/16/2008

In the year that's passed since the Yukon adopted the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) Act, the public has made 139 complaints about 108 properties whose tenants are engaging in harmful activity.

In the year that's passed since the Yukon adopted the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) Act, the public has made 139 complaints about 108 properties whose tenants are engaging in harmful activity.

Since the SCAN office opened in late 2006, Yukoners have been able to report such ongoing harmful activities as prostitution, drug activity or bootlegging at residences in their communities.

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16 CN YK: PUB LTE: It's Time To Re-legalize CannabisMon, 10 Dec 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:White, Stan Area:Yukon Territory Lines:33 Added:12/11/2007

Better titles would have been, Drug Laws Destroy Lives, or "Drugs Destroy Lives", Parents Brainwashed ("Drugs Destroy Lives", Parents Reminded, Nov. 28, 2007) since the war on drugs is often more harmful than the substances being prohibited. Consider cannabis (kaneh bosm / marijuana) which isn't even a drug but rather a relatively safe God-given plant, that is safer than alcohol especially compared to whiskey. Cannabis hasn't killed one person in over 5,000 years of documented use while cigarettes kill over 1,000 North Americans daily and it's less addictive than coffee. It's time to re-legalize cannabis to add credibility to any "war" on "drugs".

People that support perpetuating Reefer Madness laws fail the "drug test" and may be doing more harm than good.

Truthfully,

Stan White,

Dillon, Colorado

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17 CN YK: 'Drugs Destroy Lives', Parents RemindedWed, 28 Nov 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Vanderwolf, Sarah Area:Yukon Territory Lines:187 Added:11/29/2007

In Douglas Green's opinion, the war on drugs is over.

And drugs have won.

"We've been fighting them for over 100 years," the former veteran police officer told a group of about 50 parents at Porter Creek Secondary School on Tuesday evening.

The Porter Creek School Council hosted the event, called Just Say "Know" - Drugs 101, to help parents learn about preventing teen substance abuse, reasons for teen drug use, and recognizing signs of substance use.

Green, who spent 26 years with the Edmonton Police Service, is now the school's drug awareness co-ordinator.

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18 CN YK: Addiction Treatment Called Life's Most DifficultThu, 15 Nov 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Gilmour, Sarah Area:Yukon Territory Lines:135 Added:11/19/2007

Ed. note: This is the fourth instalment of a five-part series tracing a tale of drug addiction and rehabilitation in recognition of National Drug Awareness Week (Nov. 18-24).

Addiction treatment goes on behind closed doors and becomes a cocoon for addicts to become wrapped up in affirmations, 12 steps, and of course, their demons.

"It's the most difficult thing you'll ever do," says Dale Gordon, director of treatment for the territory's Alcohol and Drug Services unit, and a recovering addict himself.

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19 CN YK: Drug Dog Would Drive Student From SchoolFri, 28 Sep 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Waddell, Stephanie Area:Yukon Territory Lines:106 Added:10/02/2007

A Porter Creek Secondary School student who suffers severe allergies to animals would be forced to seek her high school education elsewhere if the Canines for Safer Schools program brings a dog into the building.

Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale heard that argument this morning.

The student's family is seeking an injunction which would prevent the dog from coming into the school each day, as the family seeks a judicial review of the Yukon Human Rights Commission decision against it.

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20 CN YK: Court Ruling Lets Drug Dog Into SchoolMon, 01 Oct 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Waddell, Stephanie Area:Yukon Territory Lines:126 Added:10/02/2007

Porter Creek Secondary School's drug awareness co-ordinator says he's disappointed having his dog, Ebony, enter the school for the program came down to a matter of winning and losing.

This morning, Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale ruled the school can bring Ebony in on a daily basis as part of the Canines for Safer Schools program, which is being run by Doug Green.

School principal Kerry Huff also expressed disappointment at the way the case had played out, telling reporters he had hoped the school would find a way to accommodate the student.

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21 CN YK: Graham Wants Landlords Educated About LawTue, 25 Sep 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Gilmour, Sarah Area:Yukon Territory Lines:92 Added:09/26/2007

A controversial drug house bylaw has passed, with marked opposition from one city councillor.

Coun. Florence Roberts voted against both the controlled substances bylaw and fee amendment bylaw as they received their third and final readings at Monday evening's city council meeting.

"I am voting against this bylaw because I have misgivings about the intent and interpretation of the document," she said.

Council had delayed giving these bylaws third reading for two weeks, to allow for amendments and considerations to be made to the bylaw's fees and imperative wording.

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22 CN YK: Avoid Easy Retirement Money, Offender WarnedThu, 20 Sep 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Waddell, Stephanie Area:Yukon Territory Lines:88 Added:09/24/2007

A visiting territorial court judge has sentenced a local drug courier to a 7 1/2-year penitentiary term in what's been referred to as the Yukon's largest drug bust.

While the sentence would be a total of eight years, Jacob Lee, 47, was given credit for the months he has spent in custody prior to being convicted.

On Wednesday afternoon, Judge Donald Luther agreed to the proposed sentence for Lee. The man had pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking marijuana and trafficking cocaine.

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23 CN YK: Drug Dog Issue Goes To MediationTue, 18 Sep 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Waddell, Stephanie Area:Yukon Territory Lines:73 Added:09/22/2007

Whether the Canines for Safer Schools program will continue with a dog at Porter Creek Secondary School may be settled out of court later this week.

In Yukon Supreme Court on Monday, both the school and the family opposing the dog's presence agreed to go through judicial mediation.

The family, whose name has been prohibited from publication, is against bringing the dog into the school because their child, a student at the high school, has a serious allergy to dogs.

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24 CN YK: Proposed Drug House Bylaw Stirs Concern On City CouncilTue, 11 Sep 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Gilmour, Sarah Area:Yukon Territory Lines:98 Added:09/12/2007

City council came close to voting against a bylaw last night that clamps down on landlords whose tenants run drug operations.

Instead, at its weekly meeting, council deferred the final vote for two weeks until key sections are rewritten.

Councillors Florence Roberts and Doug Graham both said they will vote against the bylaw before its third reading.

"I think we are really overstepping our mandate here," said Roberts. "I don't think we should have a punishment program."

Graham echoed these sentiments, saying the fees are "too punitive" and that the bylaw doesn't consider the circumstances of all Whitehorse landlords.

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25 CN YK: Commission Rules In Favour Of Allowing Drug Sniffing DogThu, 30 Aug 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Waddell, Stephanie Area:Yukon Territory Lines:80 Added:09/02/2007

The Canines for Safer Schools program will include a canine after all.

Porter Creek Secondary School principal Kerry Huff was informed earlier this week by the Yukon Human Rights Commission that the school can go ahead with including the animal in the three-year-pilot program, aimed at dealing with drug use and other issues at the school.

"I'm very pleased," Huff said in an interview this morning.

While the Yukon government approved funding for the program, a complaint over having a dog in the school was brought forward to the commission by the family of a student with severe allergies to dogs.

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26 CN YK: Drug-House Bylaw Worries Some City CouncillorsTue, 28 Aug 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Gilmour, Sarah Area:Yukon Territory Lines:102 Added:08/29/2007

Divided city councillors expressed concern Monday night about a new bylaw that makes landlords responsible for tenants' drug operations.

Councillors Jan Stick and Florence Roberts both said they had concerns with a proposed drug house bylaw that would likely take effect by mid-September.

"I don't think we have any business there," said Roberts at last night's city council meeting, referring to the remediation process by which landlords would pay to repair properties damaged by drug production, such as a marijuana grow or amphetamine operations.

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27 CN YK: Dog Handler Ready For SchoolFri, 17 Aug 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK)          Area:Yukon Territory Lines:73 Added:08/18/2007

In the midst of a garage sale at his Edmonton home earlier this week, Doug Green said he's ready for the school year at Porter Creek Secondary School to begin.

The retired Edmonton police officer who's delivered the Dogs for Drug Free School program in Alberta will be moving to Whitehorse to deliver the first such program in the territory.

Under the name Canines for Safer Schools, Green will start his new job as a resource officer for Porter Creek Secondary School the same day students are back in the classroom on Sept. 4.

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28 CN YK: Addiction Needs To Be Seen As Health Issue - DaviesThu, 02 Aug 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Grant, Matthew Area:Yukon Territory Lines:115 Added:08/04/2007

The Harper government's policy on combatting drug abuse in Canada needs to recognize addiction is a public health issue instead of treating those affected as criminals, an NDP critic says.

Libby Davies, Vancouver East MP and federal NDP spokeswoman on drug policy, said she believes the federal Conservatives drug strategy is in danger of mirroring policies adopted by the United States, which sees those caught in the web of substance abuse end up in jail instead of treatment centres.

"The four pillars of a drug strategy have been prevention, treatment, harm reduction and treatment.

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29 CN YK: PUB LTE: Bullying Sick People Is the Wrong MessageTue, 15 May 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Couch, Herb Area:Yukon Territory Lines:42 Added:05/15/2007

Re: Markup in government dope is 1,500 per cent

Marijuana has many beneficial medicinal uses.

Medical marijuana patients rely on their medicine to live and have better lives.

It is unfortunate that Health Canada feels the need to rip off sick people by charging exorbitant prices for a poor-quality product.

That is not the Canadian way of helping others.

Instead, our federal government should legalize and regulate marijuana and support local compassion clubs which are able to deliver safe, organic, medicinal marijuana to patients.

Someone needs to tell Health Canada that bullying sick people is the wrong message to send to our young people.

Herb Couch

Western Canada Director,

Educators For Sensible Drug Policy

Nelson, B.C.

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30 CN YK: PUB LTE: Bullying Sick People Is the Wrong MessageTue, 01 May 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Couch, Herb Area:Yukon Territory Lines:40 Added:05/01/2007

Re: Markup in government dope is 1,500 per cent

Marijuana has many beneficial medicinal uses.

Medical marijuana patients rely on their medicine to live and have better lives.

It is unfortunate that Health Canada feels the need to rip off sick people by charging exorbitant prices for a poor-quality product.

That is not the Canadian way of helping others.

Instead, our federal government should legalize and regulate marijuana and support local compassion clubs which are able to deliver safe, organic, medicinal marijuana to patients.

Someone needs to tell Health Canada that bullying sick people is the wrong message to send to our young people.

Herb Couch

Western Canada Director,

Educators For Sensible Drug Policy

Nelson, B.C.

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31 CN YK: Post-Bust, Houses Can Cultivate Sweet DealsFri, 27 Apr 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK)          Area:Yukon Territory Lines:247 Added:04/28/2007

Getting a deal on a property once used to cultivate marijuana in the basement isn't a problem as long as you know the house is safe, say purchasers of former Whitehorse grow ops.

In a series of interviews Tuesday with the Star, purchasers of homes that contained marijuana grow operations shut down by the RCMP in the fall of 2005 said they had their houses inspected before they bought, and are confident the properties are safe.

Lindsay Schneider, who lives at 208 Falcon Dr., said she and her husband were told by the real estate agent that the house had been used as a grow op and didn't have a problem with it.

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32 CN YK: 'Do You Walk Away And Do Nothing?'Wed, 25 Apr 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Grant, Matthew Area:Yukon Territory Lines:157 Added:04/26/2007

A draft bylaw to protect tenants from unsafe living conditions is an example of municipal authorities stepping in where the territorial government has failed to act, say members of city council -- with one strong exception.

Meeting at noon Tuesday, council and senior managers discussed a proposed controlled substances/properties bylaw.

The draft bylaw gives the city authority to ensure former drug houses, such as marijuana grow operations or illegal chemical labs, meet health and safety standards before they're rented out to new tenants.

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33 CN YK: City Plans To Complement Scan LegislationFri, 20 Apr 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Grant, Matthew Area:Yukon Territory Lines:140 Added:04/21/2007

City council is set to discuss a bylaw which takes aim at the pocketbooks of landlords of drug houses in Whitehorse.

In an interview Thursday, city manager Dennis Shewfelt said members of his administration have been working on a property bylaw to support the Yukon government's Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (SCAN).

"We've been working on a controlled substance properties bylaw," he told the Star.

"It really is a bylaw brought in to support legislation brought in by the territorial government for properties used for drug purposes, things such as grow operations.

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34 Canada: Markup On Gov't Dope Is 1,500 Per CentTue, 17 Apr 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK)          Area:Canada Lines:21 Added:04/18/2007

OTTAWA - The federal government charges patients 15 times more for certified medical marijuana than it pays to buy the weed in bulk from its official supplier, newly released documents show.

Critics say it's unconscionable to charge that high a markup to some of the country's sickest citizens, who have little income and are often cut off from their medical marijuana supply when they can't pay their government dope bills.

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35 CN YK: LTE: Drugs Are Prevalent Throughout The YukonFri, 13 Apr 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Sehn, Tammy Area:Yukon Territory Lines:43 Added:04/15/2007

Lately, the media have been portraying Porter Creek Secondary School as a drug-riddled school with so many problems that they have to hire a "drug dog" to patrol the grounds.

This is not the idea behind Canines for Safer Schools. Canines for Safer Schools is an education program.

It is naive to think that Porter Creek Secondary School is the only school that is concerned about drug use. Drugs are prevalent throughout the Yukon and are in our schools.

By hiring a person trained in educating students against the use of drugs, Porter Creek Secondary School is taking the initiative to stop the Yukon-wide drug problem in schools.

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36 CN YK: PUB LTE: Why Would Anyone Vote For One Of These Parties?Fri, 13 Apr 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Barth, Russell Area:Yukon Territory Lines:61 Added:04/15/2007

Re. the Liberals' crime platform.

Well, it should be clear to everyone by now that Stephane Dion and his Liberal cronies are just as much of a bunch of charlatans as the Tories are.

Instead of calling for the legalization and regulation of all drugs, both parties promise to spend more taxpayers' dollars to finance drug prohibition.

This, as all science and history on the subject has shown, is incredibly expensive, counterproductive, dangerous, and only serves to further subsidize organized crime and spread disease.

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37 CN YK: Judge Finds 'Flagrant Breaches' Of Men's RightsWed, 11 Apr 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Waddell, Stephanie Area:Yukon Territory Lines:257 Added:04/12/2007

Crown prosecutors will need time to decide how to proceed after territorial court judge Karen Ruddy ruled there were a number of Charter violations in the arrests and search warrants used in 2005 against eight men over a number of marijuana grow operations around the city.

In an interview Tuesday afternoon, prosecutor Ludovic Gouallier said the decision certainly favours the defence counsel's arguments to leave certain evidence out because of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms breaches. However, the Crown needs time to analyze the 83-page document and consider what the implications will be, he said.

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38 CN YK: Ex-Police Officer To Spearhead Drug ProgramThu, 29 Mar 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Waddell, Stephanie Area:Yukon Territory Lines:179 Added:03/31/2007

Doug Green is clear on what he wants the Canines for Safer Schools Program to be about.

"This is education," he said in an interview this morning from his Edmonton home.

Green, a former Edmonton police officer who created a similar program there, accepted the position of handler for Porter Creek Secondary School last Friday, though the contract for the position has yet to be signed.

It's expected Green will begin his work on June 1, school principal Kerry Huff told the Star this morning.

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39 CN YK: RCMP Entrapped Accused, Visiting Judge ConcludesMon, 19 Mar 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Waddell, Stephanie Area:Yukon Territory Lines:42 Added:03/19/2007

Crown prosecutors have dropped drug charges against 15 people who were arrested following a two-month undercover RCMP investigation throughout the territory last fall.

Crown prosecutor Ludovic Gouallier said this morning visiting Justice Rene Foisy of Alberta sided with the entrapment argument presented in a Faro resident's case in February.

It was argued that the man, who was charged with one count of trafficking marijuana, had been entrapped in the M Division's RCMP undercover operation.

Gouallier noted that in such an undercover operation where police are participating in a criminal activity, the defence of entrapment can be raised.

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40 CN YK: LTE: Police Work LaudedFri, 23 Feb 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Horne, Marian C. Area:Yukon Territory Lines:56 Added:02/27/2007

Ed. note: This statement was released this week, congratulating the RCMP for their work in seizing 4.95 kilograms of cocaine and 41 kilograms of marijuana last Saturday.

On behalf of the Yukon government, I applaud the RCMP's efforts in addressing substance abuse in our communities.

Through their efforts over the weekend, the RCMP has significantly reduced the amount of drugs - and the harm that they do - in Yukon communities.

Clearly, the seizure of this magnitude of illicit drugs demonstrates the RCMP's commitment to public safety, and this is a commitment our government shares.

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41 CN YK: Tip Directed Police To Record Cocaine SeizureMon, 19 Feb 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Waddell, Stephanie Area:Yukon Territory Lines:61 Added:02/23/2007

Whitehorse RCMP made what's being described as the largest cocaine seizure in the territory's history on Saturday night.

Two men are facing charges, police said today.

At around 10:20 p.m. Saturday, officers stopped a cube van headed north on the Alaska Highway, just south of Whitehorse. There, the driver and passenger were detained while officers executed the search warrant.

Inside the van, concealed among produce boxes and restaurant supplies, police found about 4.95 kilograms (11.5 lbs.) of cocaine and 41 kilograms (91.5 lbs.) of marijuana, police said in a statement.

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42 CN YK: Column: There's Trouble In The Mexican ParadiseThu, 15 Feb 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Fotheringham, Allan Area:Yukon Territory Lines:105 Added:02/17/2007

CUERNAVACA, Mexico - Despite the 84 degrees F., despite the delights of the swimming pool, there is trouble in Paradise.

It's hard to complain from this pleasant town of some one million, at 5,000 feet high between Mexico City (world's largest city at 26 million people) and the lush resort of Acapulco on the Pacific shore, once the retreat of all the Hollywood stars.

It's where Hernando Cortes, the Spanish explorer, selected for his palace. That's after his fleet of 11 ships crossed the Atlantic, following one Christopher Columbus who, as we know, discovered the Caribbean islands in 1492.

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43 CN YK: PUB LTE: Planned Drug Checks 'Obscene'Fri, 09 Feb 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Barth, Russell Area:Yukon Territory Lines:36 Added:02/09/2007

Re. "School to push ahead with drug dog plan", Star, Feb. 2.

Using dogs to sniff kids in schools is obscene. It teaches kids that they are not people; they are prisoners or property.

That said, anyone stupid enough to actually bring their drugs to school deserves everything they get!

But since we are already teaching kids that they should obey The State without any questions, why not just make them all pee in a cup before school?

Or, maybe daily strip searches?

That should keep them from thinking for themselves and scare them into being good little obedient robots, which is, apparently, the whole point.

Russell Barth

Federal Medical Marijuana Licence Holder

Ottawa

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44 CN YK: Speakers To Talk About Marijuana UseWed, 07 Feb 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Waddell, Stephanie Area:Yukon Territory Lines:91 Added:02/08/2007

It might only be a joint, but territorial prevention consultant Sandy Bowlby wants Yukoners to know there are harmful effects that come with it.

"It is a drug and it is addictive," Bowlby, a prevention consultant with the territory's prevention services department, said in an interview earlier this week.

New studies have indicated marijuana is physically addictive, heightens cancer rates and risks to mental health and impacts short-term memory, Bowlby said.

On Thursday evening, the branch will host a public meeting at the Gold Rush Inn to look at the effects of pot use.

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45 CN YK: School To Push Ahead With Drug Dog PlanFri, 02 Feb 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Waddell, Area:Yukon Territory Lines:83 Added:02/07/2007

Porter Creek Secondary School is planning to go ahead with its Canines for Safer Schools Program with or without a canine.

"They think they need to push it forward," principal Kerry Huff said this week of the committee overseeing the project.

The program, which would see a dog and its handler come into the school daily, was promised $250,000 for a three-year pilot project from the territorial government last year.

The program was put on hold though after a complaint was filed with the Yukon Human Rights Commission by the parent of a student who has a doctor's note stating the pupil has a life-threatening allergy to dogs.

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46 CN YK: Column: Vancouver Has Three Years To Clean UpThu, 04 Jan 2007
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Fotheringham, Allan Area:Yukon Territory Lines:67 Added:01/06/2007

WHISTLER, B.C. - The date is Feb. 12, 2010, where for 16 days this little town two hours north of Vancouver will be the centre of world television and don't you think we're proud - and a little nervous.

The Winter Olympics poobahs knew what they were doing.

The two biggest ski mountains in North America right outside your ski-in, ski-out condo, a mile of vertical drop for skiers, 8,200 acres, 200 named runs, breathtaking views and, as one ski writer put it, "more bowls than Conrad Black's china service."

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47 CN YK: Anti-Crime Street Team Draws PraiseWed, 20 Dec 2006
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Waddell, Stephanie Area:Yukon Territory Lines:100 Added:12/21/2006

The announcement of an RCMP street crime reduction team is good news for the Whitehorse business community says Rick Karp, president of the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce.

The Yukon government announced on Monday of last week that it will provide the RCMP with $1.4 million over three years to establish the team.

"What it means is that these additional police officers will be exclusively dedicated to tackle crime hot spots and prolific criminal offenders on our streets," Dave Shewchuk, the RCMP's chief superintendent, said at the news conference where the announcement was made.

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48 CN YK: Team To Tackle Street CrimeMon, 11 Dec 2006
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Skikavich, Julia Area:Yukon Territory Lines:64 Added:12/12/2006

The Yukon government will provide the RCMP with $1.4 million over the next three years to establish a street crime reduction team.

"Our government's priority is to respond to Yukoners' concerns about substance abuse, its causes and effects," Justice Minister Marion Horne told reporters this morning.

The initiative is part of the territorial government's Substance Abuse Action Plan. It will receive $485,000 annually and will be focused on addressing drug and alcohol crimes on the streets of Whitehorse and other Yukon communities.

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49 CN YK: SCAN Office To Accept Complaints SoonMon, 27 Nov 2006
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK)          Area:Yukon Territory Lines:106 Added:11/28/2006

The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) office will opening Wednesday and begin to take complaints from Yukoners.

"Together, we can put a stop to these threats," Justice Minister Marion Horne told a news conference this morning in Whitehorse.

"We are pleased to respond to the needs of citizens with legislation that empowers them to take back the safety of their neighbourhoods."

The legislation that created the office passed through the house last spring.

It targets properties being used for producing, growing, selling or using illegal drugs, prostitution, solvent abuse and the unlawful sale or consumption of alcohol.

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50 CN YK: 92 Per Cent Of Needles Are Returned, 6,000 Aren'tFri, 13 Oct 2006
Source:Whitehorse Star (CN YK) Author:Little, Matthew Area:Yukon Territory Lines:147 Added:10/14/2006

Needles. They're a nightmare for kids and irritant for adults. But a needle from a doctor is entirely different from a used drug needle hiding like a snake in the grass where children may play.

It's a hard problem to solve entirely and Whitehorse does better than most, said Becky Huston, a health promotion worker with Blood Ties Four Directions Centre.

The centre operates a needle exchange program aimed at reducing the transmission of HIV and Hepatitis C.

"We basically provide all the equipment that could transmit HIV or Hep C," she said. Besides needles, the centre gives users sterile water, cotton balls, tourniquets and needle disposal boxes.

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