PROBATION FOR POT USE

Marijuana activist Grant Krieger yesterday was handed an 18-month suspended
sentence for drug trafficking. Outside Court of Queen's Bench in Regina,
Krieger, 44, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, said he will continue to
smoke pot during his probation. He claims the drug has helped mitigate the
symptoms of MS, a chronic disease of the nervous system.

British Columbia

Hunt on for marijuana

RCMP are still looking for a large quantity of drugs imported from Central
America after seizing more than 225 kilograms of high-grade marijuana from
a van parked outside a suburban house in Victoria. Officers found 18 bales
containing packages of marijuana. Police believe that may represent only a
quarter of the total shipment.