http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/ smoking rights Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:35:01 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2007. Health & Medicine People http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/archive/301.html Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:34:44 GMT Edmonton Health Nanny excesses Protest -AB Mon, September 24, 2007 by Roy Some Edmonton MyChoice members propose a picket-line style protest to be held in Edmonton on September 30 and October 1, 2007, against: - anti-smoking & tobacco control excesses; including the Lloyd Carr theft of over $640,000 in public monies from AADAC's Tobacco Control program (still unresolved - no charges laid), 100% workplace smoking bans, attempts to ban smoking in your own home, attempts to criminalize smoking in private cars, persecution-level taxation of tobacco products, direspectful & inhumane... (more) http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/comments?id=301 http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/archive/300.html Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:26:40 GMT Completing posting Time right for debate on smoke-free apartments -ON The Canadian Press TORONTO (Mar 28, 2007) The time has come to debate whether smoking should be banned in some apartment buildings, Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman said amid growing pressure to curb the deadly effects of second-hand smoke in high-rises. While Smitherman would rather see market forces drive landlords to declare their buildings smoke-free, he said it would be worth having a discussion about whether legislation would be necessary to back up any ban. Premier Dalton McGuinty doesn't... (more) http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/comments?id=300 http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/archive/299.html Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:34:33 GMT West-end Macs store robbed Wed, March 21, 2007, 9 a.m. By SUN MEDIA A lone man armed with a brick held up a Macs store overnight. The robber entered the Macs Milk store at 780 Baseline Rd. just after 1 a.m. this morning and demanded money and cigarettes from the lone clerk. The suspect threatened the clerk with the brick before making off with a small amount of cash and an undisclosed amount of cigarettes. He was last seen running behind the store. The suspect is described as a white male, wearing a dark blue or black winter coat, grey sweater with a hood and blue... (more) http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/comments?id=299 http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/archive/298.html Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:52:48 GMT Smoking bylaw -BC By -Penticton Western News Mar 14 2007 New rules against smoking may be intrusive, even harsh. They ban smoking in all indoor spaces accessible to the public (including restaurants and bars) as well as in public doorways and near the doors, windows in public hospitals and health facilities, universities and colleges, public athletic and recreational facilities and provincial buildings. Harsh? Intrusive? Maybe. The laws severely restrict where smokers can light up. In fact, it is hard to think of any places (outside private homes) where it would be OK to... (more) http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/comments?id=298 http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/archive/297.html Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:24:35 GMT Tougher Smoking Ban for British Columbia Smokers March 10, 2007 Smokers might as well kick the butt. There will be no escape into outdoor areas in eateries or distant patios, as the newly to- be- released bill of British Columbia hits the public. The new anti smoking legislation introduced a few days back will ban smoking in all indoor public spaces as well as in public doorways, and 'near' the doors, windows and air intakes of any building accessible by the public. Says Health Minister George Abbott: 'Some people will see it as intrusive, others will say we didn't go far enough. But I... (more) http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/comments?id=297 http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/archive/296.html Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:09:20 GMT Cops stop tobacco rolling for Quebec -ON, QC Sat, March 10, 2007By JON WILLING, SUN MEDIA The bulging tires of a cube truck on Hwy. 401 this week prompted OPP to launch an investigation into what was weighing down the vehicle. When police opened the truck's doors along the side of the highway Tuesday morning in South Glengarry Twp., they found 165 bales of raw-leaf tobacco. The tobacco had a total weight of 3,185 kg. Police said the tobacco, which was being transported in a 2006 Ford Econoline truck, wasn't packaged or properly stamped. RCMP investigators were called to assist with the... (more) http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/comments?id=296 http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/archive/295.html Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:57:36 GMT The old ways of fighting addiction don't workPublished: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 LetterRe: Conservative senator attacks Sullivan's drug-treatment plan, March 2 Understandably, former Vancouver undercover police officer Senator Gerry St. Germain views Mayor Sam Sullivan's innovative substitute drug addiction treatment program through the eyes of someone who worked on morality and drug cases. I attempted to implement a program similar to Sullivan's proposal more than 25 years ago when pharmacies were being burglarized at an alarming rate. Pharmacists were violently attacked by addicts... (more) http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/comments?id=295 http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/archive/294.html Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:16:43 GMT Who’s standing up for tobacco farmers? -ON The Woodstock Sentinel-Review Linda Duguay - Ont. Monday October 17, 2005 Woodstock is in Oxford County, one of the few counties that grows tobacco in Canada. There is a need for this product obviously. There are smokers. Ignoring the farmers who are caught in the middle of the debate shows a complete lack of compassion by the newspaper for the families and friends and neighbours being devastated by these events. The Flue board was forced to accept lower tobacco prices and lower volumes this year, because of lower-priced imported tobacco and... (more) http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/comments?id=294 http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/archive/293.html Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:06:07 GMT Bingo Bingo at risk of closing doors for good -ON Michael Power - Oct 11, 2005 The president of the Lindsay Bingo Bingo Charities Association hopes a proposal to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission will fly so the hall can operate past the next two months. Gary Preston said both revenue and attendance at the Needham Street establishment have fallen this year. Bingo Bingo's estimated revenue for this year - at $300,000 - comes in at about $100,000 less than previous years, says a news release from the Association. Bingo Bingo is in danger of closing by Dec. 1 due to the falling revenues,... (more) http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/comments?id=293 http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/archive/291.html Sun, 16 Oct 2005 19:57:30 GMT Ban a kick in casinos' butts -ON Province Faces $350 Million a Year Loss in Gaming Revenues from Smoking Ban Confidential Government Report Warns -ON mychoice.ca September 28, 2005 The Ontario government stands to lose $250 million-$350 million a year in gaming revenues as a result of its new province-wide smoking ban, according to official government documents obtained by mychoice.ca under the Freedom of Information Act. (FOI) http://www.smokersclubinc.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=535 The gluttony of government intrusion Wednesday October 05,... (more) http://looped-ca.blogdrive.com/comments?id=291