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The Canadian Mental Health Association says it regrets that “unvetted materials” outlining how to use cocaine were distributed at an Ontario school during Mental Health Awareness Week. The issue came to light after a social media user in Ontario stated that their child was given a pamphlet on safe cocaine …
Read More »Nearly 250 kg of suspected cocaine hidden in flatbread stopped at Halifax border: CBSA – Halifax
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Some 250 kilograms of suspected cocaine imported into Canada from the Dominican Republic was intercepted at a Halifax port, according to Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). According to CBSA, the 1,178 packages were found wrapped in carbon paper and hidden within flatbread. …
Read More »Researchers are giving salmon cocaine. Don’t worry, it’s for science
LISTEN | Full interview with Erin McCallum: Quirks and Quarks9:21Scientists are exposing fish to cocaine — what happened next won’t surprise you Atlantic salmon in Sweden are getting high off cocaine. And they are getting the drug from an unlikely source: scientists. “It does sound a little bit absurd to …
Read More »B.C. woman urges dog owners to watch their pets on walks after husky overdoses on cocaine
Sara Bell had taken her two-year-old husky Nilak to the North 40 Park Reserve in Delta, B.C., when he picked up a napkin off the ground. “He just swallowed it whole,” said Bell. “So, I wasn’t able to get it out of him.” He had done this before so she …
Read More »Wiretaps caught Colombian cocaine group discussing Venezuelan military’s ‘Cartel of the Suns’
The broker told his client he had a relative in the “little red party” with links to the “famous Suns” who, for an up-front fee, would guarantee safe passage of the container with the cocaine onto the ship docked at the Venezuelan port. The cocaine — a batch of 32 …
Read More »Cycling champion Bradley Wiggins says he was a cocaine addict and is ‘lucky’ to be alive
Former Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins has revealed he became addicted to cocaine after retiring from cycling. In an interview with British newspaper The Observer, the five-time Olympic gold medalist said he is “lucky” to be alive. “There were times my son thought I was going to be found …
Read More »Manitoba traffic stop leads to seizure of gun, cocaine, cash: RCMP – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two Ontario men have an upcoming court date in The Pas, Man., after a traffic stop Saturday in Chemawawin. RCMP said they were contacted by local safety officers about a suspicious video that had been spotted in the northern Manitoba community. Police …
Read More »‘Pink cocaine’: What is it and how is it linked to Liam Payne and Sean (Diddy) Combs?
Drug and addiction experts are raising alarms about a party-drug concoction that One Direction singer Liam Payne may have taken prior to his death. ABC News and other outlets have reported that partial autopsy and toxicology results showed the pop star had “pink cocaine” in his system, along with other …
Read More »Former Canadian Olympian charged in connection with cocaine bust, alleged murders
A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and 15 others are facing criminal charges for allegedly running a drug-trafficking operation that shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia to Canada and used violence — including murder — to achieve the group’s goals, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday. U.S officials said 43-year-old Ryan …
Read More »Winnipeg police talk cocaine bust, 3D-printed gun arrests – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Winnipeg police organized crime division’s Insp. Elton Hall spoke to media Tuesday about a drug trafficking investigation from this past spring, as well as Project Gauge — an investigation into firearms trafficking involving 3D-printed guns. The drug investigation, police said, involved …
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