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British Columbia’s top health official recommends legalizing ecstasy

Methylene dioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), the pure form of a street drug commonly known as ecstasy, should be legalized and sold in measured doses by government-regulated stores, British Columbia’s top health official said Thursday. Dr. Perry Kendall, the Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia, told CBC News that people occasionally die from…

‘Canadian Psycho’ may have sent body parts to Vancouver schools

Luka Rocco Magnotta, would-be porn star and accused murderer, may have mailed body parts to two schools in Vancouver, British Columbia, according to the Vancouver Sun.  A hand and foot were mailed to Vancouver’s St. George junior school and False Creek elementary school.  Experts are currently trying to determine whether…

Japanese tsunami debris heading to Hawaii

Wreckage from Japan’s tsunami – fishing gear and furniture, footballs and ships – has swept across the Pacific far faster than expected, with thousands of tonnes projected to land on North American shores this year. Scientists believe lighter objects such as buoys and oil drums began reaching land last November…

PetroChina buys stake in Canada shale gas project

State-owned PetroChina said it has agreed to take a 20 percent stake in a Canadian shale gas project owned by Royal Dutch Shell, China’s latest acquisition of North American natural resources. PetroChina, the listed unit of China’s largest oil producer, has signed a deal to buy a share of land…

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