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Halifax’s moral panic over the legalization of cannabis

Morning File, Wednesday, August 1, 2018

August 1, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 8 Comments

News 1. Convention centre Oh, running out of time for this… I’ll write it up today for tomorrow’s Morning File. 2. Smoking ban On Monday, Dartmouth councillor Sam Austin published a blog post saying he was reconsidering his support for the smoking bylaw, weirdly wanting to keep the provisions of the bylaw as they pertain […]

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