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FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2010
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Hayley Rose uses a vapourizer outside MP Dona Cadman’s office in Surrey Thursday in protest of pot activist Marc Emery’s extradition to the U.S.
SPACED INVADERS Pot supporters light up, lay siege to Surrey MP Dona Cadman’s office
SURREY – Supporters of Tom ZYTARUK Vancouver pot activist Marc Staff Reporter Emery laid siege to Tory MP Dona Cadman’s office in Surrey North Thursday afternoon to protest the “Prince of Pot’s” extradition to the U.S. earlier that day. Emery, 52, is accused of shipping marijuana seeds to Americans and faces five years in a U.S. prison as part of a plea agreement. Protesters here noted that such a conviction amounts to a $200 fine in Canada. The five protesters occupied the lobby of Cadman’s Whalley office for several hours as part of a concerted effort targeting Conservative MPs. “They’re just going to all MPs offices and protesting,” Cadman said. “I told them they’re welcome to stay as long as they behave themselves and they don’t cause trouble with anybody coming in or disturb the office. “They were getting very boisterous there for a little while until we told them that they had to
❚CLOVERDALE/Your official guide to the rodeo and country fair is inside
Get your boots on – it’s rodeo time!
SURREY — It’s finally here – the 64th annual Cloverdale Rodeo and 121st Country Fair get underway today and continue throughout the Victoria Day long weekend. The rodeo has the second richest prize pot on the pro rodeo circuit and attracts some of the top-ranked cowboys and cowgirls from around the world.
This year’s rodeo features three roughstock events and Ladies Barrel Racing events. The Country Fair, always a popular draw for families, boasts a midway, interactive Kids Zone, mechanical bull riding, 4H displays and much more. Another huge draw is the live entertainment slated throughout the weekend,
including 54-40 kicking things off at the Longhorn Saloon as well as country tunes on the Bud Stage and in the “big, red barn.” The rodeo and country fair run from Friday to Monday at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds. For a full schedule of events and details, see our special section inside. – The Now
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calm it down. They’re pretty civil right now.” Cadman’s office assistant Meaghan Weise called the Surrey RCMP. “They have been rolling marijuana joints,” Weise said. She noted one of them, 17-year-old Vancouver resident Hayley Rose, has a medical permit to possess marijuana. “They said they’re going to be playing music and coming through any doors that are unlocked. They asked for tape and thumb tacks to hang stuff on the wall, and they’re videorecording everything.” Two Surrey Mounties showed up and spoke to the protestors and advised them to “remain at peace.” Nobody was arrested. “We have been very loud about the fact that this will not stop until Marc Emery is back in Canada,” said protester William Austin, of Burnaby. “If this turns out not to be effective then we will find other ways to draw attention to it.”
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