Afghanistan's drug problem may 'kill a generation'

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Perhaps with War and Bombs all around them, Heroin provides an escape from reality, if not for a brief period, with continued use a permanent respite from reality. Some in Nato say we are losing...

Cook County Sheriff Staff Act Ignorantly as Puppets of Corruption

THE STORY OF HOW THE DEMOCRATIC MACHINE IN CHICAGO THRIVES AND PERPETUATES GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION, WASTE, INEFFICIENCY, AND FRAUD  A person asked on line about the fights at the jail this past week where inmates stabbed each other. “With todays riot I think all tax...

MJ Death Preventable? Guidelines Needed in Entertainment Industry

Reports are coming out that MJ’s personal physician was with him when he died, shortly after taking a dose of Demerol, a narcotic painkiller. They also say his breathing slowed and then stopped. IF this is true, then his death should have been preventable with proper CPR,...

Dealer Throws Female Addict to the Ground

A man who appeared to be a drug dealer grabbed a young Asian female addict and marched her to the alley behind First United Church at Gore and Hastings.  There he continued to hold her against her will,...

greetings from the Chorro Creek Ranch

Chorro Creek Ranch is a unique and effective community housing facility which is privately owned and Non Profit.  Our goal has always been to receive the broken lives of so many wonderful and creative human beings who for one reason or another have found themselves alone...

Courage To Come Back Awards: Citizen Journalist Awarded!

The Courage To Come Back Awards are a provincial thing here in BC, where people are honoured for … you guessed it: their courage to come back from adversity in their lives. Orato.com's own Trisha Baptie is being recognized with the award in the social-adversity...

Drawing My Line In The Sand: Keep Prostitution Illegal

In a story completely unrelated to the Pickton trial, I wrote about a man by the name of Cliff Heggs, who was found guilty of sexual assault. In the comments section of that story I was told, and very rightly so, by Trina Ricketts that I should be educating myself “on...

Marilyn Whiskeyjack Murdered

Isn't that an interesting name? Whiskeyjack. She won't be using it much now that she was murdered on Friday night.Just before midnight, the 42 yr. old, short, aboriginal woman raced down the stairs of the Main Rooms on Main St. near Powell  screaming that she had...

Martin Says Some Crimes Are Not Crimes

"Keith Martin. Dr. Keith Martin. Liberal MP. He defends liberalized marijuana laws.He says, correctly, that addiction is not a crime but a medical condition. He was debating the Tories new crime bill C-9 which is now in Second Reading."

Token Booth Closings Start in April

The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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