This is the category for cannabis, a drug with recreational and medicinal uses. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 16 February 2018: United States: Berkeley, California declares itself a sanctuary city for recreational cannabis 16 April 2017: Canada…

Saturday, February 11, 2006 Neil Entwistle, 27, appeared before a Magistrates’ court today and agreed to extradition to the United States, where he will face double-murder and weapons charges. Entwistle is now the prime suspect in the killings of his…

Saturday, October 6, 2007 A New Zealand Marilyn Manson gig was evacuated after a fire scare. Four songs into the performance by the shock rock act at Auckland Town Hall, a fire scare caused an evacuation of the venue. On-site…

This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wednesday, February 23, 2005 On Monday, at 10.14 pm UTC, the Wikimedia server cluster experienced a total…

Thursday, September 20, 2007 Six people are confirmed dead after Tuesday’s heavy rains in Slovenia. Up to 300 mm of rain fell in just a few hours across the country, with swollen rivers, torrential streams and landslides sweeping away cars,…

Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Many media outlets traditionally deliberately spread hoaxes on April Fools’ Day, including notable quality sources such as National Geographic and Science. The popular British tabloid The Sun wrote that French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to undergo…

Thursday, December 13, 2007 Controversial and explicit Canadian workplace safety ads have been pulled from television, and paper ads from some bus shelters for the Christmas season. However, the ads will return to air in January. “It’s totally erroneous to…