Cops beef up Commercial Drive beat

Theft, drug dealing plague area

Mike Howell, Vancouver Courier

Published: Friday, May 30, 2008

Commercial Drive residents will notice police walking a beat this Sunday and the addition of security guards to a community that is experiencing a nagging crime and drug dealing problem.

The Vancouver Police Department will deploy two teams of four officers each to patrol a stretch along the Drive's corridor from 3rd to 12th avenues. Officers will work in shifts from 7 a.m. to 3 a.m., according to Insp. Adam Palmer.

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News: Marijuana Party Candidate Gets Three Months in Jail!

Fourth drug conviction for Marc Boyer, who has terminal illness
Gerry Bellett, Vancouver Sun
Published: Thursday, October 11, 2007
VANCOUVER - Former Marijuana Party candidate Marc Boyer has been sentenced to three months in jail after pleading guilty in Vancouver Provincial Court to possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.Judge Conni Bagnall ordered Boyer -- who suffers from a terminal illness -- to be jailed, saying this was his fourth conviction for a drug offense and the third in the last three years involving marijuana.
Boyer ran as the Marijuana Party candidate in the Vancouver Quadra riding in the last federal election.

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