{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_jnmdtnrw3wqs7rzijbtq","title":"Gillingham Warns BC Court Ruling Could Weaken Fight Against Illegal Drug Trade","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/gillingham-warns-bc-court-ruling-could-weaken-fight-against-illegal-jnmdtnrw3w","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_jnmdtnrw3wqs7rzijbtq","seq":1404175,"kind":"article","title":"Gillingham Warns BC Court Ruling Could Weaken Fight Against Illegal Drug Trade","url":"https://www.winnipeg.ca/news/2026-10-02-gillingham-warns-bc-court-ruling-could-weaken-fight-against-illegal-drug-trade","summary":"Mayor Scott Gillingham is warning a recent B.C. Supreme Court decision striking down the federal offence of possession for the purpose of trafficking could undercut efforts to combat the illegal drug trade in Winnipeg and across Canada. The case, R. v. Kalicum, centred on a Vancouver group that bought heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine from the dark web, tested the drugs and sold them at cost to members of what it called a \"compassion club.\" The group did not hold a federal…","published":"2026-10-02T17:57:39Z","seen":"2026-10-02T17:57:39Z","lang":"en","country":"CA","source":{"id":"kite-feedburner-com-013bbd","name":"feedburner.com","domain":"feeds.feedburner.com"},"via":"kite-feedburner-com-013bbd","authors":["City of Winnipeg"],"entities":[{"id":"Q1234847","name":"Gillingham","type":"person"},{"id":"Q1973","name":"British Columbia","type":"place"}],"story":"st_jnmdtnrw3wqs7rzijbtq","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.3700000047683716,"category2":"politics","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.7400000095367432,"political":0.6499999761581421}]}