Posts by Shelby Pierce

13 Nov

Featured, International News

What’s in a name? Milkweed no longer a ‘noxious weed’ in Godfrey

• November 13, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

GODFREY — Milkweed will no longer be classified as a “noxious weed” in the village of Godfrey, after an ordinance amending the definiti...

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13 Nov

Cannabis, Featured

‘Troubling allegations’ prompt Health Canada review of studies used to approve popular weed-killer

• November 13, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Health Canada says in light of "troubling allegations," its scientists are reviewing hundreds of studies used during the approval proce...

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12 Nov

Featured, Marijuana News

Super weed Palmer amaranth now in 5 North Dakota counties

• November 12, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

A super weed that can devastate corn and soybean crops has now been found in five North Dakota counties, but a university expert says t...

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12 Nov

Featured, International News

New Orleans B&B guest kept gun, ammo, weed, threatened to ‘burn this place down,’ police say

• November 12, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

A guest at a Royal Street bed and breakfast faces a terrorizing charge related to a May encounter with staff at the New Orleans lodging...

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12 Nov

Cannabis, Featured

McGovern: I’ll let House debate marijuana reform

• November 12, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

For years, the US House’s powerful Rules Committee has been the place proposed marijuana laws go to die. Pete Sessions, a Texas Repu...

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12 Nov

Featured, Law and Politics

Surprise! These 2 Groups Now Support Legalizing Marijuana

• November 12, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

When the curtain closes on 2018, chances are that one of the biggest news events of the year will be Canada's legalization of recreatio...

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12 Nov

Featured

By Cory Jacob, PAg., Crops Extension Specialist, Watrous

• November 12, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Re-evaluating the weed control strategy on your farm is important. Herbicide use alone to control weeds has resulted in many herbicide-...

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10 Nov

Cannabis, Featured

Weed mass trapping, killing fish in Burtis Bay

• November 10, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

CELORON — A rancid smell is being carried on the winds in Burtis Bay. With a sizable mass of invasive Eurasian milfoil and other w...

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10 Nov

Featured, Medical Marijuana

Guns and medical marijuana: You can’t have both, despite Amendment 2

• November 10, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Medical marijuana may have been legalized in Missouri, but those who opt to take advantage will be jeopardizing their Second Amendment ...

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10 Nov

Featured, weed news

Super weed Palmer amaranth now in 5 North Dakota counties

• November 10, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A super weed that can devastate corn and soybean crops has now been found in five North Dakota counties, but a un...

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