What's that sound? Raves on the front page of the Edmonton Journal, February 26, 1993.

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It has been 25 years since the Edmonton Journal published a front page, feature length article about something never before heard of: “raves.” The city newspaper's February 26, 1993 edition landed on the doorsteps of Edmontonians and titillated them over their porridge. The headline, white on black, shouted in letters an inch high:

Headline of the February 26, 1993 edition of the Edmonton Journal. "RAVE ON: A Dance Party for the 90's Flower Children"

It was the first time raves appeared on the Journal's front page.

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4-20 Special: Origins of Cannabis Prohibition in Canada

Notes from:

The Real Dope:

Social, Legal and Historical Perspectives 

on the Regulation of Drugs in Canada

Edited by Edgar-André Montigny

University of Toronto Press, Toronto: 2011

[All quotes from this source.]

TL;dnr -- Don't worry about the history of drug prohibition in Canada, Justin Trudeau's looking out for you and his main man Bill Blair's got your back.

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BRONX / LUSH / REV: From the Archives

This is the story of the building which was known as the Rev, which also housed Lush, and before that was the MIGHTY Bronx -- by JPX

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