MOUNTIES PAY VISIT TO FELGER IN MISSION

Marijuana advocate Tim Felger no sooner began getting ready to set up
shop in Mission than the police came calling.

Felger, who was evicted from his Da Kine store in Abbotsford in early
April, was visited by Mission RCMP on Saturday morning after they
received a report of the smell of marijuana in the 33000 block of
North Railway Avenue.

He said he was in the area with some "supporters" fixing up a space he
hopes to turn into an office if he can obtain the required occupancy
permits.

"I'm in the process of starting an organization in Mission that will
put people forward for city council," he said, including himself in
the mix.

Cpl. Raina Siou confirmed police attended the scene.

"We did not locate where the smell (of marijuana) was originating
from," she said, adding no arrests were made.

Felger said RCMP were on site for three and a half hours, but Siou
said they weren't there to keep an eye on Felger the entire time. She
said a beat constable works the downtown core and has many issues to
deal with, including traffic detail.

"We have a lot of work down there," she said of the area, which
consists primarily of businesses.

Felger said that if the current location does not work out, there is
another place he is eyeing across the street.

"We'll have a front door with people able to come and see me whenever
I'm ready," he said.

Meanwhile, he still plans to battle his former landlord, Dan Banov, in
court over the $53,000 Banov says he is owed in back rent from Felger.

Banov was successful in obtaining a court order to evict Felger from
his former location at 33770 Essendene Ave.