The War on Science and Knowledge
I'm embarrassed to be a Canadian, after the news story of 18-year-old University of Saskatchewan chemistry student Lewis Casey be arrested and charged in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with trumped up charges in a blatant political attempt to save face after mistakenly raiding and arresting Mr. Casey on suspicion of producing crystal meth (methamphetamine). Okay, mistakes happen when investigating possible leads, but what appears to be potentially crass political manoeuvring of charging Lewis Casey on explosive related charges, when it is not clear that any illegal explosives were actually found.
Original article: Clandestine lab discovered Thursday not meth lab: police, The Star Phoenix December 20, re-edited December 28, 2008
Second article Man faces explosives charge, The Star Phoenix, December 22, 2008
Latest report Student held on explosives charge released, article in The Star Phoenix newspaper, December 26, 2008, by Lori Coolican
Blogs which covered the story (and how I became aware of the situation):
When they criminalize chemistry, all chemists are criminals, Pharyngula by PZ Myers.December 28, 2008
Teen with Home Chemistry Lab Arrested for Meth, Bombs, Crimes Of The Future by Annalee Newitz, Dec 27 2008