http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/marc-emery-fine-drug-trafficking-1.4685002

Pot crusader Marc Emery will pay a fine for trafficking cannabis after briefly opening Cannabis Culture boutiques in Montreal a year and a half ago.

Emery's fine is $5,000. Two other charges he was facing — drug possession and conspiracy — have been dropped.

The Crown said he got a lighter sentence because the federal government is already on the cusp of legalizing marijuana.