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Fleury comeback fizzles
That's what fans of Theoren Fleury have to be asking after the 41-year old's comeback was doused by the Calgary Flames . Fleury seemed at peace on Monday when he announced that ...
Source: Sportsnet.ca

MOST READ LOCAL STORIES
TORONTO - Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy says he's looking forward to playing a free show at the Vancouver Olympics next year, but he was conflicted as to whether he really wanted the ...
Source: Squamish Chief

Amy's dad says no
LONDON -- Amy Winehouse's father says Britain is wasting money on drug addicts who are too quick to say "yes, yes, yes" to rehab. Mitch Winehouse told lawmakers in Britain ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Winehouse's dad: Money wasted on drugs addicts
LONDON — Amy Winehouse’s father says Britain is wasting money on drug addicts who are too quick to say “yes, yes, yes” to rehab. Mitch Winehouse told lawmakers on ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Lead me to Calgary
The next installment in our occasional series. A PASSION FOR SAVING Canada’s lost souls inspires urban congregation to share the hope of Christ with its troubled community ...
Source: Christian Chronicle

Searching for happiness
When Lance Auger smiles, his face wrinkles up like a dried prune and his lips curl inward over toothless gums. Swaddled in layers of clothing, Auger perched himself along West Side ...
Source: Cochrane Times

Holidays hard time of year
I recently lost a close friend of mine to drug abuse. Christmas was her favourite time, and it is going to be hard on me and her family. She wasn't a bad person, she just made some ...
Source: Calgary Sun

International Capsules: Ex-NFL commish looks for solutions at USOC
He once oversaw one of America’s most successful sports operations. Now, he’s trying to find solutions for one of its most dysfunctional. Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue ...
Source: Brownsville Herald

McCarty faces new grind
Say what you will about Darren Mc-Carty. But this is as true as any of the frailties, the naivete or the excesses that conspired to bring him to the brink of financial ruin, throw ...
Source: canada.com

Gentleman detective goes rogue
LONDON — There’s no mystery to Robert Downey Jr.’s good mood. “Sometimes,” the 44-year-old actor tells journalists assembled for this day’s news conference, “you just ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Tyler in rehab for painkiller addiction
In this Monday, Aug. 3, 2009 photo, Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler speaks at a news conference before the start of the Legends Ride, in Deadwood, S.D. Tyler says in a statement ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Fleury's blog rips into Flames
Somehow, between acting lessons, reading movie scripts, pawning his book, recording a country music song and shooting the accompanying video, Theo Fleury managed to write a blog ...
Source: SLAM! Sports

Best foot-in-mouth forward
Theo Fleury is making news again after a controversial blog entry on his website -- theofleury14.com -- took some shots at the Flames and a former teammate . The entry has since ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Letters: February 9
Re: “Sharper approach to drug addiction needed,” Mindelle Jacobs, (Feb. 7). Her clean needle approach is not the solution. It aggravates the problem. The felon continues his ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Chad Conley has survived through thick and thin
In discussing the all-consuming nature of being a competitive figure skater, Chad Conley mentions a Facebook group he belongs to: "Sorry I Can't, I Have Skating." The title sums up ...
Source: Outsports.com

Aerosmith ready to rock this summer
After turmoil that included public squabbling, threats of a lineup change and a rehab stint, Aerosmith is back and ready to rock. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have announced ...
Source: Owen Sound Sun Times

Aerosmith to tour with Steven Tyler
NEW YORK - After turmoil that included public squabbling, threats of a lineup change and a rehab stint, Aerosmith is back and ready to rock. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have ...
Source: Jam! Showbiz

Aerosmith spat set aside for new tour
After turmoil that included public squabbling, threats of a lineup change and a rehab stint, Aerosmith is back and ready to rock. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have announced ...
Source: CBC News

Skiing Through Injury: Braced for a painful run
Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the French pedagogue considered the father of the modern Olympics, believed the essential guiding principle of the Games should be the struggle, "not to ...
Source: Vancouver Sun

Winter Olympics Gives Reasons To Love Sports
Sports are a business. They are entertainment. They are a competition, but it is just a game. We don’t try to attach a deeper meaning to sports because we either think there isn ...
Source: Bleacherreport.com

Corey Haim dead at 38: reports
Toronto-born actor and '80s heartthrob Corey Haim died Wednesday morning from a possible drug overdose, TMZ.com is reporting. The website says the Los Angeles police were called to ...
Source: Calgary Sun

About 600 drug addicts escape rehab camp
HANOI, Vietnam — Nearly 600 inmates in a Vietnamese drug rehabilitation camp overpowered security guards and escaped, an official said Monday. At least two-thirds of them were ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Brand suffered breakdown on TV
Russell Brand has described his short-lived British comedy show RE:BRAND as a "cry for help" - insisting he suffered a "mental breakdown" while filming the series at the height of ...
Source: Calgary Sun

EMS union head hopes charges not laid in tampering case
Should the culprit behind the tampering of narcotics supplies on ambulances be a paramedic struggling with drug addiction, the head of their union hopes they get help rather than ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Who needed a new Stone Temple Pilots album?
A lot has happened in the nine years since the last Stone Temple Pilots record was released. There have been new bands, fueds and stints in drug rehab, but somehow Scott Weiland ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Stone Temple Pilots bring maturity to road and first new album in ...
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - As he reflects on Stone Temple Pilots' history, frontman Scott Weiland quietly breaks into song: "The long and winding road." His band mates — guitarist ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Lohan ordered to wear ankle bracelet, stay in L.A.
Lindsay Lohan may have lost another movie role thanks to her extended stay at the Cannes Film Festival in France. A judge has forbidden the actress from leaving Los Angeles. Lohan ...
Source: Calgary Sun

HOT DISH: Drama Continues for Mindy McCready
( CMT Hot Dish is a weekly feature written by veteran columnist Hazel Smith. Author of the cookbook, Hazel's Hot Dish: Cookin' With Country Stars , she also hosts CMT's Southern ...
Source: CMT

McGee crushes McCray to win TUF Season 11
LAS VEGAS -- Middleweight Court (The Crusher) McGee, who battled drug and alcohol abuse before taking up mixed martial arts, defeated Kris (Savage) McCray to win Season 11 of "The ...
Source: Sportsnet.ca

Mental health and military
Stuart Langridge appears on the TV screen, a young and confident soldier. It's 2003, and the tank gunner with Lord Strathcona's Horse, an armoured regiment based in Edmonton, is ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Taking the TUF road: middleweight Court (The Crusher) McGee happy to ...
It's been almost five years since Court McGee died. And the mixed martial arts fighter from Orem, Utah, is still talking about it. It was a Sunday and McGee had the day off. He was ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Taking the TUF road: McGee happy to be alive
It's been almost five years since Court McGee died. And the mixed martial arts fighter from Orem, Utah, is still talking about it. It was a Sunday and McGee had the day off. He was ...
Source: Sportsnet.ca

The Canadian Press News Agenda for June 16
(Canadian Press Broadcast Wire (Canada) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) EDITORS: Following is a list of news events for June 16 as of 9:18 p.m. ET: x-denotes wire, y-denotes picture, z ...
Source: TMCnet

Mexico mourns yet another slain Norteno singer
MEXICO CITY - Norteno singer Sergio Vega was shot dead in a northern state that has given rise to many of Mexico's most notorious drug kingpins, joining a recent string of murdered ...
Source: Metronews.ca

After discord, rehab, Tyler back with Aerosmith, says band has never ...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Steven Tyler can laugh about it now. The fall off the stage that caused the cancellation of Aerosmith's 2009 summer tour. His stint in rehab for prescription drug ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Take a walk on the wild side
Despite his bad-boy ways, Russell Brand, centre, has managed to keep his star power, while Amy Winehouse, left, and Britney Spears, right, both serve as poster-girls for stars gone ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Summarizing the reflections on former Red Wings enforcer Bob Probert's ...
Former Red Wings enforcer Bob Probert passed away at 45 years of age on Monday, dying after collapsing on a boat in Lake St. Clair with his family. News of his death shook the Red ...
Source: MLive.com

Lohan judge creating a stir
HOLLYWOOD -- She's still got the whole town talking. No, not Lindsay Lohan and her expressive manicure, whose anguished courtroom performance was deemed probably her strongest ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Lindsay Lohan enters rehab
Lindsay Lohan has entered rehab a week before she's due to start a 90-day jail sentence for violating her parole on a 2007 DUI arrest. The actress arrived at her new attorney ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Many US docs don't blow whistle on colleagues
CHICAGO - Your doctor could be drunk, addicted to drugs or outright incompetent, but other physicians may not blow the whistle. A new survey finds that many American physicians ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Despite short jail stint, Lohan won't be back soon
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Lindsay Lohan's time in jail will be short, but her time away from the public eye will be much longer. Sheriff's officials say the actress will spend only ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Confetti punctuates circus around Lohan surrender
LYNWOOD, Calif. - Hitting bottom under Hollywood's glare, Lindsay Lohan began serving jail time Tuesday for a probation violation that underlined the starlet's inability to put a ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Second lawyer quits Lohan case
Lindsay Lohan has been left without legal representation again - top lawyer Robert Shapiro has quit her case just hours before the actress is due to start her stint behind bars. O ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Investigation of McCanns' disappearance focuses on 'person of interest ...
A massive search continues this weekend to find Lyle and Marie McCann as well as a “person of interest” allegedly linked to their mysterious disappearance. RCMP want to ...
Source: The Province

Fort Smith business leader Jim Hanna dies
Jim Hanna, patriarch of Fort Smith-based Hanna Oil & Gas, passed away Monday night (July 19). He was 76. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday (July 23), at St. Johns ...
Source: The City Wire

Beach rehab for Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan will check into a rehabilitation centre by a sun-kissed California beach once she completes her jail sentence for probation violation, according to an online report ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Gillies close to returning to diamond
A tweet from Sports Illustrated’s Peter King, who is touring NFL camps: “Back in the day, writers and GMs pounded beers at training camp. I just finished organic green tea with ...
Source: Kamloops Daily News Online

Bodyguard: Anna Nicole's boyfriend supplied drugs
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Anna Nicole Smith was "obsessed" with pills and was assisted in taking drugs by her lawyer-boyfriend in the weeks before her death, the celebrity model's ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Hollywood celebs out to rehab
HOLLYWOOD -- You can tell it's August in Los Angeles -- the lights are on but no one's home. Charlie Sheen? En route from an Aspen, Colo., courtroom where his lawyers successfully ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Charlie Sheen pleads guilty in Aspen wife assault
ASPEN, Colo. - Charlie Sheen pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting his wife during a Christmas Day argument in exchange for a plea deal with no jail time and more serious charges ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Lindsay Lohan released from jail, sent to rehab
American actress, Lindsay Lohan, was released from incarceration early Monday and is now in rehab, according to reports. Although originally sentenced to 90 days in jail, the 24 ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler takes another tumble
G oing down, Mr. Tyler? Seemingly harmless roughhousing during an Aerosmith concert Tuesday at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre resulted in the flamboyant singer Steven Tyler being ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Dad wants Lohan out of rehab
Lindsay Lohan’s father has backtracked over his recent calls to send his daughter to rehab - he's now urging the judge overseeing the actress' case to release her from a court ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Lohan could leave rehab early
LOS ANGELES - Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, fresh out of jail on charges of violating her probation, may be released early from a court-ordered stint in drug and alcohol ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Lindsay Lohan judge removes herself from case
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The judge who sent Lindsay Lohan to jail has removed herself from the case after a prosecutor complained she improperly contacted experts or participants in ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Aerosmith re-schedules much of canceled tour
More than a year after canceling tour dates in Canada after a fall from a stage during the 2009 Sturgis rally, Steven Tyler and Aerosmith will head north to make up those dates for ...
Source: Rapid City Journal

A year after Steven Tyler's rally fall, Aerosmith looks to make up to ...
Steven Tyler, with Red Wing Motorcycles, appears at a news conference at the Sturgis Community Center on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2008, in Sturgis, S.D. Tyler and his business partners ...
Source: Rapid City Journal

Big Apple Blunders: The Top 10 Athletes Who Couldn't Make It In New ...
In regards to New York City, Frank Sinatra famously sang "If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere". This is an unequivocally true lyric; the key word in the lyric being "IF ...
Source: Bleacherreport.com

George Michael enters rehab
George Michael checked himself into rehab following his car crash last month and has been undergoing drug counselling sessions ever since. The pop superstar was arrested after ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Judge orders strict outpatient care for Lohan
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - A judge on Wednesday ordered Lindsay Lohan to undergo a rigorous outpatient rehab program that will require frequent counselling but will permit the actress ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Lohan awaits early release ruling
LOS ANGELES - Actress Lindsay Lohan is expected to learn Wednesday whether she will be released up to two months early from a court-ordered rehabilitation program. Court officials ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Source: Lindsay Lohan released from rehab
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - A source familiar with Lindsay Lohan's criminal case says the actress has been released from rehab but will not appear at a Wednesday morning court hearing ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Aerosmith Livin' on the Edge
For Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton, there's a phrase that's music to his ears every time he hears it. "You look great, get out of here and have fun." Or something close to it ...
Source: AREO FORCE ONE

Nielsen to pen autobiography
Calgary 11° Tomorrow » 20°/9° Change city ... for two years in the 1980s, has long struggled with booze and drug problems, and checked into rehab in ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Judge orders strict outpatient care for Lohan
Body found on Pelee Island where Calgary woman went missing ... Lindsay Lohan to undergo a rigorous outpatient rehab ... He also ordered the 24-year-old to submit to random drug ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Source: Lindsay Lohan released from rehab
Calgary; Edmonton; Toronto; Ottawa; Montréal; Halifax ... criminal case says the actress has been released from rehab ... in jail for violating her probation in a 2007 drug case.
Source: Metronews.ca

Aerosmith Livin' on the Edge
... Rocks (1976) and Draw The Line (1977), only to have drug ... fine form now, including Tyler, who also went through rehab ... Canadian dates include Winnipeg Sept. 8, Calgary Sept. 10 ...
Source: AREO FORCE ONE

Judge: ‘Snooki’ a ‘Lohan wannabe’
Calgary Sun ... before comparing her to Lohan, who spent two weeks in jail and three weeks in drug rehab ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Quaid hit rehab before it was 'chic'
Actor Dennis Quaid is convinced he paved the way for troubled celebrities to use rehabilitation centres - insisting he underwent intense treatment for drug addiction before it ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Secondary ticket sales for Aerosmith are showing signs of a decline
... are all in Canadian cities, and according to the Calgary ... Tyler went into rehab to fight his addiction to ... on the edge for most of its existence but survived drug ...
Source: Ticket News

Sun secondary scores for injured mate
The 20-year-old Bell is undergoing rehab this week after being involved in a devastating car accident in his hometown of Calgary ... several days in intensive care in a drug ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Judge: ‘Snooki’ a ‘Lohan wannabe’
Calgary Sun ... before comparing her to Lohan, who spent two weeks in jail and three weeks in drug rehab ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Drug rehab site riles up residents
CALGARY — Frustrated residents of a northeast neighbourhood want a community association-endorsed drug rehab centre to find a different site, one that’s not close to a ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Lohan tweets she failed drug test
Calgary 3° Tomorrow » 8°/-1° Change city ... two weeks in jail in August, followed by 22 days of a three-month residential drug rehab ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Rehabilitation Facility Gets Community’s Approval ...
... centre for addicts recovering from their alcohol and drug ... proposal to initiate the work on building a second rehab ... Calgary Has No Problem about Not Having a National Regulator
Source: Topnews

A Mexico massacre in unfamiliar place: the capital
Calgary; Edmonton; Toronto; Ottawa; Montréal; Halifax ... hung around on the street, drinking beer and using drugs. ... 13 recovering addicts were killed in an attack on a drug rehab ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Late Bob Probert's life of booze, drugs, women and hockey revealed ...
... into a toilet amid his 1989 arrest for smuggling drugs ... Probert had been in rehab five times by age 22, and was in ... an issue haunting him," McLelland Day said from Calgary.
Source: FAN 590 Toronto

Lohan escapes more jail time
... Lohan has escaped further jail time and has been ordered to return to rehab to continue her drug ... video or a quick note about something you've seen on the streets of Calgary.
Source: Calgary Sun

Lohan back in rehab till after New Year's
Calgary; Edmonton; Saskatchewan; Manitoba ... star, but Fox opted for rehabilitation after reviewing filings by probation and rehab ... weeks of her release from rehab, Lohan failed a drug ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Lohan's dad: 'I was attacked'
... hours after Lohan's famous daughter was released from rehab ... her sent back to jail for failing two court-ordered drug ... note about something you've seen on the streets of Calgary.
Source: Calgary Sun

Lindsay Lohan avoids jail, ordered back to rehab
CANADA; Vancouver; Calgary; Edmonton; Toronto; Ottawa; Montréal; Halifax ... Within weeks of her release from rehab, Lohan failed a drug test. She acknowledged the result in ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Laughing every day leads to better health
... us every second of every day,” said Cheryl Oberg, a Calgary ... At Heritage Home, a residential drug rehab centre located ... than a group of miserable, angry addicts just off drugs, in ...
Source: Fort Francis Times

Bob Probert: 'My role was simple: Nothing happens to Stevie'
I just got a boat and a new car and I've been in rehab ... continued the project with McLellan Day, a Calgary mother ... had been an All-Star, too, despite troubles with drugs ...
Source: Detroit Free Press

'My role was simple: Nothing happens to Stevie'
I just got a boat and a new car and I've been in rehab ... continued the project with McLellan Day, a Calgary mother ... had been an All-Star, too, despite troubles with drugs ...
Source: Detroit Free Press

Sizemore urges Sheen to get help
Sheen underwent rehab earlier this year following his assault conviction, but he has never spoken about drink or drug-related issues. ... you've seen on the streets of Calgary. Click ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Lohan shops on rehab day pass
Lindsay Lohan has been freed from her court-ordered rehab ... Ford clinic in California after failing two mandatory drug ... note about something you've seen on the streets of Calgary.
Source: Calgary Sun

Man killed in Mexico had criminal record
... of recycled materials as part of a prison inmate rehabilitation ... faced at least 45 charges, including a number of drug ... is fit to stand trial, a psychiatrist told a Calgary judge ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Calgary street preacher accused of making too much noise acquitted ...
Calgary street preacher accused of making too much noise ... parks just east of the downtown Drop-in and Rehab Centre ... that's where the most disadvantaged people - drug ...
Source: Calgary Herald

6 young men killed in shooting in Mexican capital
... Calgary; Edmonton; Toronto; Ottawa; Montréal; Halifax ... city of Ciudad Juarez, and 13 recovering addicts were killed in an attack on a drug rehab ...
Source: Metronews.ca

BUYINS.NET: SXCI, GEO, WCG, NKTR, GTE, ZBRA Expected To Be Up ...
... online adjudication of third-party prescription drug ... as the provision of security, administrative, rehabilitation ... was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Calgary ...
Source: TMCnet

'Munsters' star enters rehab
... Butch Patrick has entered a rehabilitation centre in a bid to beat his 40-year addiction to booze and drugs. ... of his decision to enter rehab. ... ve seen on the streets of Calgary. ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Family seeks answers after Drumheller inmate's death
... facility dedicated to rehabilitation. ... and contractors to bring drugs into the institution. Illegal drug ... per day and by 29 was in drug rehab programs first in Calgary ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Lohan wants to open own rehab
Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan plans to open her own rehab facilities once she's completed her drug treatment ... or a quick note about something you've seen on the streets of Calgary.
Source: Calgary Sun

On a rainy, dark night, bad luck ran a red light
Global Calgary; Global Edmonton; Global Lethbridge; Global Saskatoon ... guilty in a Seattle courtroom for their role in a drug ... Her rehab will take three months. “I don’t know how ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Kane hopes Sutter can put case behind him
But he’ll always be connected to Calgary, and he has more than a week to worry about ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Addicted daughter causes anguish for parents
... 29-year-old daughter who has been in and out of drug ... you take should be confined to prompting her toward rehab. ... note about something you've seen on the streets of Calgary.
Source: Calgary Sun

Barker believes
In Calgary, where he never found a winning formula as a coach, he never called his own ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Addiction 'very challenging problem'
The variety of drugs that pop up in the ... * 1981 -- AFM's youth rehab program opened. The ... Jail term for drug dealer nabbed in major bust; Calgary police say HIV-positive man ...
Source: Brandon Sun

The Globe and Mail
Calgary; Halifax; Montreal; Toronto; Vancouver; More cities ... ages – either self-serving puffery or cautionary rehab ... dark forces in his life (“I have to admit that the drug ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Rapper DMX arrested again
Calgary; Canada; World; Zoo reaches out to UK for new animal care ... stop car for speeding, find $180,000 in suspected drug ... Lovato 'doing well' in rehab 'Bruno' 'attack' case dropped
Source: Calgary Sun

Toyota Debuts 100-Mile Ranger, Rav4 EV Demonstration Vehicle at ...
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public ... will probably look very different from one in Dallas or New York, or Calgary or ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Human bird flu reappears in Hong Kong
Health council calls for better drug testing The Health Council of Canada calls for changes in how prescription drugs are monitored ... The rehab centre at Windsor Regional Hospital is ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Canadian freed after Nigeria kidnapping
Calgary; Edmonton; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Thunder Bay; Sudbury ... Drugs-for-sex MD wins full parole A St. John's doctor ... for those who can no longer work and for those in rehabilitation.
Source: CBC Olympics

Recall grows for potentially contaminated sandwiches
Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide ... Calgary’s Hudec finishes 11th; The Heat is on! Leafs GM has centre on Christmas list
Source: Toronto Sun

Calgary’s Hudec finishes 11th
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. -- Calgary's Jan Hudec was only one ... Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide ... Bar patron slipped drugs in drink; 2. Gyllenhaal tried to ...
Source: Toronto Sun

Fire rips through large, vacant building
Calgary; Edmonton; Toronto; Ottawa; Montréal; Halifax ... building was the former home of the Halifax County Rehabilitation ... Hollywood plots get hooked on drugs
Source: Metronews.ca

Animals euthanized after sanctuary denial
... and Holland roads, Morabito said it was intended to be an education and rehabilitation refuge ... Morabito were among them and face charges of possession and production of drugs.
Source: Niagara Review

Calendar of Events
Drug Rehab Resource, information and referral service for drug and alcohol addiction, call 1-866-649-1594 or go to www.drugrehabresource.net.
Source: Burnaby Now

Lindsay Lohan intimates say she quit porn star role
Global Calgary; Global Edmonton; Global Lethbridge; Global Saskatoon ... on probation for her August 2007 no-contest plea to drug ... Lohan has been ordered to remain in rehab until Jan. 3.
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Exotic animals euthanized after sanctuary denial
... said it was intended to be an education and rehabilitation refuge ... and face charges of possession and production of drugs. ... Calgary Sun
Source: CNEWS

Afghan-Canadian doctor opens Afghanistan’s first heart clinic
Calgary Herald; Regina Leader-Post; Saskatoon StarPhoenix ... There is also a rehabilitation room with stationary bikes ... special reports about diseases, conditions, drugs ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Kucera not sure he will return this season
After a long, sometimes painful year of rehabilitation, Kucera ... or anything like that," the 26-year-old from Calgary told ... Hollywood plots get hooked on drugs
Source: Metronews.ca

Lindsay Lohan inundated with movie offers
... mountain" of scripts to choose from when she leaves rehab. ... she didn't want to jeopardise her recovery from drug ... 'Dagenham' joins 'Love and other Drugs' and 'Burlesque' in ...
Source: CTV

Keeping violence at bay on the Mexican border
... departments and even murdering recovering drug addicts at rehabilitation ... "They are massacring birthday parties and drug rehab ... In municipal politics: The left looks to Calgary ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Stars seek to extend home success versus Wild
... worst four-game losing streak into this game, dropping a 3-2 shootout test to Calgary ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Flyers hope to find their offense against Devils
After consecutive shootout losses to Calgary and New Jersey last weekend, Philadelphia ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

How stars have fared at Betty Ford
Will the 28-year-old rehab facility succeed where many ... Checked in: At age 13 (drug and alcohol addiction) and ... note about something you've seen on the streets of Calgary.
Source: Calgary Sun

Salem: Sex, drugs and Dr. Drew
Dr. Drew's back with celeb rehab, but finds Canucks in ... “Lindsay is a straight-up drug addict. I look forward to a ... past four months we've been on in Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary ...
Source: Toronto Star

Universities launch Canada's first military-health ...
... of the Forces and a professor in the school of rehabilitation at ... 'Virtual' rehab on deck for wounded soldiers, others ... To find out more about a drug or condition, enter a ...
Source: Calgary Herald

QHC skirts bed crunch
They include people awaiting a move to palliative or rehabilitation beds or to long-term care ... More than $85,000 in drugs seized; Collisions keep cops busy; City man sentenced for ...
Source: Belleville Intelligencer

Toyota Canada Inc. reports November sales
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public ... TCI’s head office is in Toronto, with regional offices in Vancouver, Calgary ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Prosecution argues former Regina woman be given rare status of ...
Calgary Herald; Regina Leader-Post ... self-harm, gang involvement and drug and alcohol abuse. She watched her parents shoot drugs ... be allowed to continue her rehabilitation ...
Source: Regina Leader-Post

Canadian-built Toyota Corolla delivers on 40-year legacy of proven ...
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public ... TCI’s head office is in Toronto, with regional offices in Vancouver, Calgary ...
Source: Canada Free Press

If a friend offends, where's the friendship?
My oldest daughter was in and out of rehab. I kept ... note about something you've seen on the streets of Calgary. ... 10. 29 charged in Ont. drug lab bust; Lotteries; Comics
Source: Calgary Sun

Omark's spin-o-rama causing a stir
... in the draft lottery, three coaches and a general manager in Toronto, Ottawa and Calgary ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Obama calls WikiLeaks’ 'deplorable'
Calgary-6° Tomorrow » 3°/-12° Change city ... of losing control of parts of the country to powerful drug ... Booth St. shooting death gallery; Cute panda rehab
Source: Calgary Sun

Simmons: Swap Burke for Alex
A healthy scratch in Calgary last night: Matt Stajan ... Department of Dumb: CFL teams ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Lighter side with Cam Hutchinson
- Jeff Funnekotter, on the wives of the Calgary Flames ... The team also said during his rehab he will definitely ... doctor Jack Taunton named as chair for football's drug ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Miley Cyrus, a bong, and a birthday: She's smokin'
Global Calgary; Global Edmonton; Global Lethbridge; Global Saskatoon ... According to a 2007 U.S. survey on drug use and health ... Examples included whether she might attend rehab, or be ...
Source: Calgary Herald

A danger to themselves and others
Calgary Herald; Regina Leader-Post; Saskatoon ... especially when it comes to drug and alcohol detoxication and rehabilitation. ... There need to be more detox and rehab ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

What’s behind Hollywood’s affliction addiction?
Calgary; Halifax; Montreal; Toronto; Vancouver; More cities ... Anne Hathaway, for her role in Love and Other Drugs as a ... hope for rehabilitation, (c) denial of rehabilitation, and (d ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Chile unveils prison plan
Calgary; Edmonton; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Thunder Bay; Sudbury ... "Criminalizing personal drug use is the main cause of ... their freedom live; the insufficient resources for rehabilitation ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Lindsay Lohan in talks for 'Dancing with the Stars'
Calgary; Edmonton; Montreal; Ottawa; Regina; Saskatoon ... scheduled to remain in the Betty Ford rehabilitation centre until January 3 2011 after failing two court-ordered drugs tests ...
Source: CTV

Canadians blamed for Mexico drug murders
CALGARY ... drug laws would greatly reduce the gruesome violence many observers say is driven by lucrative profits. Speaking to reporters before the Dinner of the Americas at Hotel Arts, Fox said Canadians and Americans who use drugs shipped through ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Hamilton sees another value in comeback
Hamilton was still suspended from baseball, had been estranged from his family and gone through at least eight stints in drug rehab by early 2006 when he ... the tattooed slugger was already caught up in the drugs that would contribute to being off the ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Lindsay to drop Lohan name
Dina and Michael Lohan divorced in 2007 -- the year Lindsay was arrested for drunk driving and cocaine possession and starting a downward spiral of trips to rehab, failed drug tests and jail. The former "Parent Trap" child star is currently facing trial on ...
Source: Toronto Sun

'Milkshake murderer' found guilty
Prosecutors said Kissel gave Robert a milkshake laced with a “cocktail of drugs””before cracking his skull several times with a statuette. They said Robert had planned to divorce Nancy and wanted custody of their children after discovering she had an ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Win Win: An above-average study of an average guy
Into town comes Leo’s grandson Kyle (Alex Shaffer), an apparently troubled teen with a mass of dyed blond hair, a back of freshly inked tattoos, and an addicted mother left behind in a rehab clinic ... at least until the drug-addled mom pops up with ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Lindsay Lohan opts to stand trial on theft charge
Lohan, 24, who has been in and out of rehab and jail for the past three years for drug and alcohol addiction, has said she is not guilty of walking out a Los Angeles store in January without paying for a $2,500 gold necklace. The "Mean Girls" actress was ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Taking nothing for granted
An injectable drug called Avonex — one of six ... suggested she not try anything — to injectable drugs, oral medications, and a trips to a spinal rehabilitation hospital. "Of all my treatments, the rehab hospital seemed most effective because I noticed ...
Source: Dose.ca

More than just a funny face
It wasn't a question of if I was gonna be famous, it was a question of when," says the 36-year-old shock artist born Steve Glover, who will performing standup comedy in Calgary this Thursday ... becoming notorious for his drug and alcohol intake.
Source: Calgary Herald

Visor rule Manny Malhotra's legacy?
It's difficult to determine if Malhotra's injury is career threatening because eye pressure and the pooling of blood will determine the rehab process. Former Canucks defenceman Mattias Ohlund was struck by a deflected puck above the right eye on Sept.
Source: Regina Leader-Post

Michael Lohan officially charged
While at the police station, Lohan complained of chest pains and was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He has since been released. Lohan, who is currently filming reality TV show Celebrity Rehab, is scheduled to be arraigned on March 23.
Source: Calgary Sun

10 highlights from the first 125 years
For years, the building stood abandoned in a neighbourhood plagued by poverty, homelessness and drug addiction. In 2002 ... Tong Louie transformed London Drugs into a retail powerhouse with dozens of stores from B.C. to Manitoba. Tong's son Brandt Louie ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Courtney Love attacks Kelly Osbourne
but it's gross. I don't like being the punchline for drugs when I don't do them, so stop it." The Hole singer went on to claim that she saved Osbourne's life when the reality TV star was battling drug addiction and misuse: "I've saved her life twice.
Source: Winnipeg Sun

New Engines Power Ford’s Line of F-150 Trucks
Calgary, Alberta - Ford’s iconic F-150 pickup truck enters the second decade of the second millennium bristling with new power choices and features the company hopes will keep it at the top end of the best selling truck list. And if the demonstration ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Our business: 10 significant people, enterprises or events
For years, the building stood abandoned amid a neighbourhood plagued by poverty, homelessness and drug addiction ... The exchange’s rehabilitation and transformation can be traced back to May 13, 2003, when then-B.C. finance minister Glen Clark ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Lohan, rehab worker heard yelling on 911 call
Lohan was nearing the end of a three-month court-ordered rehab stint at the center after authorities said she failed a drug screening. The Dec. 12 call resulted in an investigation by Riverside County sheriff's detectives into Holland's accusations.
Source: CTV

Psychiatrist who challenged black IQs suspended
Pierre Mailloux was also sanctioned for prescribing patients elevated doses of antipsychotic drugs. His licence was suspended for two years because of the megadose treatment that has been debunked in the psychiatric community for more than 10 years.
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Seeing another side of Dr. Drew Pinsky
He is a familiar media presence with the success of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab." Yet the VH1 hit has effectively pigeonholed ... he would have trauma survivors on the show when an earthquake hits; or a recovering drug abuser when a celebrity such as Charlie ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Lorre's 'grief' over Sheen feud
The troubled actor launched a vicious verbal assault on the Two and a Half Men creator after the show was suspended to allow Sheen more time to receive rehab treatment earlier this year. Sheen refused to back down and his ranting eventually cost him his ...
Source: Toronto Sun

Man gets life in T.O. bystander murder
TORONTO - Thug Kyle Weese who murdered innocent bystander Bailey Zaveda and wounded five others was sentenced Thursday to life imprisonment without parole eligibility for 22 years. "Mr. Weese has left a swath of destruction behind," Justice Mary Lou ...
Source: CNEWS

Lindsay Lohan avoids criminal charge in Betty Ford quarrel
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors Tuesday decided against filing a battery charge against Lindsay Lohan that might have sent the troubled actress to jail over a confrontation at California’s Betty Ford Center rehab clinic ... a random drug test required ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Sex offender pleads guilty to abducting girl
CALGARY — Notorious sex offender John Francis Dionne pleaded ... Snukal said Dionne was high on crack and looking for money to buy more drugs. Dionne remains in custody. The case returns to court on June 7.
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Crime down across board: municipal police
In the 29-page report, police Chief John Hagarty says "our community has experienced a significant decrease in the number of incidents involving drug offences." In addition, crimes related to drugs ... interventions and rehabilitation, social development ...
Source: Daily Post

Keith Urban says love got him sober
The country singer -- who has two daughters, Sunday Rose, two, and three-month-old Faith, with the actress -- checked into a clinic to be treated for drug and alcohol abuse ... he was terrified his stint in rehab would destroy his marriage to Nicole ...
Source: CTV

Jury prospects asked if they are Michael Jackson fans
The lawyers also wanted to know if they had friends or family members who were ever addicted to prescription drugs, and if they themselves had been in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. In addition, prospects had to disclose if they were ever ...
Source: CTV

Sheen’s kindness saves charity prize
Sheen was recently fired from the hit CBS show, which is on hiatus. Sheen’s dismissal followed a year in and out of drug rehab, and an excessively documented implosion into spectacular madness which, among many other things, included rants against the ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Tories make major law-and-order push
Among the items the Tories promise to act on are a crackdown on organized drug crime, ending house arrest for serious and violent criminals, ending pardons for serious criminals and setting up mandatory jail time for sexual offences against children.
Source: Amherstburg Echo

Layton still supports injection site
The Conservatives want to put an end to Insite, a medical facility where chronic drug users can safely shoot up and stay clear of criminal charges. It first legal safe injection site in North America and operates in Vancouver's Downtown East Side.
Source: Amherstburg Echo

Ainge tackling life as recovering addict
In his piece, Ainge detailed his struggle with drugs and alcohol since he was 12 ... "I'm a literally crazy, tatted-up drug addict," said Erik Ainge, who hasn't trimmed his hair since rehab; his once close-shaved head covered by neck-length locks.
Source: Metronews.ca

Liberals won't revisit crime bills: Holland
The Liberals would also consider offering cash to municipalities for local crime prevention, and they want to boost funding to drug rehab and mental health programs. Among the Conservative crime bills that received royal assent are C-23a, which cracks down ...
Source: Barrie Examiner

Gary Hyland, Sask. poet and arts activist, dies at 70
His funeral will be held Friday in Moose Jaw, where Hyland made his home until the illness forced his move to Regina's Wascana Rehabilitation Centre last year. Barclay said Hyland's love of Saskatchewan, its people and of his wife Sharon and their two sons ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Is CBC's Jim Hughson a Canucks’ homer?
As the voice of the only Canadian team left in these playoffs, he doesn’t have to worry about balancing the neurotic sensibilities of Canucks fans against, say, Calgary or Ottawa ... talked openly of drug use in the NHL. Perhaps Cherry would like ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Corbella: Dead horse probe paints RCMP methods in poor light
In fact, Kollin, a homeless man with drug and alcohol issues who once was involved in the rehab program at Mountain Aire Lodge ... affected me at work," said Henderson, 64, a former Calgary police officer with 26 years of experience. Kollin also wrote ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Ko credits Toronto with shaping his urban folk
His aesthetic is defined by dystopian lyrics about selling and smoking hard drugs, sung in a rootsy ... credit to Toronto,” the artist tells the Straight , on the line from a Calgary tour stop. “One day there’s a reggae show, the next punk rock.
Source: Georgia Straight

Ex-Flame shines light on substance abuse
He paid his first visit to rehab ... drugs,” he said. “I’m in the program and hang out with other people who have addiction issues and we try to get through it together.” Myhres splits his time between his home in Edmonton and his business in ...
Source: Windsor Star

Freestyle ski champion Del Bosco returns to competitive cycling
CALGARY — The gifts of sobriety ... he still couldn’t put down the bottle or say no to the drugs. A 10-day stint in jail proved the inspiration Del Bosco needed to get help and check himself into rehab. After a few slips along the way, Del Bosco ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Myhres wants to give back to NHL by fighting substance abuse
So with a certificate from Calgary’s Mount Royal University in substance abuse ... “But there seems to be very little attention paid to guys who die because of drug and alcohol abuse. You give an 18- or 19-year-old kid $500,000 or $1 million, it ...
Source: Faceoff

Alberta girl who killed her family deemed 'low risk' and ready to re-enter society
the girl appeared on closed-circuit TV from Calgary flanked by case workers. She is showing a high level of progress and co-operation in her intensive rehabilitation, said Justice Scott Brooker. "I've read the various reports and I think it's fair to say ...
Source: Calgary Herald

'I live this life in pain'
But the drug works for him ... For some patients, the drugs don't even do that much, says Dr. Lori Montgomery, medical director of the Calgary Chronic Pain Centre. As well, the side effects — nausea, dry mouth, overwhelming fatigue, weight gain, foggy ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Victimized by the system?
In a system that purports to focus on rehabilitation, should these women be treated as ... Stone is the first recipient of the annual award, named for the Calgary Herald journalist killed in Afghanistan. The fellowship is sponsored by the Herald and ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

'I wasn't 'that monster'
The annual fellowship is named after an award-winning Calgary Herald journalist who was the first ... If Canada's prison system for women is supposed to represent rehabilitation and change, this is it. The healing lodge on Saskatchewan's Nekaneet First ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Arden mixes laughs with heartbreak
Her father battled alcoholism, which led her mother to throw him out of the house temporarily until he sobered up (they've now been married 53 years and live 50 feet from Arden in the countryside outside Calgary). Then there were the drug and alcohol ...
Source: Jam! Showbiz

Cleveland couple accused of giving away toddler
CLEVELAND - Police say a Cleveland couple tried to give their 2-year-old daughter to a neighbour, telling him they were going to drug rehabilitation. Officers say they received an anonymous tip Thursday that Gavin Aldridge and Courtney Followay had given ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Quebec, Ontario, B.C. leaders concerned at cost of crime bill
Quebec is an international model for how it deals with young offenders, said Fournier, and in the long term, locking young people in jails instead of focusing on rehabilitation and ... mandatory minimum sentences for drug offences — including marijuana ...
Source: Windsor Star

Coroner: Amy Winehouse died from too much alcohol
The 27-year-old Winehouse had fought a very public battle with drug and alcohol abuse for years ... resulting in such songs as "Rehab." In June, Winehouse abruptly cancelled her European comeback tour after she swayed and slurred her way through barely ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Learning to fall backwards
Her father battled alcoholism, which led her mother to throw him out of the house temporarily until he sobered up (they've now been married 53 years and live 50 feet from Arden in the countryside outside Calgary). Then there were the drug and alcohol ...
Source: Barrie Examiner

Does Canada need tougher crime laws?
The bill aims at tightening up the law in a number of areas including protecting children from sexual predators, tougher penalties for organized drug crimes ... philosophy (RH Thomson currently playing in Calgary) of protecting and nurturing the ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Cover story: Three knee injuries not enough to stop Carroll’s Koffman
With hard work, plenty of rehab and a large dose of determination ... It was the first game of his senior year, in 2009, and the Lights were playing the University of Calgary in Canada. Koffman felt a familiar pang when he was chasing down the quarterback ...
Source: Independent Record

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