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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: Edmonton Sun

Psychiatrist describes Anna Nicole as addicted
LOS ANGELES — A psychiatrist who treated Anna Nicole Smith for drug dependency during her pregnancy said she tried to set up a program to wean her off prescription painkillers ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Follow healthy lifestyle to overturn genetic predisposition to heart ...
When it comes to heart disease, lifestyle usually trumps genetics, says noted genetic researcher Dr. Robert Hegele, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Lecturer at the Canadian ...
Source: News-Medical.Net

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: Regina Leader-Post

Robber shot, paralyzed by store owner says he’s thankful
VANCOUVER — Staff members wearing blue uniforms go about their duties and the low-pitched whir of wheelchairs echo in the hall as James Gumbleton sits quietly in a sterile ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

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: Edmonton Sun

Taking nothing for granted
Blurred vision, slurred speech, extreme fatigue, loss of balance, blindness and even paralysis. To say it's difficult to maintain a sunny outlook when living with multiple ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

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: Edmonton Sun

Lohan to stay on at Ungaro fashion house
MILAN (Reuters Life!) - Hollywood wild child Lindsay Lohan is staying on as artistic adviser at fashion house Emanuel Ungaro despite her debut collection being panned by critics ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

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: Edmonton Sun

Column: Faithful volunteer answers the call
At this time of year, you can't help but be reminded of the less fortunate. Being among the fortunate middle class, I often wonder who is receiving donations and why they don't ...
Source: Edmonton Examiner

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: Edmonton Sun

Program offers choices to prostitutes
DALLAS - It was nearly midnight in a cramped mobile courtroom in the back of an 18-wheeler, and a prostitute in a Tweety Bird shirt was apologizing to a judge for falling asleep ...
Source: Boston Globe

Dallas police aim to help, not jail, prostitutes
DALLAS — It was nearly midnight in a cramped mobile courtroom in the back of an 18-wheeler, and a prostitute in a Tweety Bird shirt was apologizing to a judge for falling asleep ...
Source: Pioneer Press

Prostitutes in Dallas get a chance to straighten up
DALLAS — It was nearly midnight in a cramped mobile courtroom in the back of an 18-wheeler, and a prostitute in a Tweety Bird shirt was apologizing to a judge for falling asleep ...
Source: The Keene Sentinel

Dallas program treats prostitutes as sex crime victims
Social workers Aleba Croker, left, and Janie Metinger,? comfort a 17-year-old arrested for prostitution as part of an intervention program in Dallas?.? Rather than ...
Source: Houston Chronicle

Dallas police aim to help, not hassle, prostitutes
DALLAS — Dallas is taking a new approach to the world’s oldest profession. Police treat prostitutes as sex crime victims, offering many a chance to clean up and get off the ...
Source: Witness

Dallas Police Help To Rehabilitate Prostitutes
DALLAS — It was nearly midnight in a cramped mobile courtroom in the back of an 18-wheeler, and a prostitute in a Tweety Bird shirt was apologizing to a judge for falling asleep ...
Source: Huffingtonpost.com

Dallas police aiming to help prostitutes turn their lives around offer ...
GOP chief: Republicans 'screwed up' after Reagan Las Vegas federal building shootout leaves 2 dead AP sources: Bomber at CIA base was a double agent Ahead of the Bell: Factory ...
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

Dallas law-enforcement officials hope new approach will get ...
DALLAS -- It was nearly midnight in a cramped mobile courtroom in the back of an 18-wheeler, and a prostitute in a Tweety Bird shirt was apologizing to a judge for falling asleep ...
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer

A new approach could help ease prostitution woes
The Associated Press calls the Dallas police department the first in the U.S. to stop viewing street prostitutes as criminals. Its new approach to the sex trade at truck stops is ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Del Bosco high on life, ski cross and Canada
In years past, when Christopher Del Bosco's eyes glazed up, it was a major cause for concern. A former alcohol and marijuana abuser, Del Bosco's addictions cost him a spot on the U ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Concert preview: Wilco
It was the weekend of the Grammys, and Nels Cline wasn't particularly excited. Back home in Los Angeles, the Wilco guitarist didn't seem much interested in talking about the mix-up ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

Prisoner sticks to his guns
Jeff Chalifoux sat slumped in the corner of the prisoner’s dock, his heavy-lidded eyes wearily scanning the crowded courtroom. It’s Wednesday, Day 8 of the accused burglar’s ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Lindsay Lohan's fashion debut for Emanuel Ungaro left critics aghast
Lindsay Lohan lived up to her reputation as Hollywood's party girl with a debut collection for Parisian fashion house Emanuel Ungaro on Sunday, showing super-short pink dresses and ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

Living free and clean
Oliver Weymann is one of the first criminals to attend drug court and now credits it to saving his life. About 25 people are accepted into the program each year, but only a quarter ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Rock Star: KISS TV Show Coming?- U2 Tap Kravitz, Interpol, and The ...
Real or Photoshop? The Metal Den has received a screen shot which is said to have been taken directly from the CBS web site advertising 'Rock Star: KISS.' If it's real, the ...
Source: antiMUSIC

Sheen rehab could prove costly as show shuts down
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The future of CBS' Two and Half Men has become Topic A in Hollywood since production on the series was put on hold Tuesday after star Charlie ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

Sports Line: Mets' Beltran talks to investigators
Mets center fielder Carlos Beltran talked to federal investigators last week about a Canadian doctor accused of selling an unapproved drug and said he recommended the physician to ...
Source: HometownAnnapolis.com

'Powerful' food like a drug for overeaters: experts
Sweet chili, Chinese sauces, Greek- or Athenian-style chicken. Flavours were Joel Sopp's addiction. The taste of a barbecued steak off the grill held a special, almost sensuous ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

Drug tests pending in apparent suicide of Marie Osmond's son in jump ...
LOS ANGELES - Toxicology tests will determine whether drugs or alcohol played a role in the death of Marie Osmond's 18-year-old son, who police said jumped to his death from a ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Nora nag-inarte kaya ’di natuloy ang concert sa ...
NASA news ulit si Nora Aunor recently dahil sa beauty enhancement na ginawa sa kanya ng Shinagawa Lasik and Aesthetic Center, kung saan nagmukhang 10 years younger ang aktres ...
Source: The Journal Group Online

Dieting strategies 'oppressive'
The statistics are grim: About 95 per cent of people who lose weight by dieting gain it back within five years. Worse, they often regain more weight than they lost. Brian Wansink ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

'Powerful' food like a drug for overeaters: Experts
Sweet chili, Chinese sauces, Greek- or Athenian-style chicken. Flavours were Joel Sopp’s addiction. The taste of a barbecued steak off the grill held a special, almost sensuous ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

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: Edmonton 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: Edmonton Sun

Lindsay Lohan's arrest warrant lifted
Entertainment news on celebrities, music, theatre reviews, television, local TV listings guide, books and contests. Read Edmonton Journal to get current news on entertainment in ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

Lohan says she's stranded in Cannes, couldn't attend ...
Edmonton Journal is your online source of news on Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and around the world. Find local stories happening around Alberta. Read world headline news. Watch local ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

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

Random tests, alcohol bracelet ordered for Lohan
BEVERLY HILLS — A Beverly Hills judge on Monday ordered Lindsay Lohan to undergo random weekly drug and alcohol testing and wear an alcohol monitoring device, brushing aside ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

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: Edmonton Sun

Pop Stand
Tonight's season 9 finale is scheduled to run for two hours and seven minutes, but it's sure to be faster-moving than some of the hourlong results shows we've seen! In the final ...
Source: Buffalo News (blog)

Is province liable for foster mom's live-in partner?
Edmonton Journal is your online source of news on Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and around the world. Find the latest breaking news in business, sports, technology, energy ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

Sport was ‘ticket out of the ghetto’ for Alouettes’ Davis
LENNOXVILLE, Que. — Tanard Davis was raised in a section of Miami known as The Grove, and watched both his parents abuse drugs before turning their lives around through rehab ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

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

Players, management thrilled with new CFL CBA
In the end, the deal between the Canadian Football League and its Players’ Association accomplished everybody’s main goal — there will be football played this year in the CFL ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Inquiry wraps up into teen's antifreeze death while at Red Deer rehab ...
The family of an Alberta teen say they are shocked to learn about how and why their son died at a private drug and alcohol rehab centre three years ago. A fatality inquiry wrapped ...
Source: Am770chqr.com

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

Drug testing key element in CFL agreement
EDMONTON - Kamau Peterson breathed a sigh of relief after the Canadian Football League announced the details of its new four-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA) on Tuesday ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

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

THN.com Blog: Looking back at the life of Bob Probert
When Jim Devellano drafted Bob Probert in the third round of the 1983 draft, he told everyone that Probert would be to the Detroit Red Wings what Clark Gillies was to the New York ...
Source: The Hockey News

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: Edmonton Sun

Can Lindsay Lohan's career ever be rehabilitated?
Entertainment news on celebrities, music, theatre reviews, television, local TV listings guide, books and contests. Read Edmonton Journal to get current news on entertainment in ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

Gangsters have a new drug of choice
When gangster Dennis Karbovanec walked into a Surrey high-rise in October 2007 and shot three people in the head, he was addicted to the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

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: Edmonton 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: Edmonton Sun

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

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: Edmonton Sun

Officials say gunmen kill 17 at party in Mexico
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico - Gunmen stormed a party in northern Mexico on Sunday and massacred 17 people, authorities said. The assailants arrived at the gathering in the city of ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Police look for link between acreage fire, couple’s disappearance
EDMONTON — Police are attempting to determine whether a fire on an acreage west of Edmonton is connected to the disappearance of Lyle and Marie McCann of the St. Albert. On July ...
Source: The Vancouver 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

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: Edmonton Sun

A society that simply doesn't care enough
A habitue of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, a sometime prostitute and longtime drug abuser, Rebecca Guno disappeared in June 1983. She was named the first potential ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Difference between Pickton victims isn't lives, but deaths: 20 charges ...
The difference between the six women Robert Pickton murdered and the 20 others he was charged with killing isn't their lives. It's their deaths. Only trace DNA evidence and ...
Source: Am770chqr.com

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: Edmonton Sun

Baldwin: 'Lohan has a disease'
Daniel Baldwin is urging the public not to judge Lindsay Lohan too harshly - insisting the troubled star's problems are not her fault because addiction is "a disease". Lohan was ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

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

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, goes to rehab
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Lindsay Lohan has been released from jail, but she's not exactly a free woman. The actress was discharged at 1:35 a.m. Monday after serving 14 days of a 90 ...
Source: Metronews.ca

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: Edmonton 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: Edmonton 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

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

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

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: Edmonton Sun

Kelly Osbourne slams drug claim
Kelly Osbourne has hinted she'll be looking for hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. tabloid over new reports she's back on drugs. The reality TV star's mum Sharon has ...
Source: Edmonton 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

Mystery ruling coming in Lindsay Lohan case
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A court official says the judge handling Lindsay Lohan's criminal case plans to issue an unspecified ruling in the case a day before her attorneys are due in ...
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
Weather Brought to You By The Weather Sponsored By Laptop Depot. Edmonton 14° ... for two years in the 1980s, has long struggled with booze and drug problems, and checked into rehab in ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

'The street life is hard': family of latest homicide victim
He checked into a drug rehab program at Edmonton’s Herb Jamieson Centre Aug. 20. “Niko turns two next month ... I don’t even have a present for him,” wrote Catholique in his ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Judge orders strict outpatient care for Lohan
Vancouver; Calgary; Edmonton; Toronto; Ottawa; Montréal; Halifax ... Lindsay Lohan to undergo a rigorous outpatient rehab ... He also ordered the 24-year-old to submit to random drug ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Mystery ruling coming in Lindsay Lohan case
Edmonton; Toronto; Ottawa; Montréal; Halifax ... spent 14 days in jail and was taken to rehab on Aug. 2 after another judge determined she violated her probation in a 2007 drug ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Eminem: 'Detroit, I'm back'
... his last Comerica Park concert in 2005, and his subsequent trip to rehab for drug abuse ... wanted to come to Detroit and see Eminem," said Taylor Fossey, 24, of Edmonton ...
Source: Detroit News

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 ... Sept. 8, Calgary Sept. 10, Saskatoon Sept. 12, Edmonton Sept ...
Source: AREO FORCE ONE

Judge: ‘Snooki’ a ‘Lohan wannabe’
Edmonton Votes; Travel; Frugal Fridays; Virtual Flyers; Special Sections; Newspaper In Education ... before comparing her to Lohan, who spent two weeks in jail and three weeks in drug rehab ...
Source: Edmonton 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: Edmonton Sun

After hitting rock bottom, Ryan Leaf is mounting a ...
Divorced, he spent time in rehab in British Columbia late ... sees his probation officer in Great Falls and gets drug ... Gallery: Dogapalooza in Edmonton
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Lohan tweets she failed drug test
Weather Brought to You By The Weather Sponsored By Laptop Depot. Edmonton 4° Tomorrow » 11 ... two weeks in jail in August, followed by 22 days of a three-month residential drug rehab ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

After hitting rock bottom, Ryan Leaf is mounting a comeback ...
Divorced, he spent time in rehab in British Columbia late ... sees his probation officer in Great Falls and gets drug ... Gallery: Dogapalooza in Edmonton
Source: The Vancouver Sun

The curious case of Eric Brassard
... in court via closed circuit television from the Edmonton ... "This drug is very hard; you want more and more and more." ... children, but your history with (the courts) and with drugs ...
Source: Leduc Representative

Sheen found drunk, naked in hotel
Edmonton Sun ... Just two months out of rehab, Sheen has been ... Mueller and was sentenced to 30 days in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Official: Sheen in psych care after hotel call
Calgary; Edmonton; Toronto; Ottawa; Montréal; Halifax ... Half Men," has had past problems with alcohol and drugs ... jail time, instead sentenced to 30 days in a rehabilitation ...
Source: Metronews.ca

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 Edmonton.
Source: Edmonton 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

Canadian update to the AF guidelines: Role for dabigatran already ...
... as possible, and that includes taking a position on drugs ... Dr Michelle Graham (University of Edmonton, AB), the chair of ... Ingelheim), recently approved by the US Food and Drug ...
Source: TheHeart.Org

Bob Probert: 'My role was simple: Nothing happens to Stevie'
... the conference finals, we were up against Edmonton. ... I just got a boat and a new car and I've been in rehab ... had been an All-Star, too, despite troubles with drugs ...
Source: Detroit Free Press

'My role was simple: Nothing happens to Stevie'
... the conference finals, we were up against Edmonton. ... I just got a boat and a new car and I've been in rehab ... had been an All-Star, too, despite troubles with drugs ...
Source: Detroit Free Press

Various News: Terry Funk On WWE Classics, Shane Helms Interview ...
Plus Kevin Thorn talks drug abuse in wrestling… - WWE NXT and Smackdown tapes tonight in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. ... I don't know anyone out there who is doing drugs ...
Source: 411mania.com

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 Edmonton. ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Lohan shops on rehab day pass
Lindsay Lohan has been freed from her court-ordered rehab ... to You By The Weather Sponsored By Laptop Depot. Edmonton 9° ... Ford clinic in California after failing two mandatory drug ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Brothers in arms
... mock-Afghan village at CFB Wainwright, east of Edmonton. ... soldier in the safety of his home, and alcohol, drugs ... summer, while Dicks was still in physiotherapy and rehabilitation ...
Source: Toronto Star

Two soldiers' first brush with war
... mock-Afghan village at CFB Wainwright, east of Edmonton. ... soldier in the safety of his home, and alcohol, drugs ... summer, while Dicks was still in physiotherapy and rehabilitation ...
Source: Toronto Star

Judge's rules on rehab for Lindsay Lohan
Edmonton can learn a few lessons from Paris; From shelter to ... Fox, who on Friday ordered the starlet to remain in rehab ... cried after hearing the sentence for failing a recent drug ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Osmond: My son was not gay
Edmonton Sun ... denied reports Michael, who had been in and out of drug rehab ... There were no drugs in his system, but I believe the ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

'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 Edmonton. ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

On a rainy, dark night, bad luck ran a red light
Edmonton Journal; Calgary Herald; Regina Leader-Post ... 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

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 Edmonton.
Source: Edmonton Sun

Noisy Big O advantage for Als: Calvillo
Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide ... Edmonton worker crushed to death; 9. Bodies of missing boy, women found: Police
Source: Toronto Sun

Short film to counter 'Social Network'
Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide ... Edmonton worker crushed to death; 9. Bodies of missing boy, women found: Police
Source: Toronto Sun

2 bodies hung from bridge, man beheaded in Tijuana
On Oct. 24, armed men burst into a Tijuana drug rehab center and killed 13 recovering ... Edmonton news; Saskatchewan news; Manitoba news; Toronto news; Montreal news; New Brunswick news
Source: MSN Canada News

Rapper DMX arrested again
... stop car for speeding, find $180,000 in suspected drug ... Lovato 'doing well' in rehab 'Bruno' 'attack' case dropped ... Edmonton worker crushed to death; 10. Quebec headed for 'deep ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Paltrow offers holiday shopping advice
... stop car for speeding, find $180,000 in suspected drug ... Lovato 'doing well' in rehab 'Bruno' 'attack' case dropped ... Edmonton worker crushed to death; 10. Quebec headed for 'deep ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Navratilova interrupts auction
Edmonton; Canada; World; Undertakers offer coffins for gay market ... stop car for speeding, find $180,000 in suspected drug ... Lovato 'doing well' in rehab 'Bruno' 'attack' case dropped
Source: Edmonton Sun

Cop acquitted of assault on cab driver
Lovato 'doing well' in rehab 'Bruno' 'attack' case dropped ... stop car for speeding, find $180,000 in suspected drug ... Edmonton worker crushed to death; 10. Quebec headed for 'deep ...
Source: Ottawa Sun

Council green lights convent condo plan
Lovato 'doing well' in rehab 'Bruno' 'attack' case dropped ... stop car for speeding, find $180,000 in suspected drug ... Edmonton worker crushed to death; 10. Quebec headed for 'deep ...
Source: Ottawa Sun

Simmons: Send down Bozak
... case in complaining about getting the wrong dressing room and wrong hotel in Edmonton ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Struggling Avs welcome Wild
The Avs were dealt a 3-2 loss in Edmonton on Thursday, one ... Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide ... Bar patron slipped drugs in drink; 2. 'Glee' star engaged?
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
Edmonton Journal; Calgary Herald; Regina Leader-Post ... 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. ... Edmonton Sun
Source: CNEWS

Afghan-Canadian doctor opens Afghanistan’s first heart clinic
Edmonton Journal; Calgary Herald; Regina Leader-Post ... 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
Calgary; Edmonton; Toronto; Ottawa; Montréal; Halifax ... After a long, sometimes painful year of rehabilitation, Kucera ... Hollywood plots get hooked on drugs
Source: Metronews.ca

Toronto terrorist trainer performs rap
"I cannot say his prospects for rehabilitation are good," Dawson ... note about something you've seen on the streets of Edmonton ... Bar patron slipped drugs in drink; 2. 'Glee' star engaged?
Source: Edmonton Sun

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 ... something you've seen on the streets of Edmonton.
Source: Edmonton Sun

Blues hit the road to take on Oilers
Meanwhile, Edmonton will take a three-game winning streak into its six-game homestand ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Sharks shoot for rare road victory in Montreal
San Jose halted a six-game road slide (0-4-2) with a triumph in Edmonton last Saturday ... 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 Edmonton.
Source: Edmonton Sun

CFL subsidies a punt in the face for taxpayers
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public ... James Moore said no to the $1 billion federal request for cash for the Edmonton ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Moose ready for duel with Barons
“It’s been a long rehab and it’s good to be back ... Barons (13-8-1-1) are the primary affiliate of the Edmonton ... Airport drug ring smashed: RCMP; 8. Jolie downplays film ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Universities launch Canada's first military-health ...
Edmonton Journal; Calgary Herald; Regina Leader-Post ... of the Forces and a professor in the school of rehabilitation at ... 'Virtual' rehab on deck for wounded soldiers, others
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

Prosecution argues former Regina woman be given rare status of ...
Edmonton Journal; Calgary Herald; Regina ... 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

Some hot wheels
Rehab series back for a fourth season; Grammy nomination safe bets; L.A. kids get help from ... By: foella | Comments ? Community / Local happenings / Article Drug abuse is no excuse .
Source: North Bay Nugget

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 Edmonton. ... 10. 29 charged in Ont. drug lab bust; Lotteries; Comics
Source: Edmonton Sun

Oilers are finding ways to win
How many times in the past few years have the Edmonton Oilers walked off the ice after a ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Omark's spin-o-rama causing a stir
... young Omark, who became an overwhelming fan favourite in this quirky season as Edmonton ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Looking for Avatar in 3D? Look to Panasonic
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public benefit by ... I saw Sony’s at the Honda Indy Edmonton race last summer, and Panasonic ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Lighter side with Cam Hutchinson
Edmonton Journal; Calgary Herald; Regina Leader-Post ... 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 bong tape an Internet hit
Edmonton Journal; Calgary Herald; Regina Leader-Post ... According to a 2007 U.S. survey on drug use and health ... Examples included whether she might attend rehab, or be ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Miley Cyrus filmed smoking a bong
Edmonton Sun ... According to a 2007 U.S. survey on drug use and health ... Examples included whether she might attend rehab, or be ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

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

Acting health boss fights back
Edmonton will score $67 million. Zwoz says Albertans want ... Booth St. shooting death gallery; Cute panda rehab ... Pfizer recalls lung drug after two deaths; Rolaids recall ...
Source: Calgary Sun

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

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: Edmonton Sun

Sheen's mom blasts Mueller
Sheen has been a regular headline-grabber over the last few months with his bizarre antics, including hospitalizations, rehab and a public feud with TV bosses which eventually cost him his job on the hit sitcom. His mother Janet, who has been married to ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

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

Lohan's dad arrested
Michael Lohan has had several run-ins with the law and spent time in prison. He is due to appear in the upcoming season of TV reality show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew getting treatment for anger management.
Source: The Vancouver Sun

No opposition support for budget — election in the cards?
A $3,000 tax credit for volunteer firefighters and cutting red tape at the international border to make it easier for businesses to move goods and services in and out of the country will benefit Niagara, says Niagara Falls MP Rob Nicholson. "I have as many ...
Source: Niagara Review

Elizabeth Taylor lived glorious spectacle
A diva, she made a spectacle of her private life — eight marriages, ravenous appetites for drugs, booze and food ... a brain tumour and congestive heart failure in her 60s and 70s, and from drug and alcohol abuse, including a 35-year addiction to ...
Source: MSN Canada News

More than just another funny face: Jackass star born with “hunger for attention”
That self abuse continued too, when the cameras weren’t rolling, party boy Steve-O becoming notorious for his drug and alcohol intake ... joined radical animal rights group PETA in Edmonton, protesting at the Valley Zoo over the fate of Lucy the elephant.
Source: Windsor Star

Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal decisions ‘patently unreasonable’: judge
Instead, he received a $12,433 lump sum payment after rehab for his injuries, which included a protruded disc, causing chronic pain. The amount reflected a pension award equal to 2.5 per cent of total disability. The second decision, a reconsideration ...
Source: The Vancouver 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

Sheen kicks off 'Torpedo of Truth' tour in Detroit
But in recent years, the actor has increasingly made headlines for his drug use, failed marriages, custody disputes and run-ins with the police. The wayward star's behaviour finally became too much for Warner Bros. Television, which booted him from "Two ...
Source: MSN Canada News

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

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: Edmonton 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

Lawyer seeks Mozambican's removal from drug list
JOHANNESBURG - A prominent Mozambican wants American investigators to come to his southern African country so he can prove to them he should not be on a U.S. list of drug kingpins ... point to move heroin and other drugs mostly from south Asia into ...
Source: MSN Canada News

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

Britney Spears bounces back with new album (video)
There is little doubt her fans will ensure brisk sales -- Spears has sold nearly 70 million albums, according to label Jive Record -- and her music is making headlines again instead of personal meltdowns, a custody battle and rehab stints. Spears kicked ...
Source: Windsor Star

Sheen booed off stage in NYC
During the show, Sheen received boos from the audience after declaring he had quit drugs. The actor went on to fuel his public war of words with Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre by daring the TV boss to join him onstage at the venue on Sunday.
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Driver fights ban after fatal crash
Muthoka's vehicle tore through the intersection, striking Halcrow and Ross. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene. Drugs or alcohol were not factors in the collision. Muthoka was not talking on her cellphone or otherwise distracted prior to the collision.
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 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: MSN Canada News

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

Management of Acute Pain After Hip Fracture
Abou-Setta, MD, and colleagues, with the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada, report their findings ... 11), multimodal pain management (n = 2), neurostimulation (n = 2), rehabilitation (n = 1), and complementary and alternative medicine (n ...
Source: Medscape News

Lindsay Lohan’s monitor goes haywire
Edmonton Oilers center Gilbert Brule stopped his car this week ... Amy Winehouse is all better now. A week in rehab is all it took and now she's "raring to go," said her spokesman Chris Goodman. If you believe that, there's this bridge we'd like to sell.
Source: msnbc.com

Ex-Flame shines light on substance abuse
He paid his first visit to rehab ... t drink or do 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 ...
Source: Windsor Star

On the health-care horizon
Integrated care will become key, creating a need for new disciplines such as geriatric rehabilitation aides with skill sets ... workers — through programs like Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, which offers a distance certificate program in Post ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Former Tiger-Cats shocked by drug charges against Jordan Matechuk
“I just wish guys were smarter and not think they can get away with stuff like that,’’ said Hudson, who has played with the Edmonton Eskimos ... “We weren’t going to pass any drug testing if there wasn’t rehabilitation,’’ Hudson said.
Source: Regina Leader-Post

Myhres wants to give back to NHL by fighting substance abuse
“A lot of it goes under the radar,” he said during a telephone interview from his home in Edmonton. “A lot of people really ... be very little attention paid to guys who die because of drug and alcohol abuse. You give an 18- or 19-year-old kid ...
Source: Faceoff

Alberta girl who killed her family deemed 'low risk' and ready to re-enter society
She is showing a high level of progress and co-operation in her intensive rehabilitation, said Justice Scott Brooker ... at the Calgary Young Offenders Centre — she spent time an Edmonton's psychiatric facility undergoing intensive rehabilitative ...
Source: Calgary Herald

'I live this life in pain'
Sometimes, when the pain drugs don't reach her, Lous Heshusius lies on the floor ... Judy Kohut's pain starts in the middle of her back, and then snakes up, into her neck and head. The Edmonton woman has spinal stenosis, scoliosis, fibromyalgia and nerve ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Ex-NHLer wants to rid hockey of fighting
Minnesota Wild's Derek Boogaard (R) and Edmonton Oilers' Steve MacIntyre fight during the ... went out of his way to numb with alcohol and drugs. "We were all living the dream of being one step away from the NHL--and one step away from dying," recalled ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Ex-enforcer wants to rid hockey of fighting
"I fought my way into the NHL," the 40-year-old Edmonton native said matter-of- factly of a 115 ... into depression and the drug abuse of "self-medicating" to ease the pain of being pummeled and the threat of being pummelled again. "We needed to numb ...
Source: Canoe

Gangs starting to 'infect' women's prisons
EDMONTON — Jojo Vivian's got the game ... "The presence of gangs and drugs in correctional institutions means offenders are not safe to focus on their rehabilitation," says the federal report on managing gangs and drugs in prison. "It also makes the ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Recovering from broken neck, former Denver hockey player Jesse Martin returns to ice
Part II: Jesse's return to Denver and Craig Hospital, and the early days of his rehabilitation. Today: Martin's graduation from DU, his return to Edmonton ... "It will be nowhere near the rehab of the first (hip) surgery," Jesse said.
Source: Denver Post

Victimized by the system?
In a system that purports to focus on rehabilitation, should these women be treated as ... the soft-spoken prisoner says she has been virtually cut off from other inmates at the Edmonton Institution for Women, stuck in a segregation cell for up to 21 ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Barriers on the road to redemption
SYSTEM REFORM IN 2000 If Canada's prison system for women is supposed to represent rehabilitation ... High on drugs and drink, Bruyere stabbed a client to death and was convicted of second-degree murder in 1992. The Edmonton prison represents a number ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Smoking bans backfiring at some hospitals: Study
The study is based on the "lived experiences" of 186 patients, staff and "key informants" — including housekeepers, security guards and grounds keepers — at two hospitals: the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton and Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre.
Source: Calgary Herald

'Smart' suite laced with monitors could help seniors live better
EDMONTON — Edmonton researchers have tracked the daily ... From June to October, six seniors preparing to go home after rehabilitation for conditions such as stroke, fractured hips and Alzheimer's agreed to live in a model self-contained independent ...
Source: Calgary Herald

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