home

News

Addict given jail time for knife attack
WINNIPEG -- Just a few years ago, Jaspal Bal was a Winnipeg university student majoring in psychology, surrounded by a strong network of family and friends, and he seemed destined ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Wilco to tour Canada
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 Games to ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Murder after murder
Every time Roxanne Morrisseau looks out the window of her 18th floor office in Gatineau, Que., she f... - Local News - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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: Winnipeg Sun

Psychiatrist says Anna Nicole was 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: Winnipeg Sun

City hall should be secure
Council Speaker Harry Lazarenko says he ordered immediate security improvements after a man walked i... - Editorials - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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: Winnipeg 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: Winnipeg 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: Winnipeg 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

Review: Will Self's 'Psycho Too' is a good yarn spun out over a long ...
"Psycho Too" by Will Self begins with a mini-epic journey from the home of writer J.G. Ballard in England to a sinking archipelago of sand called "The World" off the coast of Dubai ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Officials say Redmond O'Neal jailed on drug-related probation ...
LOS ANGELES - Officials say Redmond O'Neal is back in jail after a drug-related probation violation.... - Breaking News - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Del Bosco high on life, ski cross and Canada
VANCOUVER -- 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 ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Letters: Feb. 14
Medical officials are fearful of the isotope shortage. The Chalk River facility has been idle for many months. And now, the Dutch reactor is shutting down. So what does our ...
Source: Winnipeg 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

Doherty fled destructive California dreamin'
TORONTO -- There was no California dreamin' for the family of the late Halifax singer Denny Doherty,... - Breaking News - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Mexican president vows that besieged border city will 'again become a ...
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - President Felipe Calderon promised federal investigations into all complaints of extortion and kidnapping in a Mexican border city overwhelmed by drug gang ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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

Attorney: Child services officials made routine visit to Charlie Sheen ...
LOS ANGELES - Child services workers checked on the children of Charlie and Brooke Sheen over the we... - Breaking News - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

LiLo comes clean about drug abuse
By now, everyone in the western world knows far, far more about Lindsay Lohan's private life than th... - Movies - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

The Ill That Ails Us: In Jorgenson’s Own Words
Got this last night from Daren Jorgenson, the Internet pharmacist and Four Rivers Medical Clinic fou... - Under the Dome - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Feds wants to talk to Beltran about Cdn accused of selling unapproved ...
PORT ST LUCIE, Fla. - Mets centre fielder Carlos Beltran talked to federal investigators last week about a Canadian doctor accused of selling an unapproved drug and said he ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Lost Boys' teen star struggled with drugs
TORONTO -- In the 1980s, Corey Haim became a teen pin-up favourite, a baby-faced idol with an infect... - Movies - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

'Lost Boys' star Haim remembered as bright 'firecracker ...
TORONTO - In the 1980s, Corey Haim became a teen pin-up favourite, a baby-faced idol with an infecti... - Breaking News - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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: Winnipeg 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: Winnipeg Sun

Nearly 600 drug addicts escape from rehabilitation centre in northern ...
HANOI, Vietnam - Nearly 600 inmates in a Vietnamese drug rehabilitation camp overpowered security gu... - World Breaking News - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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 quietl... - Breaking News - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Country singer Mindy McCready hospitalized in Florida; reason unknown
CAPE CORAL, Fla. - Country singer Mindy McCready is in good condition in the emergency department of... - Breaking News - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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: Winnipeg Sun

Lindsay Lohan Ankle Bracelet Designed to Monitor Alcohol Consumption
too pleased when Lohan blew off a court-ordered appearance in order to attend the Cannes Film Festival. As a result, Lohan is being compelled to wear an alcohol-monitoring ankle ...
Source: Associated Content

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: Calgary Herald

Well-known ex-priest charged with sexually molesting 12 ...
ROME - A politically connected former priest has been indicted on charges he sexually molested 12 young men and boys who were being treated at the drug rehabilitation centre he ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

TV actor kidnapped, forced to smoke drugs
IN the most bizarre celebrity news story we've heard in months, former Party of Five star Jeremy Lon... - TV - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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 death of yet another singer of norteno music killed by ...
MEXICO CITY - Norteno singer Sergio Vega was shot dead in a northern state that has produced many of Mexico's most notorious drug kingpins, joining a recent string of murdered ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

LiLo's lawyer quits, says sentence 'unfair'
LOS ANGELES -- Lindsay Lohan will be going to jail without one of her biggest advocates -- her attor... - Movies - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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: Winnipeg Sun

Lohan's future is on hold as she does 90 days in jail, then ...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Lindsay Lohan's future includes a new fashion line, two new movies, some tim... - Breaking News - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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: Winnipeg 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: Winnipeg Sun

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: Winnipeg Sun

Officials: Gunmen open fire at party of young people in northern ...
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico - Gunmen stormed a party in northern Mexico on Sunday and massacred 17 people... - World Breaking News - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Media frenzy, confetti greet Lohan's surrender; judge orders cameras ...
LYNWOOD, Calif. - Actress Lindsay Lohan began serving jail time Tuesday for a probation violation that underlined the starlet's inability to put a 2006 drug case behind her ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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: Winnipeg Sun

Dave Mustaine of Megadeth pens autobiography: tale of booze, drugs ...
TORONTO - On the cover of "Mustaine," a new autobiography from the frontman of metal band Megadeth, a more youthful, almost-cherub version of Dave Mustaine stares impassively at ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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 k... - Breaking News - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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: Winnipeg 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: Winnipeg 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

Lindsay Lohan released from Calif. jail after 14 days of 90-day ...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Lindsay Lohan has been released from jail, but she's not exactly a free woman.... - Breaking News - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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: Winnipeg Sun

Attorneys in Lindsay Lohan case meet with new judge, set court date
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Attorneys handling Lindsay Lohan's criminal case met in closed session Wedne... - World Breaking News - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Slash helps ex-Gunner get off drugs
In 1978, a Hollywood kid named Saul Hudson saw a skateboarding schoolmate wipe out and he stopped to lend a hand. Little did they know that 32 years after that fateful meeting ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

The Scene Lohan's mom tells Today daughter moving to NYC
NEW YORK -- Lindsay Lohan's mom says the actress will be moving from California and back to New York after she gets out of drug rehabilitation. Dina Lohan, during an often tense ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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: Winnipeg 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: Winnipeg Sun

One-stop care for disabled kids
The frustration of zipping from one appointment to another will soon be over for hundreds of parents... - Latest News - Winnipeg Free Press.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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

Point Douglas rehab clinic confirmed
An addictions treatment centre planned for Winnipeg's Point ... in a neighbourhood already dogged by high levels of drug ... Internal Links Meeting will decide rehab clinic's fate
Source: CBC Olympics

Nielsen to pen autobiography
Weather sponsored by Manitoba Lotteries. Winnipeg 13° Tomorrow » 16°/4° Change ... for two years in the 1980s, has long struggled with booze and drug problems, and checked into rehab in ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Kelly Osbourne slams drug claim
Weather sponsored by Manitoba Lotteries. Winnipeg 22° Tomorrow » 27°/11° Change ... After hearing about the piece on Tuesday, Osbourne, who checked into rehab to control her past drug ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

One-stop care for disabled kids
Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION. One-stop care for disabled kids New rehab centre to bring services together ... child development clinic for alcohol and drug-exposed ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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’
Winnipeg Votes 2010; Winnipeg; Manitoba; Canada; World; Weird; PSA; SUN Radio; Crimestoppers ... before comparing her to Lohan, who spent two weeks in jail and three weeks in drug rehab ...
Source: Winnipeg 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: Winnipeg Sun

Lohan tweets she failed drug test
Weather sponsored by Manitoba Lotteries. Winnipeg 4° Tomorrow » 12°/2° Change city ... two weeks in jail in August, followed by 22 days of a three-month residential drug rehab ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Lindsay Lohan confirms she failed court-ordered ...
The failed drug test was first reported by TMZ.com. ... to three months in jail followed by three months in rehab ... The Winnipeg Free Press does not necessarily endorse any of ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Hamilton gave up coke for ginger ale
The alcohol and drugs that were so much a part of his life ... But after serving several suspensions for positive drug ... Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition October ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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

Official: Actor Charlie Sheen in psychiatric care after NYC police ...
Winnipeg Free Press > Latest News > ... Men," who has had problems with alcohol and drugs in ... jail time and he was sentenced to 30 days in a rehabilitation ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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 Winnipeg.
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Charlie Sheen released from New York hospital
... assaulting his third wife Brooke Mueller and was sentenced to 30 days in drug and alcohol rehab ... WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Saskatchewan's securities regulator will hear BHP ...
Source: Reuters India

Dallaire exposes use of child soldiers
... deals with recruitment methods, such as starvation, drugs ... Dallaire first spoke publicly about child soldiers in Winnipeg ... Study: Alcohol is the most lethal drug, outranking heroin ...
Source: Winnipeg 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 Winnipeg. ...
Source: Winnipeg 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 Winnipeg.
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Brothers in arms
... to his family, and it shattered me,” says the Winnipeg ... 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
... to his family, and it shattered me,” says the Winnipeg ... soldier in the safety of his home, and alcohol, drugs ... summer, while Dicks was still in physiotherapy and rehabilitation ...
Source: Toronto Star

Osmond: My son was not gay
Winnipeg 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: Winnipeg 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 Winnipeg. ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

SAfrican cricketer Herschelle Gibbs defends controversial book as ...
... autobiography at i... - Other Sports - Winnipeg Free Press. ... Monday, calling the description of drinking, drugs and ... Gibbs' battle with alcohol and a stint in rehabilitation, his ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

On a rainy, dark night, bad luck ran a red light
Global Winnipeg; Global Toronto; Global Montreal; Global Maritimes ... 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 Winnipeg.
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Colton Orr's father more than just a hockey dad
Doug played basketball for the semi-pro St. Andrews Super Saints in Winnipeg. ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

GM crops
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public benefit by ... consultant and former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg
Source: Canada Free Press

Esks interested in Bomber coach
This past season Reed’s defence in Winnipeg allowed the second-fewest yards (344.6 per ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Raj Sherman, Tory MLA and physician, assails ailing medical system
Global Winnipeg; Global Toronto; Global Montreal; Global Maritimes ... homes, hiring more family doctors and enhancing rehabilitation ... and special reports about diseases, conditions, drugs ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Paltrow pokes fun at Lohan
Winnipeg Sun ... then asked, "How many times has Lindsay Lohan been to rehab ... at the Betty Ford Clinic after failing two mandatory drug ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Does Turkey Trump Treatment for Demi Lovato?
Global Winnipeg. Global Ontario. Global Quebec. Global Maritimes ... is reportedly hoping to get sprung from her Chicago rehab ... Rep: Demi Lovato Does Not Have a Drug Problem; Was Demi ...
Source: Dose.ca

When to retire the trends: from skinny jeans to square toes
Global Winnipeg; Global Toronto; Global Montreal; Global Maritimes ... boots won't qualify as retro - and thus worthy of rehabilitation ... Prescription drugs may not be as safe as you think
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Sarnia man makes final 10
Jorge de Guzman's dream to establish a rehabilitation centre for ... "I want to establish rehab centres in different parts of ... Pair arrested in drug bust; Forest teens caught pilfering ...
Source: The Observer

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 Winnipeg; Global Toronto; Global Montreal; Global Maritimes ... 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. ... Winnipeg Sun
Source: CNEWS

Esks unhappy locker-room hosts
“But, at some point, Winnipeg’s building a new stadium and Hamilton is potentially ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Second shot for ex-Bombers
The photo is the championship that was taken away from Goodspeed and the Winnipeg Blue ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Afghan-Canadian doctor opens Afghanistan’s first heart clinic
... by hospitals in Toronto, Windsor and Winnipeg and brought to Afghanistan by Naebkhill himself. ... To find out more about a drug or condition ...
Source: Calgary Herald

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 Winnipeg ... Bar patron slipped drugs in drink; 2. 'Glee' star engaged?
Source: Winnipeg Sun

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

Missing women probe spent $124 million bringing Pickton to justice
Lindsay Lohan Let Out of Rehab for a Turkey Binge ... Global Winnipeg. Global Ontario. Global Quebec. Global Maritimes ... 16,635 on Andy Bellwood for services including drug rehabilitation ...
Source: Dose.ca

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 Winnipeg.
Source: Winnipeg Sun

RM's reeve discounts prejudice in decision
"The same kind of battle was fought in the City of Winnipeg in the late '80s." ... here of ND turning around and changing this home into a full-scale rehab centre for ex-con drug ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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 Winnipeg.
Source: Winnipeg Sun

The Jets still matter
Drudging up tattered memories of the Winnipeg Jets just didn’t interest me any more ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Universities launch Canada's first military-health ...
Global Winnipeg; Global Toronto; Global Montreal; Global Maritimes ... of the Forces and a professor in the school of rehabilitation at ... 'Virtual' rehab on deck for wounded soldiers, others
Source: Calgary Herald

Russ set to rock the mic
Winnipeg's Ray Turnbull said farewell to the curling commentary booth in April after 25 ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

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

Another Climate Change Scare Is On Thin Ice
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public benefit by ... consultant and former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg
Source: Canada Free Press

Prosecution argues former Regina woman be given rare status of ...
Global Winnipeg; Global Toronto; Global Montreal; Global Maritimes; Food ... life that included self-harm, gang involvement and drug and alcohol abuse. She watched her parents shoot drugs ...
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 Winnipeg. ... 10. 29 charged in Ont. drug lab bust; Lotteries; Comics
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Simmons: Swap Burke for Alex
Then you’d see the inept Phoenix Coyotes back in Winnipeg, where they belong. ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Do you believe in magic … climate numbers?
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public ... significant 20-year “warming” bias, notes former University of Winnipeg ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Lighter side with Cam Hutchinson
Global Winnipeg; Global Toronto; Global Montreal; Global ... 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
Global Winnipeg; Global Toronto; Global Montreal; Global ... According to a 2007 U.S. survey on drug use and health ... Examples included whether she might attend rehab, or be ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Woman raising funds to be with dad hurt in Panama
Winnipeg North Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux is accepting cash ... Booth St. shooting death gallery; Cute panda rehab ... 29 charged in Ont. drug lab bust; Bernard Madoffs elder son ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Eskimos' gain is Bombers' loss
Paul LaPolice’s plan was to have Kavis Reed spend two or three years in Winnipeg, have ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

A danger to themselves and others
Global Winnipeg; Global Toronto; Global Montreal ... especially when it comes to drug and alcohol detoxication and rehabilitation. ... There need to be more detox and rehab ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Taxpayers Fundraise, Bureaucrats Don’t
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public ... employee blow the whistle today on a “rooftop oasis” at the Winnipeg ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Lindsay Lohan in talks for 'Dancing with the Stars'
Toronto; Winnipeg; All CTV Stations ... scheduled to remain in the Betty Ford rehabilitation centre until January 3 2011 after failing two court-ordered drugs tests ...
Source: CTV

Browne: Songs for everyman (& woman)
Far from it, in fact; Jackson Browne’s marathon Winnipeg performance on Saturday was nothing ... the acoustic blues Cocaine (recast with wistful anti-drug lyrics Browned dubbed “the rehab verses”); the infectious Load-Out / Stay medley (with the ...
Source: Winnipeg 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

Lohan, rehab worker heard screaming, hurling accusations in 911 call from Betty Ford Center
Lohan was nearing the end of a three-month court-ordered rehab stint at the centre 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: Winnipeg 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

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

Lohan 'not drinking' in pics
The photographs have led to speculation the actress, who endured several stints in rehab last year, had been boozing - but Lohan is adamant she has given up drink and was completely sober when the photos were taken. She tells TMZ.com, "I was not drinking ...
Source: Ottawa Sun

Pioneer in addictions field steps down after 47 years
There's been a sea change in the treatment of alcohol and drug abuse since Allan was hired as secretary ... and convinced the AFM to open a residential addiction facility in Winnipeg. It would be the first of its kind in Canada. In fact, before 1972 ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Duke of York shooter sentenced to life
“Weese disregards court orders and has shown no possibility of rehabilitation. He is a dangerous person who must be separated from society.” Weese finished his prison term and then made his living selling drugs, Benotto said. Zaveda’s heartbroken mom ...
Source: Toronto Sun

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

Ex-Miss Toronto Tourism's gun charges dropped
TORONTO - A former Miss Toronto Tourism had weapons and drug charges dropped Friday as the prosecution ... who had just finished a three-year sentence for guns and drugs, and Jamar Francis, 22, had their charges dropped after the preliminary hearing ...
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

Tories, Libs promise health cash as platforms get multibillion-dollar makeovers
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The release of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's election platform Friday proved the old maxim that, in an election campaign, everything can change in a day. In this case it was the Conservatives' fiscal blueprint that underwent a pair of ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Tories vow to kill deficit a year early, then offer income splitting for couples
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiled a $6.6-billion campaign platform today that promises big income-splitting tax relief for couples — once the government balances the budget. The "Here for Canada" plan pledges to eliminate the ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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

Man convicted of covering up death
A former professional hockey player from Winnipeg is facing up to 25 years in an American ... Moore defied the medical odds and was able to resume playing hockey after extensive rehabilitation -his therapist at the time was Sirpa Selanne, who is married ...
Source: Regina Leader-Post

Nursing changes with the times
She worked at Grace Hospital in Winnipeg and later in Northern Canada where she did ... much sicker before they came to the hospital because there were fewer effective drugs and less technology for them. An average stay in hospital after cardiac surgery ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Former Tiger-Cats shocked by drug charges against Jordan Matechuk
“We weren’t going to pass any drug testing if there wasn’t rehabilitation,’’ Hudson said ... Matechuk made the leap to the CFL after playing with the PFC’s Winnipeg Rifles. Hudson, who had been with the Tiger-Cats since 2006, joined the ...
Source: Regina Leader-Post

The scoop: Host went too far in Sean Paul interview
Paul declined, saying he's quit smoking, and Van Es pretended to offer him a joint, saying, "I'm gonna make Sean Paul get back into rehab." Paul responded by talking about the ways in which he cooks with marijuana. Van Es asked if he used the drug in ...
Source: Arizona Daily Star

Arrows, slingshots, dead birds deliver drugs
Smugglers continue to find novel ways to get drugs to Canada's federal inmates ... 11 kilometres north of Winnipeg, said earlier this month they are grappling with an increasing number of drug packages being tossed in over the fence.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Prozac Turned Teen into Murderer--Judge Agrees with Testimony of Psychiatrist Peter Breggin MD
PRLog (Press Release) - Sep 30, 2011 - The headline from the Winnipeg Free Press in Canada tells the story ... the characteristics of a perpetrator of violence. The prospects for rehabilitation are good." This was the first criminal case in North America ...
Source: PRLog (free press release)

Sly Stone: Homeless in L.A. is only part of the funk icon's story
Drug problems were nothing new for Sly, who told the Post a story from 1974 about blowing $2,500 — money meant to buy Christmas gifts for his son — on drugs before he got ... 1961 -- 50 years ago: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet of Canada will ...
Source: Quad Cities Onlines

Seven months served for killing enough: teen
A Winnipeg teen claims seven months of time spent in custody ... saying the Youth Criminal Justice Act requires rehabilitation be the primary goal and putting her client behind bars will not accomplish that. But Crown attorney Jocelyn Ritchot ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Children of a lesser god
To a lesser degree, we also have our share of this horror in insurgencies in the North-East, the Naxalite movement and, of course, in countless cases of organized crime ranging from drug dealing ... War-Affected Children in Winnipeg, Canada, in September ...
Source: Livemint.com

Teen says time served enough for killing
A Winnipeg teen claims seven months of time already spent ... saying the Youth Criminal Justice Act requires rehabilitation be the primary goal and putting her client behind bars will not accomplish that. But Crown attorney Jocelyn Ritchot ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Gangs starting to 'infect' women's prisons
And it's gang-orientated for sure," says Winnipeg police Const ... "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.
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 ... he likely would have signed with the NHL's Winnipeg Jets — the relocated Atlanta Thrashers, who drafted him in 2006 — and be battling ...
Source: Denver Post

Victimized by the system?
In a system that purports to focus on rehabilitation, should these women be treated as ... Born in Manitoba, Acoby grew up in Winnipeg and the small prairie city of Brandon, with two siblings and the woman she thought was her mother. But she became angry ...
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 and change ... "a night gone bad" when she was a 20-year-old prostitute in Winnipeg. High on drugs and drink, Bruyere stabbed a client to death and was ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Don Cherry: The Court Jester and His Foul Mouth
It was subsequently revealed that after a stint in a rehab ... to do with drugs or alcohol, but that he had suffered from depression dating back to his junior days with the Regina Pats. Loved for his perseverance and charisma in Regina, Winnipeg, and ...
Source: Bleacherreport.com

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

Cleveland police say couple gave 2-year-old daughter to neighbour saying they were off to rehab
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: Winnipeg Free Press

Mother of murdered Winnipeg girl asks Parliament to focus on crime's social causes
OTTAWA — The mother of a 13-year-old Winnipeg girl, who was abducted and murdered 27 years ... Among its provisions are mandatory minimum sentences for certain violent and drug crimes, amendments to the Youth Criminal Justice Act to treat more repeat ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Judge Sentences Teenager in Prozac Murder Case Based on Expert Peter Breggin M.D.'s …
The case involved a Winnipeg, Canada teenage high school student with no ... the judge found , "He has none of the characteristics of a perpetrator of violence. The prospects for rehabilitation are good." In his report and testimony, Dr. Breggin found ...
Source: YAHOO!

Judge Agrees Prozac Made Teen A Killer
The headline from the Winnipeg Free Press in Canada tells the story ... "He has none of the characteristics of a perpetrator of violence. The prospects for rehabilitation are good." This appears to be the first criminal case in North America where ...
Source: Huffingtonpost.com

The hug-a-thug crowd
It was a rag-tag assortment of prisoners’ rights advocates, the anti-Harper lobby and a few anarchists from the nearby Occupy Winnipeg trespass camp ... That basically means tackling poverty and drug use, and providing better education opportunities ...
Source: Brandon Sun

Amy Winehouse died with lethal amount of alcohol in her blood, empty vodka bottles in her room
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 ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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: The Vancouver Sun

NBA Capsules: Sides eager to get deal in next few days
Meruelo's agreement to buy the Hawks was announced after the ownership group headed by Levenson and Gearon sold the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers to a group that moved the team to Winnipeg ... later agreed to enter a drug rehabilitation program.
Source: Brownsville Herald

DRUG REHAB WINNIPEG

News