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

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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: Calgary Sun

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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