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Judge: ‘Snooki’ a ‘Lohan wannabe’
Ottawa and Region; Canada; World; Weird; Columnists; Your Scoop; Sports. Hockey; Baseball ... before comparing her to Lohan, who spent two weeks in jail and three weeks in drug rehab ...
Source: Ottawa 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: Ottawa Sun

The wrestlers haunting Linda McMahon
The WWE said it paid to send Vachon to rehab last year ... should have been stopped," said Tim Baines in the Ottawa ... Rapper T.I., wife arrested on drug charges (AP)
Source: The Week Magazine

Lohan tweets she failed drug test
417 Suzuki. Ottawa 9° Tomorrow » 19°/7° Change city ... two weeks in jail in August, followed by 22 days of a three-month residential drug rehab ...
Source: Ottawa Sun

SOAPBOX: What else could churches do?
... actually graduating, fewer teenage pregnancies, less drug ... Church of the Open Bible has a "Straight Road" rehab program ... SOCCER ROUNDUP: Strong second half not enough for Ottawa ...
Source: Ottawa Times

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

Official: Sheen in psych care after hotel call
US state: Execution drug came from Great Britain ... Half Men," has had past problems with alcohol and drugs ... jail time, instead sentenced to 30 days in a rehabilitation centre ...
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 Ottawa.
Source: Ottawa Sun

Lohan back in rehab till after New Year's
Ottawa; Montreal; NB; PEI; NS; NL; North ... star, but Fox opted for rehabilitation after reviewing filings by probation and rehab ... weeks of her release from rehab, Lohan failed a drug ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Lohan's dad: 'I was attacked'
Ottawa 2° Tomorrow » 9°/-1° Change city ... hours after Lohan's famous daughter was released from rehab ... her sent back to jail for failing two court-ordered drug ...
Source: Ottawa Sun

Canadian drug-smuggler takes feds to court over right to come home
OTTAWA — A Canadian woman who smuggled drugs into Japan has taken the government to court over its refusal to bring her back home so she can be with her toddler ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Seven killed in capital amid wave of Mexico attacks
... week, including 15 recovering drug addicts at a car wash, 13 addicts gunned down at a rehabilitation ... from the US-headquartered Eagle Ottawa ... criminal gangs, which deal in drugs ...
Source: Sri Lanka Sunday Times

Mexico faces week of rampant deadly violence
The workers were leaving Eagle Ottawa, a company based in Auburn Hills, Mich., that ... city of Ciudad Juarez, and 13 recovering addicts were killed in an attack on a drug rehab ...
Source: msnbc.com

4 killed leaving Mexican border factory; 7 in capital
The workers were leaving Eagle Ottawa, a company based in Auburn Hills, Mich ... of Ciudad Juarez, and 13 recovering addicts were killed in an attack on a drug rehab ...
Source: msnbc.com

5 women killed in Mexico near border; 7 men in capital
The workers were leaving Eagle Ottawa, a U.S.-based company that makes leather for ... of Ciudad Juarez, and 13 recovering addicts were killed in an attack on a drug rehab ...
Source: msnbc.com

A soldier’s fight to fight
OTTAWA—Cpl. Billy Kerr has a burning sensation in his ... powerful 175-milligram patches of fentanyl — a drug ... She claims expenses for trips to rehab in Ottawa and for housing ...
Source: Hamilton Spectator

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 Ottawa.
Source: Ottawa Sun

Prison watchdog warns of crowding, violence
OTTAWA - Canada's packed, crumbling jails — rife with ... "Given the high rates of mental illness, drug addiction ... it wants to make offenders more accountable, eliminate drugs ...
Source: MSN Canada News

Prison ombudsman warns of crowding, violence
OTTAWA — Canada's packed, crumbling jails -- rife with ... "Given the high rates of mental illness, drug addiction ... it wants to make offenders more accountable, eliminate drugs ...
Source: CTV

Brothers in arms
... tell the same story as their military masters in Ottawa ... 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
... tell the same story as their military masters in Ottawa ... soldier in the safety of his home, and alcohol, drugs ... summer, while Dicks was still in physiotherapy and rehabilitation ...
Source: Toronto Star

Aussie rocker commits suicide
The rocker spent years battling drug and alcohol abuse and ... Drinking and the 2007 sequel I Am the Voice Left From Rehab. ... note about something you've seen on the streets of Ottawa.
Source: Ottawa Sun

Man killed in Mexico had criminal record
An Ottawa-area man whose remains were found the trunk of a ... of recycled materials as part of a prison inmate rehabilitation ... he faced at least 45 charges, including a number of drug ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Official: NYPD called to Charlie Sheen's hotel
Calgary; Edmonton; Toronto; Ottawa; Montréal; Halifax ... Half Men," who has had problems with alcohol and drugs ... jail time and he was sentenced to 30 days in a rehabilitation ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Osmond: My son was not gay
Ottawa 5° Tomorrow » 9°/-1° Change city ... denied reports Michael, who had been in and out of drug rehab ... There were no drugs in his system, but I believe the ...
Source: Ottawa 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. ... you've seen on the streets of Ottawa
Source: Ottawa Sun

Foreign-held prisoners opt for court battles in bids to serve time ...
OTTAWA — Canadian offenders serving time in prisons ... behind the treaty is that it promotes inmate rehabilitation ... serving terms of six to 10 years for dealing drugs.
Source: The Vancouver Sun

A soldier’s fight to fight
... powerful 175-milligram patches of fentanyl — a drug ... She claims expenses for trips to rehab in Ottawa and for housing ... has an impromptu meeting with Bill Kerr at the rehabilitation ...
Source: Toronto Star

On a rainy, dark night, bad luck ran a red light
Ottawa Citizen; The Gazette (Montreal) DOSE; Postmedia Community ... 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
... have a 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 Ottawa.
Source: Ottawa Sun

Addiction 'very challenging problem'
The variety of drugs that pop up in the mainstream from ... * 1981 -- AFM's youth rehab program opened. The AFM was on of ... Ottawa and Manitoba loaned $14 million to Hecla resort now ...
Source: Brandon Sun

Do we have the right to consume food of our choosing?
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public ... Tuesday November 23, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Mark Tijssen will be back in an Ottawa ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Blues batter Sens
Ottawa coach Cory Clouston wasn’t happy with the letdown, saying the Senators aren’t ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Burns got into a fight he couldn't win
... which was still open for a couple of hours after last call across the river in Ottawa ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Paltrow offers holiday shopping advice
Ottawa Sun ... stop car for speeding, find $180,000 in suspected drug money ... Lovato 'doing well' in rehab 'Bruno' 'attack' case dropped
Source: Ottawa Sun

Deal Inked on Lower Churchill Development
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public ... In addition a native land claims treaty in Labrador must be ratified by Ottawa ...
Source: Canada Free Press

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

Canadian freed after Nigeria kidnapping
Ottawa; Montreal; NB; PEI; NS; NL; North; Politics; Health; Arts ... Drugs-for-sex MD wins full parole A St. John's doctor ... for those who can no longer work and for those in rehabilitation.
Source: CBC Olympics

Simmons: Send down Bozak
If the Ottawa Senators are barely average with Daniel ... Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide ... Bar patron slipped drugs in drink; 2. Gyllenhaal tried to ...
Source: Toronto Sun

Leafs road show needs a boost
OTTAWA - The Maple Leafs think a little reward is order for ... Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide ... Bar patron slipped drugs in drink; 2. Gyllenhaal tried to sell ...
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

Thankless in Obamaland
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public benefit ... seen as an isolated case but now after a series of planned attacks in Ottawa ...
Source: Canada Free Press

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
Ottawa Citizen; The Gazette (Montreal) DOSE; Postmedia Community ... 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. ... Ottawa Sun
Source: CNEWS

Afghan-Canadian doctor opens Afghanistan’s first heart clinic
There is also a rehabilitation room with stationary bikes ... To find out more about a drug or condition, enter a ... Ontario 'shaken' by Ottawa police strip-search ...
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

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 Ottawa. ...
Source: Ottawa Sun

Canadiens edge Sharks
... the Sharks, who couldn't sustain the momentum from Thursday's shutout victory in Ottawa. ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Sharks shoot for rare road victory in Montreal
... as they posted a 4-0 victory over the Senators in Dany Heatley's return to Ottawa. ... 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 Ottawa.
Source: Ottawa Sun

Universities launch Canada's first military-health ...
OTTAWA — A network of university researchers has ... 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

Another Climate Change Scare Is On Thin Ice
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public benefit ... Fritz was the first person I heard report to an Ottawa conference, that his ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Prosecution argues former Regina woman be given rare status of ...
Ottawa Citizen; The Gazette (Montreal) ... 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

Lindsay Lohan wants restraining order against paparazzi
Ottawa; Southwestern Ontario; Toronto; Winnipeg; All ... actress - presently in court ordered rehab at the Betty Ford Center in Los Angeles for drug ... 'Dagenham' joins 'Love and other Drugs' and ...
Source: CTV

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

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

Battered Blues eye Kovalev
The situation with Kovalev in Ottawa reached a head last week when he was banished to ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Lighter side with Cam Hutchinson
Ottawa Citizen; The Gazette (Montreal) DOSE; Postmedia ... The team also said during his rehab he will definitely ... doctor Jack Taunton named as chair for football's drug ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Miley Cyrus, a bong, and a birthday: She's smokin'
Ottawa Citizen; The Gazette (Montreal) DOSE; Postmedia Community ... According to a 2007 U.S. survey on drug use and health ... Examples included whether she might attend rehab, or be ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Police security upgraded amid abuse allegations
OTTAWA – Ottawa police hope to have their cellblock videos ... Booth St. shooting death gallery; Cute panda rehab ... Pfizer recalls lung drug after two deaths; Rolaids recall ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Estranged wife feared victim, tried to erase trail
... to prevent him from tracking her or her son down in Ottawa. ... Booth St. shooting death gallery; Cute panda rehab ... Pfizer recalls lung drug after two deaths; Rolaids recall ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Bilingual judges
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public benefit ... Wake up, people! Enough is enough! Anthony Silvestro, Ottawa, Ont
Source: Canada Free Press

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

A danger to themselves and others
Ottawa Citizen; The Gazette (Montreal) DOSE ... especially when it comes to drug and alcohol detoxication and rehabilitation. ... There need to be more detox and rehab ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Statement by Prime Minister Stephen Harper at Rideau Hall
“During this campaign, our focus will be on these Canadians: real people with real priorities who never wanted this election in the first place, who only want the economic recovery to be completed and political stability in Ottawa so they can have financ ...
Source: Canada Free Press

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: Ottawa 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: Ottawa Sun

The Failure to tell Right from Wrong: The Possible Collapse of Western Civilization
In response to students at the University of Ottawa preventing a speech by conservative columnist Ann Coulter, Sensoy congratulated the students who, in her opinion “embody the spirit of student activism.” She castigated those who sought to uphold ...
Source: Canada Free Press

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

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

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

More than just a funny face
That self abuse continued, too, when the cameras weren't rolling, party boy Steve-O becoming notorious for his drug and alcohol intake ... He eventually landed in rehab where, he says, "I wound up taking an honest look at myself. . . . The fog cleared ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Bills face death as election looms
OTTAWA - Canadians can say sayonara to a slew of government ... the Citizen's Arrest and Self-Defence Act - S-10, to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, imposing a mandatory minimum jail sentence for marijuana offences - C-501, to amend ...
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 ... decided by the Supreme Court of Canada on Dec. 11, 1997 in Ottawa, but it was begun and wended its way through British Columbia's ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Our business: 10 significant people, enterprises or events
For years, the building stood abandoned amid a neighbourhood plagued by poverty, homelessness and drug addiction. In 2002 ... decided by the Supreme Court of Canada on Dec. 11, 1997 in Ottawa, but it was begun and wended its way through British Columbia ...
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: Ottawa 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

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

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

Time to leave the psychiatric Dark Ages
Any intelligent person should know after a very quick Internet search that the purpose of psychiatric drugs is to change the chemical ... crowding and lack of any decent programming for offender rehabilitation, psychiatric or otherwise, and you have ...
Source: St. John's Telegram

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

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

Corporate tax hike fuels Green plans
TORONTO — A Green government would bring the "voice of reason" to Ottawa, leader Elizabeth May said Thursday as she unveiled an election platform that promises to overhaul Parliament, jack up corporate taxes and legalize marijuana. The fully costed ...
Source: The Chronicle Herald

Jury prospects quizzed on their views about Michael Jackson, prescription drugs and his doctor
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: Brandon Sun

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

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

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

Misconceptions about smoking common, even among doctors
“Smokers do not need lectures,” said Pipe, chief of the prevention and rehabilitation division at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute who researches ... nicotine replacement therapy and prescribed drugs to treat smoking addiction, have been ...
Source: Record

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

Medical examiner rules Boogaard's death accidental
"After repeated courageous attempts at rehabilitation and with the full support of the ... His final game was Dec. 9 at Ottawa when he fought Matt Carkner — the 70th fight of his NHL career.
Source: Democrat and Chronicle

Cdn. actors do Shakespeare proud
may want to look at the bright side of why the 41-year-old Ottawa-raised actor is checking back into a rehab this month for a one-month stay. Admitting he needs help also means Perry is human and is able to admit to an alcohol and prescription drug problem ...
Source: Jam! Showbiz

Rangers' Derek Boogaard accidentally overdosed
“After repeated courageous attempts at rehabilitation and with the full support of the ... His final game was Dec. 9 at Ottawa, when he fought Matt Carkner and sustained a concussion and shoulder injury. That was the 70th fight of his NHL career.
Source: Detroit Free Press

Hudak’s magic platform
In November 2000, Conservative Social Services Minister John Baird announced mandatory drug testing for social assistance recipients ... myself and two other citizens walked from Toronto to Ottawa to make people aware of global warming.
Source: Toronto Star

On the health-care horizon
“The future is bright because there is always going to be a job in health care,” says Dr. Jacques Bradwejn, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa ... new disciplines such as geriatric rehabilitation aides with skill sets such ...
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, Ottawa Renegades ... t going to pass any drug testing if there wasn’t rehabilitation,’’ Hudson said.
Source: Regina Leader-Post

Ontario stroke patients need better care
OTTAWA - Ontario's Local Health Integration ... And they say improvements are being made in wait times for inpatient rehabilitation, access to brain scanning, use of clot-busting drugs and admission to stroke units. Heart and Stroke Foundation spokesperson ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Vancouver's Insite drug injection clinic will stay open
While the ruling is a victory for Insite, the Supreme Court said it "is not a licence for injection drug users to possess drugs wherever and whenever they ... NDP MP Libby Davies said at the court in Ottawa minutes after the decision.
Source: CBC Olympics

Insite wins fight to stay open
Insite, which opened in September 2003, provides sanitary conditions for addicts while they inject drugs, medical supervision to help monitor for overdoses, clean needles and counselling for those seeking rehabilitation ... said Ottawa's attempt to ...
Source: Calgary Herald

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
A recent television report stated overcrowding at the Burnside jail is a major issue; but not as bad as other areas of the country, where overcrowding has reduced space, in some prisons, for rehabilitation ... could be made in Ottawa.
Source: The Chronicle Herald

'I live this life in pain'
Sometimes, when the pain drugs don't reach her, Lous Heshusius lies on the floor ... Paul's Hospital has a 3 1/2-year wait list of about 1,300 patients. In Calgary and Ottawa, the wait time to see a pain doctor can be a year or longer.
Source: Calgary Herald

Canadian, Australian studies earn top honours at Stroke Congress
OTTAWA, Oct. 4, 2011 /CNW/ - Two standout ... "This positive effect is larger than any current drug or treatment for stroke including clot busting therapy and, unlike some drugs and stroke treatments, has relevance for all people with stroke."
Source: CNW Group

Conservatives rushing through bill that's tougher on pot growers than pedophiles
OTTAWA ... drugs, including marijuana, you can get up to 14 years. If you're the same person but you sexually assault — rape — a baby, you can only get up to 10 years," said Comartin. New mandatory minimum sentences are also harsher for drug ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Prison space crunch decried
A spokesman said Goguen was in Ottawa on Monday and not available for comment ... It will also create harsher minimum sentences for drug offences. The Elizabeth Fry Society of Saint John fears that the legislation will mean more women will land in federal ...
Source: Canada East

Narconon Drug Rehab – Public Safety
“The Narconon detox and rehab ... Ottawa, Canada - 1st SESSION – Brad Melnychuk: ABLE Canada ( Narconon Incorporated) According to one Canada and USA Narconon website, which promotes their Flag-Ship 100 bed Narconon Trois-Rivieres rehabilitation ...
Source: Examiner

No crisis of overcrowding in Canada’s prison system: Corrections head
OTTAWA—The head of federal penitentiaries says there is no ... Several warned Canada is headed down the wrong path with longer jail sentences for drug users, sexual offenders, and young offenders, citing the U.S. experience with overcrowded prisons.
Source: Toronto Star

Gangs starting to 'infect' women's prisons
"It is changing the female system like it did with the male system 15 years ago," says Chettleburgh, whose firm Astwood Strategy Corp. advises groups such as the RCMP and Ottawa ... rehabilitation," says the federal report on managing gangs and drugs ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Insite supporters celebrate top court’s ruling to keep it open
Insite, which opened in September 2003, provides sanitary conditions for addicts while they inject drugs, medical supervision to help monitor for overdoses, clean needles and counselling for those seeking rehabilitation ... said Ottawa’s attempt to ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

The Globe and Mail
Quebec prosecutors found ways around stringent laws on the importation of drugs as well as Criminal Code provisions against abortions. In Ottawa, Mr. Nicholson accused the Official Opposition of being against further spending to put drug traffickers and ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Crime and punishment
On the other hand, recognizing that, yes, adolescents (mostly young males) often make poor decisions due in part to immaturity, inappropriate and easy access to weapons and drugs on our streets ... When will Ottawa make changes to the legislation to ...
Source: Toronto Star

Smoking bans backfiring at some hospitals: Study
Under the model, every smoker admitted to hospital is identified, offered interventions for tobacco dependence — including drug therapy for withdrawal ... director of prevention and rehabilitation at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Source: Calgary Herald

Keystone — and other irritants — hang over Harper-Obama meet
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit to Hawaii for ... his planned appearance following the death of a key figure in Mexico's bloody war against drug cartels. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, also in Hawaii, warned Friday the $7-billion Keystone ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Quebec balks at Ottawa’s law-and-order agenda
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said Ottawa transfers billions every year to the provinces for the administration of the justice system, and that his bill is a reasonable compromise between various approaches to crime. “It balances rehabilitation with the ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Provinces, feds bicker over cost of crime bill
Fournier told MPs the bill would actually lead to more recidivism because it did not focus enough on the rehabilitation and reintegration ... of the bill will have to be borne by Ottawa anyway as many crimes, like drug trafficking, fall under federal ...
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 ... Among its provisions are mandatory minimum sentences for certain violent and drug crimes, amendments to the Youth Criminal Justice Act to treat more repeat young offenders as adults, and eliminating ...
Source: Calgary Herald

East-West rift opening over crime bill
But with at least three provinces throwing their support behind Ottawa’s move to impose mandatory minimum sentences for some drug offences and toughen ... saying there is plenty of evidence that rehabilitation is far more effective.
Source: Globe and Mail

Quebec Bar Association slams Tories' omnibus crime bill
OTTAWA — Mandatory minimum sentences send a "terrible ... Mandatory minimums also take away the court's ability to include rehabilitation into the sentences mix or not to incarcerate people who clearly should not be in jail, he said.
Source: Calgary Herald

Ontario and Quebec won’t pay for new federal bill, justice committee told
OTTAWA — Canada’s two largest provinces appear headed ... locking young people in jails instead of focusing on rehabilitation and re-integration into society will make the streets of Canada less safe. “By definition,” added Fournier, “there ...
Source: Regina Leader-Post

The hug-a-thug crowd
The Canadian Press reported there were also calls for the province’s NDP government — you know, the one that has Murderpeg to boast about — to withdraw its support for Ottawa’s proposed ... tackling poverty and drug use, and providing better ...
Source: Brandon Sun

B.C. braces for Tories' new crime bill
The legislation contains new mandatory minimum sentences for drug offences - including marijuana ... However, there will need to be more discussions between the provinces, territories and Ottawa, she said. "Any time you impose minimum sentences there ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Does Canada need tougher crime laws?
The bill aims at tightening up the law in a number of areas including protecting children from sexual predators, tougher penalties for organized drug crimes ... Director Macdonald-Laurier Institute a Ottawa based public policy think-tank and author ...
Source: CBC Olympics