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• Ottawa rap artist Alex 'Bender' Buchanan remembered as humble genius

  04-03-2018 23:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  Alex Buchanan was in Grade 3 when a girl in his class brought in a portable stereo and danced to Biz Markie’s Just a Friend for show-and-tell.
  It was the first rap song Buchanan had ever heard and it was, he would later recall, “a game changer.”
  Buchanan eventually dropped out of high school to write his own rhymes. He moved to Ottawa, developed into a battle rap champion, and launched a successful hip-hop group, Flight Distance, with his friend, Patrick “Patience”
  
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• Phoenix: 'Do the job right'

  04-03-2018 22:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  When your child is born two months prematurely by emergency C-section and spends his first month in the neo-natal intensive care unit at the hospital, your sole focus as a parent ought to be on his well-being.
  Unfortunately, as a result of the Phoenix pay system, Sebastienne Critchley wasn’t afforded that luxury.
  The Edmonton woman’s son, Logan, was born on Nov. 26, 2016, at just 32 weeks. Instead of being with him in the ICU, the Employment and Social Development employee says she w
  
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• John Jefferson, 1921-2018: Spitfire pilot ranByWard Market's gritty Château Lafeyette

  04-03-2018 22:20 via ottawacitizen.com
  John Jefferson flew fighter planes in the Second World War. Decades later, he managed the Château Lafayette in the ByWard Market in a time when The Laff was the place to booze and brawl.
  Jefferson died Feb. 17 in Saanichton, B.C., at the age of 96, still mentally clear. He had always considered himself a very lucky man. 
  The eldest of six children, Jefferson was born in 1921, in Schenectady, New York, and grew up on a farm in Nova Scotia. With the coming of the war, he renounced his A
  
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• Peace and quiet vs. ATVs and snowmobiles: Almonte squares off with Lanark County over trail use

  04-03-2018 22:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  When Natasha Mason moved to her heritage house along the Mississippi River in Almonte four-and-a-half years ago, it seemed like a dream come true.
  “I never thought when we found the place that this would be a problem,” Mason said. “We thought we’d found a little place of paradise.”
  What Mason didn’t realize, however, was that the County of Lanark had plans for the abandoned rail line that runs along the back of her property, just 25 metres from her bedroom. Pu
  
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• Prosecutors in Bill Cosby’s retrial want to call as many as 19 other women to the witness stand to show he had a fi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-03-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  Prosecutors in Bill Cosby’s retrial want to call as many as 19 other women to the witness stand to show he had a fi… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Just for Laughs to be sold after reaching deal with investors group. 1310news.com/2018/03/03/jus… https://t.co/4n4FOJt43t

  04-03-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  
  Just for Laughs to be sold after reaching deal with investors group.1310news.com/2018/03/03/jus… https://t.co/4n4FOJt43t
  
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• China says military no threat, but refuses to reveal budget. 1310news.com/2018/03/04/chi… https://t.co/vJpjg70E95

  04-03-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  
  China says military no threat, but refuses to reveal budget.1310news.com/2018/03/04/chi… https://t.co/vJpjg70E95
  
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• Bombardier workers hold meeting in Montreal over Airbus partnership. 1310news.com/2018/03/04/bom… https://t.co/3ckDUfESRO

  04-03-2018 19:30 via twitter.com
  
  Bombardier workers hold meeting in Montreal over Airbus partnership.1310news.com/2018/03/04/bom… https://t.co/3ckDUfESRO
  
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• Ottawa firefighters douse Kanata blaze Sunday

  04-03-2018 19:11 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa Fire Services battled a house fire in Kanata on Sunday that displaced one person and a dog. 
  Firefighters were called to Hungerford Gate, near Castlefrank Road, at 9:43 a.m. and found a three-storey, multi-unit residential building issuing smoke. 
  They put out the fire in about half an hour. No one was injured. 
  The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
   
  
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• President Donald Trump engaged in a good-natured duel of one-liners with political rivals and the press at the annu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-03-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  President Donald Trump engaged in a good-natured duel of one-liners with political rivals and the press at the annu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Hamilton Police say a group of about 30 people declaring themselves “The Ungovernables” roamed Hamilton Saturday ni… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-03-2018 18:45 via twitter.com
  Hamilton Police say a group of about 30 people declaring themselves “The Ungovernables” roamed Hamilton Saturday ni… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Canadian speedskater Dubreuil finishes 12th at World Sprint Championship. 1310news.com/2018/03/04/can… https://t.co/CgzHhWGRmG

  04-03-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  
  Canadian speedskater Dubreuil finishes 12th at World Sprint Championship.1310news.com/2018/03/04/can… https://t.co/CgzHhWGRmG
  
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• White House official says U.S. can't exclude Canada from tariffs #CdnPoli #news 1310news.com/2018/03/04/whi… https://t.co/2xLpZXVysB

  04-03-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  
  White House official says U.S. can't exclude Canada from tariffs #CdnPoli #news1310news.com/2018/03/04/whi… https://t.co/2xLpZXVysB
  
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• Keri Hogan was nearing her dream of becoming a Boston police officer when a drug test using a sample of her hair ca… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-03-2018 17:29 via twitter.com
  Keri Hogan was nearing her dream of becoming a Boston police officer when a drug test using a sample of her hair ca… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The @OttFire service put out a blaze in a 3-storey multi-unit residential building on 4000 Hungerford Gate in Kanat… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-03-2018 17:23 via twitter.com
  The @OttFire service put out a blaze in a 3-storey multi-unit residential building on 4000 Hungerford Gate in Kanat… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Couche-Tard pulls alcoholic drink from shelves in wake of Quebec teen's death. #quebec 1310news.com/2018/03/03/cou… https://t.co/yDgEiI8DeT

  04-03-2018 16:30 via twitter.com
  
  Couche-Tard pulls alcoholic drink from shelves in wake of Quebec teen's death. #quebec1310news.com/2018/03/03/cou… https://t.co/yDgEiI8DeT
  
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• VIA trains resume normal service after freight derailment

  04-03-2018 16:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  VIA Rail service on the Toronto-Ottawa route resumed its normal schedule Sunday morning after an earlier freight train derailment.
  The derailment Saturday afternoon — caught on video by a Kingston man — forced the cancellation of VIA Rail’s Saturday evening trains on the Toronto-Ottawa and Montreal-Toronto routes. 
  The video, taken by Kingston photographer Logan Cadue, shows two rail cars coming detached from a westbound freight train as it approaches John F. Scott Ro
  
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• Roger Bannister, the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, has died. 1310news.com/2018/03/04/rog… https://t.co/4o0sLwgH9h

  04-03-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  
  Roger Bannister, the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, has died.1310news.com/2018/03/04/rog… https://t.co/4o0sLwgH9h
  
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• Officials in Poland say four people have died and 24 have been injured in the collapse of an apartment block in the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-03-2018 15:27 via twitter.com
  Officials in Poland say four people have died and 24 have been injured in the collapse of an apartment block in the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• UPDATE: VIA Rail says its trains are back on schedule after a freight train derailment had delayed trips between To… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-03-2018 15:15 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: VIA Rail says its trains are back on schedule after a freight train derailment had delayed trips between To… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Canadian Olympic champion Mikael Kingsbury completed his first World Cup event since the Pyeongchang Winter Games b… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-03-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  Canadian Olympic champion Mikael Kingsbury completed his first World Cup event since the Pyeongchang Winter Games b… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party, fending off criticisms about the system put in place to help select its n… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-03-2018 14:35 via twitter.com
  Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party, fending off criticisms about the system put in place to help select its n… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• A freight train derailment east of Kingston, Ont., has caused hours of delays for rail passengers in the province.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-03-2018 14:10 via twitter.com
  A freight train derailment east of Kingston, Ont., has caused hours of delays for rail passengers in the province.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'We're not going to give up on him:' Hockey coach, 56, facing Alzheimers with grit, love

  04-03-2018 14:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Malettes lace up — hockey skates, naturally — and glide effortlessly, arm in arm, at twilight.
  There’s no sign of just how rough the ice has been for the Orléan’s family since Vince Malette, a former Ottawa 67’s assistant coach, got the shocking diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in 2014.
  The 56-year-old may struggle to find the words, but his message, mixing determination and hope, is clear.
  “For me, I do the things I can do,” he sai
  
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• Canadian talent will be well represented at the Oscars tonight. 1310news.com/2018/03/04/can… https://t.co/O6OVVEoRzj

  04-03-2018 13:12 via twitter.com
  
  Canadian talent will be well represented at the Oscars tonight.1310news.com/2018/03/04/can… https://t.co/O6OVVEoRzj
  
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• Freight train derailment cancels Ottawa-bound VIA trains

  04-03-2018 01:33 via ottawacitizen.com
  A freight train derailment — caught on camera by a Kingston man — forced VIA Rail to cancel all Ottawa-bound trains from Toronto on Saturday evening. 
  The derailment also forced the cancellation of train service on the Montreal-Toronto route. 
  In a travel advisory, VIA Rail said normal service would resume Sunday.
  The video, taken by Kingston photographer Logan Cadue, shows two rail cars coming detached from a westbound freight train as it approaches John F. Scott Road, nea
  
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• VETS Canada says female veterans increasingly at risk of homelessness

  04-03-2018 01:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  In December 2016, Robert Praet had just arrived in Ottawa and was living in the Salvation Army shelter when a staff member learned that he was a Canadian Forces veteran. 
  Praet had moved to this city after being priced out of his apartment in Calgary; he had few possessions since he had lost most of them during the 2013 Calgary flood. After hearing his story, a Salvation Army intake worker contacted a local charity, VETS Canada.  
  “There’s no way you should be here,&rd
  
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• Overcrowded CHEO forced to send sick infants, children to other cities

  04-03-2018 01:05 via ottawacitizen.com
  The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario sent 19 critically ill patients to out-of-town hospitals last month as it resorted to unusual measures to manage overcrowding in its intensive care units. 
  For most of January and February, CHEO has operated at or above its capacity. 
  Last month, CHEO’s pediatric intensive care unit had to refuse or transfer 15 patients under the age of 16, most of whom were sent to Kingston, Toronto, Hamilton or Montreal for care. The neonatal int
  
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