59 m. ago Man accused of stealing portrait of Winston Churchill pleads guilty

OTTAWA — The Ontario man accused of stealing an iconic portrait of former British prime minister Winston Churchill from Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier hotel has pleaded guilty. Jeffrey Wood submitted his plea in an Ottawa courtroom this morning, more than three years after the photo disappeared from the hotel. The theft occurred in late 2021 or […]

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81 m. ago Man accused of stealing portrait of Winston Churchill in Ottawa pleads guilty

The Ontario man accused of stealing an iconic portrait of former British prime minister Winston Churchill from Ottawa's Chateau Laurier hotel has pleaded guilty.

Culture

86 m. ago Streaming now: ‘Moana 2,’ John Mulaney, ‘Confessions of Octomom,’ Amanda Seyfried and ‘Dope Thief’

“Moana 2,” the third-biggest movie box-office hit of 2024, and Amanda Seyfried playing a Philadelphia patrol officer fighting rampant opioid addiction in Peacock’s “Long Bright River” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated […]

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2 h. ago Jason Sudeikis confirms ‘Ted Lasso’ coming back for Season 4

Jason Sudeikis’ mustache is making a comeback. “Ted Lasso,” the dramedy about a fiercely optimistic American soccer coach in London, is set to return for a fourth season, Apple TV+ announced Friday. The streamer did not say when the new episodes would become available or where they are in the production process. In a statement, […]

Economics

2 h. ago Garden Centres Canada Retail Summit 2025 Set to Bloom in Winnipeg, Manitoba

A Must-Attend Event for Garden Centre Professionals Milton, Ontario, March 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) is thrilled to announce the Garden Centres Canada Summit 2025, which will take place from July 6 to July 9, 2025, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This premier event will bring together industry leaders, garden centre […]

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2 h. ago Joly, others to address media on last day of G7 meeting in Quebec

LA MALBAIE, QUE. — Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly is set to address media this morning after gathering her counterparts from the U.S., Europe and Japan. She has been hosting the Group of Seven foreign ministers’ meeting in the Charlevoix region, northeast of Quebec City. Joly had pledged to raise U.S. tariffs with her American […]

Politics

4 h. ago Columbia’s Mahmoud Khalil felt he was being kidnapped as detention unfolded, lawyers say

NEW YORK — Handcuffed and shackled, Mahmoud Khalil was rushed from New York to Louisiana last weekend in a manner that left the outspoken Columbia University graduate student feeling like he was being kidnapped, his lawyers wrote in an updated lawsuit seeking his immediate release. The lawyers described in detail what happened to the Palestinian […]

Society

4 h. ago Russo brothers talk Chris Pratt’s ‘Electric State’ hairdo and tease exciting story for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

'The narrative just started to re-seed itself in our brains,' filmmaker Anthony Russo says of upcoming MCU return

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4 h. ago Review: Nathan Rateliff and the Night Sweats offer powerful set in Calgary that was both explosive, intimate

Nathaniel Rateliff’s ultimate message to Calgary at the Saddledome Thursday night was fairly blunt. It wasn’t angry, just direct. It was delivered with a well-earned weariness after he ended his concert with a sweaty run through the Motown-on-steroids gem Love Don’t. “Don’t let the mother******s divide us,” he said as a final farewell. While he […]

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4 h. ago Review: Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats offer powerful set in Calgary that was both explosive, intimate

Nathaniel Rateliff’s ultimate message to Calgary at the Saddledome Thursday night was fairly blunt. It wasn’t angry, just direct. It was delivered with a well-earned weariness after he ended his concert with a sweaty run through the Motown-on-steroids gem Love Don’t. “Don’t let the mother******s divide us,” he said as a final farewell. While he […]

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4 h. ago Iconic pet reindeer in Alaska mysteriously ill after someone tampers in his pen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An iconic reindeer so beloved that he has been in parades, featured on reality TV shows and visited by schoolchildren on field trips in Alaska’s largest city is fighting for his life after mysteriously falling ill after someone tampered with his pen. Ever since, 8-year-old Star has had pneumonia, digestion issues and […]

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5 h. ago EN DIRECT | Couverture spéciale: Mark Carney et son Cabinet assermentés aujourd’hui

Le nouveau chef du Parti libéral du Canada (PLC), Mark Carney, sera assermenté à titre de premier ministre, vendredi matin, à Ottawa.

Transport

5 h. ago Trudeau officially no longer prime minister as Carney set to be sworn in

The new crop of ministers is expected to be smaller than the current 37 members

Politics

5 h. ago Carney Takes Power in Canada as Nation Seeks Answers to Trump’s Aggression

Justin Trudeau is out. Mark Carney is in. And his arrival as Canada’s new leader creates an opening for the government in Ottawa to reset its tense relationship with the US and President Donald Trump.

Transport

5 h. ago Fleury: Fairness for Ottawa? How about fairness for the ByWard Market?

The City of Ottawa is focused on Lansdowne and LeBreton Flats. But the third member of the trifecta, the ByWard District, is woefully neglected.

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6 h. ago Soap star loses damages lawsuit over dog bite on Ottawa movie set

The lawsuit took nine years to unfold. It would turn on the question of whether Adrienne Frantz was eligible for Ontario workers’ compensation benefits.

Events

6 h. ago How Canada Wins: Ottawa is bullish on live music entertainment and it could change the city

‘In 10 years Ottawa is going to be one of the best entertainment markets outside Toronto’: promoter Ken Craig.

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6 h. ago Ottawa is bullish on live music investment. It could change the city

‘In 10 years Ottawa is going to be one of the best entertainment markets outside Toronto’: promoter Ken Craig.

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11 h. ago Saudi Aramco Oil Sales to China Set to Fall Sharply in April

Saudi Aramco is set to supply the lowest amount of oil to China in several months, even as the OPEC+ cartel gears up to boost output.

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12 h. ago Trendy cannabis brand appears to have shut down all Toronto locations

A line of cannabis dispensaries that made a big splash across Ontario appears to be going the way of the dodo, with all locations in the province but one closing down for good.Could it be? The dispensary boom that's made Toronto the butt of wide-spread jokes over the years (which we laughed along with, because, when there's a dispensary every 200 metres, you find yourself laughing a lot for whatever reason,) is finally coming to an end?Well, not exactly.When cannabis was finally legalized in Canada back in 2018, it took infinite patience and a healthy amount of tongue-holding to convince my parents that the good-old devil's lettuce isn't bad or evil, and that the people who use it aren't (exclusively) grubby hippies. Not that there's anything wrong with being a grubby hippie anyway.It wasn't until strolling through Rosedale one day that my mom and I stumbled upon Ottawa-based dispensary chain Superette's first Toronto location that her eyes were opened to a whole new image...

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