Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Alessia Passafiume
Publication Date: March 14, 2025 - 11:05
Ontario man accused of stealing portrait of Winston Churchill pleads guilty
March 14, 2025
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.
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Two Canadian researchers were among the winners named at this year’s Breakthrough Prize ceremony on Saturday. The annual event, held in Los Angeles, celebrates the world’s largest science awards with a dose of Hollywood glam.Daniel Drucker, a physician and senior investigator at Toronto’s Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, was one of five researchers jointly awarded a US$3-million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for discoveries leading to the development of a class of drugs that are now widely used in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes and obesity.
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