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Publication Date: February 17, 2026 - 18:03
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Hour 4 of Ottawa Now for Tues. February 17th, 2026
February 17, 2026
An Ottawa man has been sentenced to 2 years less a day of house arrest, pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of his husband. In April of 2022, 87-year-old Richard Rutherford was found deceased inside a home on Smyth Road. And now, judgement day has arrived for Philippe Herbert. CTV’s Dylan Dyson delivers the details in Hour 4. Then, we preview tonight’s CTV Ottawa supper-hour newscast with Jackie Perez. And if news breaks in real time, you’ll hear it live on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
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COMPTON, CA — On a quiet street in the notorious Los Angeles district of Compton, Calif., the first man ever to come to bat for Toronto’s newborn baseball franchise grants his first interview in nearly half a century: Go back to Thursday, April 7, 1977, and here is John Henry Scott snowshoeing to home plate in his superfly sideburns and his virgin white No. 11 on a
frosty and historic afternoon.
Now, in Scott’s bungalow on the eve of the...
March 19, 2026 - 07:00 | Allen Abel | National Post
A Kurdish immigrant convicted of smuggling $35 million worth of opium into Canada has been sentenced to 16 years in prison and is at risk of being deported to Iran for his crimes.
Sohrab Hanareh-Mafarani, 53, a permanent resident of Canada who came here in 2010, was found guilty in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice of importing opium, possession of opium for the purpose of trafficking, conspiracy to import opium and conspiracy to possess opium for the purpose of trafficking.
“Mr. Hanareh-Mafarani, along with several other individuals, was involved in the shipment of over 500...
March 19, 2026 - 07:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
Alberta doctors will be explicitly banned from raising assisted death with a patient without the person first bringing it up, according to
a new bill tabled in the province
on Wednesday.
The goal is to ensure the potentially life-ending decisions are “initiated and driven” by people...
March 19, 2026 - 07:00 | Sharon Kirkey | National Post
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