Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Alessia Passafiume
Publication Date: May 26, 2025 - 17:48
Churchill portrait thief sentenced to two years less a day in jail
May 26, 2025
The Ontario man who pleaded guilty to stealing an iconic portrait of former BritiBritish Prime Minister Winston Churchill he committed the crime to find money to help his brother, who was experiencing mental health struggles, Justice Robert Wadden told the court during a sentencing hearing Monday.Jeffrey Wood kept his composure in the courtroom as Wadden told him he was being sentenced to two years less a day in jail.
Unpublished Newswire
The Toronto District School Board has been stopped from erasing the names of Sir John A. Macdonald, Egerton Ryerson and Henry Dundas from its schools.
The new legislation, introduced by Ontario education minister, Paul Calandra, on May 29, will require a board to apply to the minister before changing the name of an existing school.
If a board began using a new name on Jan. 1, 2025 or afterward, the law would still enable the minister to require a board to apply for approval.
Then it will be open to the minister to approve or reject the new name.
The legislation...
May 30, 2025 - 17:49 | Stewart Lewis | National Post
Premier Doug Ford says he encouraged efforts to remove a wooden structure that, for five years, has hidden the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald on the Ontario Legislature’s front lawn, saying the province has to support Canada’s first prime minister and stop worrying about the past.The decision to reveal the statue, pushed by Progressive Conservative and Liberal members of a legislative committee earlier this week, has reignited debate about Macdonald’s tainted legacy at a time when the province is facing new tensions with First Nations.
May 30, 2025 - 17:48 | Laura Stone | The Globe and Mail
The province is currently in the process of passing Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, legislation it introduced to speed up mining projects in the north.
May 30, 2025 - 17:47 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
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