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While the queen’s portrait still hangs in Kingston’s city council chambers, it does not at legion 631 in Kingston, Ont.’s west end. However, a photo of King Charles III is already up, adorning the legion’s hall. “I went on the internet just to see what I could find of King …
Read More »‘She didn’t hesitate’: The untold story behind a Black Canadian woman’s wartime portrait
Thousands of people have seen it over the past 70-plus years: a dramatic oil portrait from 1946 of a Black Canadian woman in a military uniform, standing behind a canteen counter. Her arms are crossed. Her face is stern. Decades later, the portrait still conveys an image of strength. It’s one of …
Read More »Crowd-sourced detective work narrows window for disappearance of Winston Churchill portrait
Thanks to a sleuthing public, the Château Laurier has announced that a famed portrait of Winston Churchill appears to have been taken off the hotel’s walls this past winter, during a span of a week and a half over the holidays. After news of the theft broke on Monday, people started sending the hotel …
Read More »Famous portrait of Winston Churchill missing from Ottawa hotel in suspected art heist
One of the most famous portraits of Winston Churchill is missing from the Château Laurier’s Reading Lounge after apparently being replaced with a copy, but exactly how long ago it disappeared is a mystery. A staff member at the storied downtown Ottawa hotel, just steps from Parliament Hill, discovered on Friday night that …
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