Canadian Heritage deputy minister Isabelle Mondou, left, and Andrea Clark-Grignon, head of public affairs, unveil 'The Roaring Lion', a portrait taken by photographer Yousuf Karsh in 1941 of U.K. prime minister Winston Churchill. The photo was stolen in Ottawa in 2022 and sold in Italy before it was returned during a ceremony at Canada's Embassy in Rome, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024.Photo by Alessandra Tarantino/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Karsh portrait of Winston Churchill returns to Ottawa hotel after international art caper

Original artwork will be returned to the reading-room in the posh Fairmont Chateau Laurier hotel

· National Post

A stolen portrait of Winston Churchill that was swapped with a dodgy forgery during the pandemic returns to its rightful place today, after two Ottawa police detectives travelled to Rome to retrieve it.

The original artwork will be returned to its spot on the reading-room wall in the posh Fairmont Chateau Laurier hotel at a homecoming ceremony this morning.

Geoff Russ: Winston Churchill saved civilization — we must never surrender his memoryIs Winston Churchill a more controversial figure in 2024 than he was in 1941? We ultimately cannot know for sure, but nowadays, Churchill is certainly a controversial, if not hated, figure among some of the worst elements of society. If both the far-left and the far-right despise someone, there’s a good chance that person was great and helped steer the world in the right direction.Geoff Russ, 04 Sep 2024