General News
Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Longtime Heritage Ottawa volunteer Andrew Elliott, an archivist at Library and Archives Canada, shares his passion for Ottawa's historic streetscapes in a new series of…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Registration is now open for the Ontario Heritage Conference taking place in Ottawa from June 8 - 10.
This year's conference theme is Canada 150: The Past, Present…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Elizabeth Payne
It will cost at least $11 million to clean up the site of the former Sir John Carling building to make room for a new Civic hospital, Public Services and…
CBC NEWS OTTAWA
Images of a proposed addition to Ottawa's historic Somerset House given to city staff provide the first glimpse of a long-awaited redesign of the heritage building, but…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Jon Willing
Another design application to transform the once-grand Somerset House is hitting the political agenda, with the building owner inching closer to seeking…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Our heritage stands at a critical crossroads.
A controversial application for major alterations to Ottawa's Château Laurier, if allowed to proceed as proposed,…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
The National Capital Commission (NCC)…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Owners of designated heritage buildings may be eligible for a matching grant of up to $5,000 from the City of Ottawa's Heritage Grant Program for Building…
THE GLOBE AND MAIL, By Kate Taylor
Here’s an idea whose time has come: Why doesn’t Canada establish a national portrait gallery in Ottawa and house it in the old U.S. embassy building…
HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Linda Dicaire
In honour of the annual Phillips Memorial Lecture and at the invitation of Heritage Ottawa, the Global Centre for Pluralism…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Dave Reevely
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By Andrew Waldron
In recent years, we have sadly lost several pioneering heritage conservationists in Canada. Last week, Barb Humphreys, who was one of the pillars of heritage conservation…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
UPDATE | March 3, 2017: Designs by five finalists for a new Monument to the Victims of Communism are now available for review on the Government of Canada's website.
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CITY OF OTTAWA
Ken Elder has spent his career and his retirement working to preserve Ottawa’s architectural heritage.
Last night, the City of Ottawa officially recognized his…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
The City of Ottawa has received a Site Plan Control application for construction of a new addition to the Château Laurier Hotel, a National Historic Site of Canada and a…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Matthew Pearson
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CBC NEWS | OTTAWA
The City of Ottawa has struck an expert working group and launched a website to gather public feedback on the proposed expansion of the Fairmont Château…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
The Capital Urbanism Lab is hosting a timely conservation about the essential link between heritage and sustainability. The event takes place on Thursday, February 16…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Joanne E. Laucius
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HERITAGE OTTAWA
Here's a great way to celebrate Heritage Day on February 21, 2017 while checking out the new Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards!
The City of Ottawa invites you to…
CBC News Ottawa, By Waubgeshig Rice
A City of Ottawa plan to build a rapid transit corridor along Baseline Road includes expropriating part of the Central Experimental Farm, and that has…
Heritage Ottawa was honoured to have Councillor Tobi Nussbaum deliver the following keynote address at our January 'Heritage Ottawa at 50' event.
By Councillor Tobi Nussbaum
We…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
The future of the Booth Street Complex, a collection of historical buildings dating from the 1930s to the 1950s once home to Natural Resources Canada offices and…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
UPDATE, March 20, 2017: Bill C-323 is tentatively scheduled to be voted upon this Thursday, March 23. If passed, the Bill will proceed to the Committee of Environment…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Vito Pilieci
Founding of the Ottawa We Know Today Was Largely Thanks to an American
He was a patriot who fought as a sergeant against the British in the American…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa warmly congratulates heritage conservation architect Julian Smith on his appointment to the Order of Canada.
During his long and distinguished career…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler
Canadians appear to be sharply divided along generational lines on the merits of using the former U.S. embassy building at 100 Wellington St. to…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
A private members bill recently tabled in the House of Commons would, if passed, create tax credits for the rehabilition of Canada's historic places.
Bill C-323, An…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
A "Call for Sessions" has been issued for the next Ontario Heritage Conference to be held from June 8-10, 2017 in Ottawa.
The annual conference, a joint effort of…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler
A new management plan for the UNESCO World Heritage Site Rideau Canal, already long overdue, will be delayed another year, Parks Canada says.…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
A public consultation in January will invite Canadians to share their views on how Parks Canada should work to protect national parks, national historic sites and…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Peter Coffman
According to representatives of the Château Laurier’s owners, there is “growing acceptance” in the community for its planned expansion. If they’re right…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Susana Mas
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OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Elizabeth Payne
After a week of political drama and head-spinning developments, the Civic hospital has a new home: on the former site of the Sir John Carling building at…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing
Politicians from all three levels of government – including Ottawa Centre MP Catherine McKenna – stood with Ottawa Hospital officials Friday brushing…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Leslie Maitland
The last week has been a roller-coaster ride for the citizens of Ottawa. First, many were encouraged to see the National Capital Commission Board vote in…
CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello
The Ottawa Hospital's board of governors voted Monday night to reject the National Capital Commission's recommendation that a new Civic campus be located…
After only 4 days, Ottawa Hospital Nixes Tunney's Pasture Site
CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello
That didn't take long.
Four days after the National Capital Commission…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Susana Mas
The proposed expansion of the Château Laurier should not be allowed to go ahead in its current form, Heritage Ottawa says.
The critique comes a…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
The Château Laurier, a prominent Ottawa landmark since 1912, is clearly a special place.
A National Historic Site of Canada and a designated structure under the…
HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Leslie Maitland
Heritage Ottawa welcomes the National Capital Commission’s recommendation of Tunney’s Pasture as the preferred site for a new Civic Campus of The Ottawa…
NATIONAL CAPITAL COMMISSION
The National Capital Commission will recommend the Tunney’s Pasture site to the Minister of Canadian Heritage for the new Civic Campus of The Ottawa Hospital.…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Susana Mas
The architects behind a controversial plan to expand the Fairmont Château Laurier Hotel unveiled a 3D scale model on Thursday of a proposed addition…
CBC NEW | OTTAWA
Architects and owners of the Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa unveiled a series of new design drawings for the expansion of the iconic hotel at a public meeting…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
A panel discussion next week will address the timely topic of modern alterations to Ottawa's historic buildings.
Entitled CU in the City Panel Discussion - Old…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Members of the public are invited to attend a Community Information Meeting regarding the proposed addition to Ottawa's Château Laurier.
The Meeting, to be hosted by…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Bruce Deachman
After being closed for repairs and restoration since early April, the National War Memorial on Elgin Street was reopened to the public last Friday.
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