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

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

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

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…

CBC NEWS,  By Dean Beeby

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

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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CBC NEWS | OTTAWA

Five design teams have been selected to put forth their visions for a revamped memorial in Ottawa to victims of communism.

Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly said…

MACLEAN'S, by Dylan C. Robertson

Some college students are launching apps and social-media companies, but others are taking a step back in time and learning to work a forge, repair antique…

METRO NEWS / OTTAWA, By Adam Kveton

A new provincial bill is requiring cities like Ottawa to create planning advisory committees in an effort to encourage greater…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa's new Lecture Series is off to a flying start.

Our season-opening talk by Robert Smythe, author of the popular blog Urbsite, presented the…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa invites applications for the Gordon Cullingham Research and Publication Grant. The grant program was created in 2008 and is named in honour of the late…

CBC NEWS, By Tom Parry

Federal officials offered a sneak peek inside Ottawa's old downtown railway station on Friday.

Union Station, a heritage building completed in 1912, is being…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

A new book published by Friends of the Central Experimental Farm celebrates the beauty of the Farm's Ornamental Gardens, their heritage value and their significance to the…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Susan Mas

The owners of the historic Château Laurier say they will delay making a formal submission to the City of Ottawa for a controversial expansion project …

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Honouring and preserving our heritage extends beyond protecting buildings for their age and design value.

Heritage Ottawa's David Jeanes appeared on CBC Radio this…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Matthew Pearson

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Matthew Pearson

OTTAWA CITIZEN Editorial Board

The National Capital Commission’s online survey on the future location of The Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus closed last week – but not before…

By Peter Coffman, Carleton University

There has been a fair bit of talk lately about what to do with the former American embassy, directly across the street from Parliament’s Centre Block.…