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Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Formerly a grand landmark at the intersection of Bank and Somerset Streets, Somerset House appears doomed to be demolished piece-by-piece.
The building has stood…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler
The renovated Government Conference Centre will get a stunning new facade on its planned east addition, finally eliminating an ugly bare wall that…
HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Leslie Maitland
At Tuesday's Open Board Meeting of the National Capital Commission (NCC), Stephen Willis, Executive Director of the Capital Planning Branch, presented an…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Peter Anderson
The dream of a botanical garden in Ottawa is not only close at hand; it’s already here.
The Central Experimental Farm created an Arboretum and…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing
The National Capital Commission on Tuesday launched a review of at least 12 sites originally eyed by The Ottawa Hospital for a new Civic campus after…
THE MILLSTONE
The Mississippi Mills Council Chamber was packed to overflowing on Tuesday evening for the vote on the adoption of a Heritage Conservation District (HCD) in Almonte…
CBC NEWS OTTAWA, By Matthew Kupfer
The picturesque charm of Almonte's downtown is one step closer to being protected as a heritage conservation district.
The committee of the whole…
HUFFINGTON POST CANADA, By Ryan Maloney
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked National Aboriginal Day by participating in one of the most sacred rituals in First Nations culture.
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CBC OTTAWA, By Joanne Chianello
The Ottawa Hospital insists it needs 24 hectares for a new Civic campus, but it appears the hospital wants a third of that space …
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler
After years of planning that seemingly went nowhere, efforts to redevelop part of Natural Resources Canada‘s 10-hectare Booth Street complex should…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
In a moving ceremony outside Ottawa City Hall this morning, Elders and Chiefs of two Algonquin Anishinabe First Nations ( Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg and the Algonquins of…
NATIONAL CAPITAL COMMISSION
The National Capital Commission (NCC) will highlight First Nations architecture and design at a Capital Urbanism Lab to be held on National Aboriginal Day.
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PARKS CANADA AGENCY
Ottawa Boat Cruises will be offering a new, eco-friendly and unique cruising experience on the downtown Ottawa portion of the Rideau Canal National Historic Site. The…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler
After a decade of inexplicable delay, the federal government is poised to announce the designation of the Ottawa River as one of 42 heritage rivers in Canada.…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Robert Allsopp, noted urban designer and key figure in the planning and design of the Long Term Vision and Plan for Ottawa's Parliamentary and Judicial Precincts, is to be…
NATIONAL TRUST FOR CANADA, By Natalie Bull
Once again, the National Trust has released its list of the Top 10 Endangered Places in Canada. On it are 10 more cherished places that have…
CBC NEWS | Ottawa
Mélanie Joly gives NCC 6 months to assess prospective federal landsHeritage Minister Mélanie Joly has asked the National Capital Commission to review all federally…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler
The federal government has asked the National Capital Commission to wade into the controversy over the future location of The Ottawa Hospital‘s new…
OTTAWA EAST NEWS, By Michelle Nash Baker
The latest details for the St. Charles Church development will be up for discussion.Residents will have a chance to…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
The National Trust for Canada and Faith for the Common Good are co-hosting a one-day community workshop entitled "Regenerating Places of Faith".
Places of faith…
HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Leslie Maitland
Students from schools across Eastern Ontario recently took part in the 14th Annual Ottawa Regional Heritage Fair held on April 19th at the Canadian…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Jane's Walk is a weekend festival of free neighbourhood walking tours throughout Ottawa, led by locals who care passionately about where they live, work and play.…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Jon Willing
More than 8,500 people have offered their advice to the federal government on what the next design of the Memorial of Victims of Communism should look…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Carleton University and Historic Ottawa Development Inc. (HODI) have announced the inaugural winners of a new student award program.
The HODI Award for Built Heritage…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler
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CBC NEWS, By Waubgeshig Rice
A former synagogue in Lowertown — once home to Ottawa's first Jewish congregation — is one step closer to achieving…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
In celebration of the 200th Anniversay of Tay Valley Township, the Lanark County Genealogical Society (LCGS) will be hosting a Heritage Bus Tour and Luncheon on June 4, 2016…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
As we celebrate Earth Day and Canada's historic signing of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, it's hard not to think of the Central Experimental Farm National Historic…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Advocating for the protection of Ottawa's built heritage and cultural landscapes is an ongoing effort for…
Senior scientists and bureaucrats are calling upon Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to abide by the federal government's promise of respect for science and evidence-based decision making. Heritage…
OTTAWA MAGAZINE, By Arthur Milnes
For many, the best solution to the 24 Sussex problem is simply to tear it down. But as historian Arthur Milnes argues, we have much more to lose than just…
CBC NEWS, By Amanda Pfeffer
More consultations and more options for a hospital site. That was the message government and hospital officials heard Monday during a meeting…
Ottawa West News, By Adam Kvetion
A developer’s proposal for an “upscale coffee house” with a drive-thru is getting a firm no from the community and the local…
CBC News, By Amanda Pfeffer
As the Ottawa Hospital gets set to reveal its preferred site for a new Civic campus to the federal government, one group is anticipating the…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Phil Jenkins
In the April of 1915, when Wilfred William Campbell was 54, he moved with his wife Mary and several members of his extended family into an old stone farm…
CBC NEWS | OTTAWA, By Trevor Pritchard
An Ottawa city councillor says he's preparing to fight a proposal to build a drive-thru coffee shop on the site of a heritage-designated…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Patrick Jodoin
The National Capital Commission says it will separate the rebuilding of a heritage site on Clarence Street from upgrades to the…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Kelly Egan
Jack Kitts said he was sorry Monday night. Twice.
It’s a start, one supposes, to the Ottawa Hospital opening some kind of meaningful dialogue with the…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, Editorial Board
There has been “confusion” about how the public is to be consulted on building a new Civic campus for The Ottawa Hospital, admits CEO Dr. Jack Kitts.…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Aeden Helmer
The public was finally given the chance to offer feedback on the site of the city’s new multibillion-dollar hospital on Monday night, and the people didn’t…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Elizabeth Payne
It is time for Ottawa residents to “resolve our differences” over the location of a new Civic hospital and forge a plan for a new one, The Ottawa…
CBC News, By Andrew Foote
The first public consultation of the reopened efforts to replace the Ottawa Hospital's Civic campus is happening later today.
The Conservative government…
CBC Morning
Is the Central Experimental Farm the best site for a new hospital in Ottawa?
After the controversy over the Central Experimental Farm site, The Ottawa Hospital is now…
Heritage Ottawa and the Coalition to Protect the Central Experimental Farm remain concerned that the Farm is still the principle target for a new site for the Ottawa Hospital. We can still achieve…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Elizabeth Payne
Six years after the Conservative government pulled the plug on the Portrait Gallery of Canada, momentum is building to restart the project and make…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Dave Reevely
The Central Experimental Farm should have some formal protection that would keep politicians from handing pieces of it off to other people, environment…
CBC News, By Giacomo Panico
The Ottawa Hospital wants to take a fresh look at several potential sites to build a new hospital for its…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Elizabeth Payne
The Ottawa Hospital's first big appeal to the community to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for a new hospital began with an apology from CEO Jack…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa celebrated Heritage Day 2016 by presenting its annual Gordon Cullingham Research and Publication Fund to one of this year's three grant recipients.…