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Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
An event to celebrate New Edinburgh's history bringing people together for fun with music, house tours, food, drinks and much more.
The streets of New Edinburgh will come alive on…
CBC NEWS | Ottawa, by Daniel LeBlanc
The federal government is looking at dropping the dilapidated mansion at 24 Sussex in Ottawa as the prime minister's official…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
UPDATEOn August 23, City Council referred the rezoning application for the proposed towers back to the Planning and Housing Committee for further consideration on…
CBC NEWS | OTTAWA, By Arthur White-Crummey
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is warning that two towers planned for the edge of the Central Experimental Farm would block out light…
CBC NEWS OTTAWA | By Arthur White Crummey
Ottawa's former city registry office was on the move Saturday, at the leisurely pace of about 3.5 metres per hour.
With a 149-year-old…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
On Saturday, July 22 the historic City Registry Office, a designated heritage building constructed in 1873-74 and located at 70 Nicholas Street, is scheduled to be moved 18m…
Heritage Ottawa skeptical after years of plans falling apart
CBC NEWS | OTTAWA, By Arthur White-Crummey
After years of false starts and missed deadlines, the owner of the long…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
A new book by Christina Cameron examines current trends in cultural heritage conservation and their influence on heritage practice.
Evolving Heritage Conservation…
CBC NEWS | Ottawa, By John Paul Tasker
Construction work has just started on 24 Sussex Drive, the prime minister's official residence. The building has fallen into a state of…
Ottawa Citizen | OPINION, By Barry Padolsky
On April 26, Ottawa Council voted to overturn a recommendation by its built heritage committee to apply a heritage designation to one of the…
Heritage Ottawa has been advocating for years for a solution to 24 Sussex Drive. Here is a recent opinion piece in the Globe and Mail.
The Globe and Mail | OPINION by John Ibbitson…
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UPDATEHeritage Ottawa participated in the April 13, 2022 Webinar and Panel Discussion hosted by Canada Lands Company (CLC) on the preferred option to reintegrate…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Outstanding contributions to conservation of Ottawa's architectural heritage were recognized at last week's 2023 Ottawa Heritage Awards, held at the ByTowne Cinema during…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa was honoured today to receive the 2023 Heritage Day Proclamation from Mayor Sutcliffe, in recognition of the importance of this year's theme Recovering and…
CBC NEWS OTTAWA, By Joanne Chianello
It didn't take long for a City of Ottawa committee to vote in favour of designating the exterior of a century-old apartment complex in Sandy Hill…
POLICY OPTIONS, By Ken Grafton and Marc Denhez
Many of Ontario’s heritage properties could be vulnerable to the wrecking ball of urban intensification under the More Homes Built…
THE GUARDIAN, by Leyland Cecco
Once home to Canada’s powerful lumber barons, 24 Sussex Drive, tucked away in a forested enclave of the capital, is one of the country’s most symbolically…
Angus Reid Institute
As the National Capital Commission prepares to begin abatement work on 24 Sussex Drive this spring, the future of the prime minister’s official residence –…
A broken funding mechanism endangers important national heritage assets to serve short-term partisan political strategy.
Building Magazine | By Marc Denhez and Ken Grafton
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CTV NEWS | Ottawa, by Ted Raymond
The owner of St. Brigid’s Church in Lowertown, which was the main stage of a series of events centered around a group calling itself “The United People of…
LE DROIT, Charles-Antoine Gagnon
L’organisme Patrimoine Ottawa accueille favorablement l'engagement de Cadillac Fairview d’intégrer l’immeuble historique du Bureau d’enregistrement d’…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Andrew Duffy
Ottawa’s 148-year-old City Registry Office, a designated heritage building, will be moved, refurbished and converted into a bistro as part of a residential…
CBC NEWS | OTTAWA, by Guy Quenneville
Issa Khoury doesn't know precisely how many keys he holds for the Syrian embassy building in downtown Ottawa; he's never counted. But it's a…
As part of our work to protect the Central Experimental Farm from further encroachment, we created an important three-minute video to help raise awareness about the need for…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
UPDATE: On November 28, 2022, Bill 23, New Homes Built Faster Act was passed into law. Heritage Ottawa will be working with heritage community groups and the City's…
CTV NEWS | Ottawa, by Peter Szperling
A prominent home renovation expert suggests replacing the prime minister's residence could cost $12 million, as debate continues on the future…
SAVE THE DATE! On Wednesday, November 23 at 7pm, Councillors Glen Gower and Jeff Leiper will be hosting an expert panel — including Heritage Ottawa's David Flemming — to answer your…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa was pleased to see yesterday's National Capital Commission announcement that it has begun the process of shutting down 24 Sussex Drive in order to begin…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Taylor Blewett
Multimillion-dollar revenue shortfalls, more money demanded of municipal taxpayers, and the erosion of quality of life, the natural environment, and…
CBC NEWS | OTTAWA
A new vacant property bylaw goes into effect in Ottawa on Tuesday that forces owners to get a permit for lots and buildings that have been unoccupied for 120 days.
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The City of Ottawa recognizes outstanding achievements in heritage conservation with the Ottawa Heritage Awards, formerly known as the Ottawa Architectural Conservation Awards. The application…
CBC NEWS OTTAWA
The National Capital Commission (NCC) has given Algonquin names to a popular lookout over Ottawa-Gatineau and a new pedestrian bridge connecting it to Major's Hill Park.…
The Municipal Elections 2022 are upon us! Voting day is Monday, October 24th.
It is at the municipal level where decisions are made that impact local bylaws affecting our lives and…
CBC NEWS, Ottawa, By David Fraser
Eviction notices taped to the door of a historic church in Lowertown claim the members of The United People of Canada (TUPC) violated the province's…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Following Heritage Ottawa’s annual general meeting in May, the new Board of Directors met to elect an executive committee. We are pleased to introduce our new president!…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
After a two-year hiatus, Welcoming Ottawa Week (WOW) 2022 is taking place from June 20 to 29. Ottawa Local Immigration Partnership and Heritage Ottawa are pleased to host a…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Lyn Saxberg
Contractors hired by the City of Ottawa replaced two wood panels on the facade of Barrymore’s Music Hall this week after the landlord failed to comply with…
Canada is only G7 country without legislation protecting historic sites, despite having more than 300.
THE CANADIAN PRESS, By Mia Rabson
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says…
By Andrew Waldron | Lowertown Echo de la Basse-ville
The best places to live in the world are human-scaled, pedestrianized, mid-sized and street-focused, with low car use, mixed housing,…
CBC NEWS OTTAWA
The upcoming redesign of an entire block of buildings across Wellington Street from Parliament Hill would bring courtyards, atriums and a new public square to downtown…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
City Council has approved the creation of the have been researching the history and development of the Carlington North Veterans’ Housing neighbourhood as a "Heritage…