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…

Committee approves plan to dub neighbourhood a 'heritage character area' instead of heritage district

CBC NEWS | OTTAWA

Ottawa's planning committee has recognized the historic…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa was pleased to participate once again in the Ottawa Regional Heritage Fair held on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at the Canadian War Museum. This was the first…

CBC NEWS

The official residence of Canada's prime minister, 24 Sussex Drive, should be replaced as it is not fit to serve as the home of a major world leader, says a new report by the…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

UPDATE: MAY 16, 2022: Winning 'Block 2' design features public square, preserves heritage buildings

The six finalists of a design competition for the renewal of…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

“It is a blatant grab for taking the powers of decision-making away from municipalities and putting power into the hands of our already largely unfettered development…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Developed mainly between 1890 and 1914, Centretown is one of the oldest residential neighbourhoods in Ottawa and…

le Droit, Michel Prévost

NOTRE HISTOIRE / Ottawa est la seule capitale au monde qui possède près de son centre une grande ferme toujours en fonction.

Avec plus de 1000 acres,…

"There’s little understanding of how beneficial heritage conservation is in economic, social and environmental terms."

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Andrew Waldron

Imagine a neighbourhood…

NATIONAL POST, By Ryan Tumilty

When Parliament’s Centre Block goes under wraps for masonry work, it won’t just fade from view. The government is planning a nearly $4 million massive wrap…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

The City of Ottawa is defending the local planning process in response to a report by a provincial task force recommending ways to increase the number of…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa is disappointed and concerned to learn that the final version of the new Official Plan (OP) approved by City Council included unclear and equivocal…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa is pleased to report that the National Capital Commission (NCC) has successfully completed the rehabilitation of the historic Rochon Residence at 138 St.…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Andrew Duffy

While Wellington Street is again quiet and clear after three weeks of heavy-duty mayhem, it appears the city’s oldest, most storied street will never be the…

CBC NEWS, By Catherine Tunney

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government continues to assess options for 24 Sussex, the crumbling, mouldy official prime minister's residence…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The City of Ottawa is currently accepting applications for the Heritage Grant for Building Restoration program.

Property owners of buildings designated under Part…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

The landmark Canadian Nurses Association headquarters near the Rideau Canal is proposed for redevelopment under a revised concept, bringing a new…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa is pleased to have supported the nomination of Barry Padolsky to the 2021 Order of Ottawa.

Mr. Padolsky was among a group of remarkable individuals…

OTTAWA BUSINESS JOURNAL, OBJ Staff

The owner of the Rideau Centre wants to add a residential component to the downtown mall in a plan that would see a heritage building integrated into a…

City's planning committee refuses to consider a zoning application for Catherine Street property until Tony Shahrasebi produces a credible plan for Somerset House

OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Jon…

CBC News, By Kate Porter

In a rare, if not unprecedented move, Ottawa's planning committee has deferred a decision on a downtown low-rise project to send the property owner a message about…

CBC NEWS, by Kate Porter

City council has given the green light to Ottawa's new Official Plan, the ambitious document that will guide development in the nation's capital for the next…

Le Droit | GAËLLE KANYEBA

La Coalition pour le pont Alexandra (CPA) demande au premier ministre Justin Trudeau, qui devrait annoncer les membres de son cabinet ministériel sous peu,…

Special to The Globe and Mail, by Wallace Immen

When it opened in 1912, Ottawa’s Union Station was an architectural delight that led passengers through a procession of palatial rooms to…

THE OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Taylor Blewett

City council has signed off on a master site plan for The Ottawa Hospital’s new Civic campus, another hurdle now cleared in the hospital’s quest to…

CBC NEWS | Matthew Kupfer

Committee approval of the master site plan for the new Civic campus of The Ottawa Hospital hinges on protecting trees, working with neighbouring communities on…

LE DROIT | Julien Paquette

Pendant près de 11 heures, le Comité de l’urbanisme et le Sous-comité du patrimoine bâti de la Ville d’Ottawa ont étudié ce plan vendredi. Plus de 50 citoyens…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Kelly Egan

There was a lot of talk Friday about the loss of trees and greenspace to make way for the new Civic campus of The Ottawa Hospital.

It was an all-day…

CTV NEWS Ottawa | by Jeremie Charron

The plan for the Ottawa Hospital's new Civic Campus came under scrutiny Friday during a marathon meeting at Ottawa City Hall.

Traffic, trees…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Taylor Blewett

Planning committee will decide Monday whether to endorse The Ottawa Hospital’s master site plan for its next-generation Civic campus on the eastern corner…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Taylor Blewett

A group working to dissuade the federal government from its plan to tear down and replace the aged Alexandra Bridge, a key element of the National Capital…

Le Droit | Julien Paquette | 15 septembre 2021

La Coalition pour le pont Alexandra dit avoir obtenu l’appui d’une majorité des candidats aux élections fédérales à Ottawa et Gatineau pour…

The Alexandra Bridge Coalition has asked candidates from the major political parties in the National Capital region for their position on the future of the bridge. The Coalition has…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

Yasir Naqvi’s fight to become the MP for Ottawa Centre includes a promise to legislate the protection of the Central Experimental Farm as plans move…

CBC News | Ottawa

The owner of the Mayfair Theatre says he's been caught off guard by news that the historic building housing his cinema has been listed for sale.

The…

We are the only G7 country that doesn’t protect or reuse heritage buildings. Perhaps we should heed the lessons of Roman Emperor Majorian.

By Marc Denhez and Ken Grafton | Originally…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa is pleased to announce three projects to receive funding from the Gordon Cullingham Research and Publication Fund.

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Bruce Deachman

Passing cars honked in support as one of about 100 protesters who gathered at Dow’s Lake at noon on Sunday waved a large Joni Mitchell-inspired placard…

CTV OTTAWA NEWS, By Shaun Vardon

The City of Ottawa hosted an information meeting on Zoom Tuesday night to review the master plan for the new Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus on Carling Avenue…

CTV NEWS | OTTAWA,  By Michael Woods

It will cost $175 million over 10 years to restore Canada’s six official residences to good condition, according to a new report from…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Blair Crawford

“Embarrassing.” A “trainwreck.” “Political paralysis.”

A National Capital Commission board member minced no words Wednesday when warning about the…

by Marc Denhez, Ken Grafton. Originally published on Policy Options
 

“You have, ladies and gentlemen, to give this much to the Luftwaffe. When it knocked down our buildings, it…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The City of Ottawa will hold a Public Information Session to discuss The Ottawa Hospital Master Plan.

Online: www.zoom.us/…