The Ontario Heritage Act Turns 50! The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful
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On the occasion of our annual Bob & Mary Anne Phillips Memorial Lecture, Heritage Ottawa is pleased to mark the 50th anniversary of the Ontario Heritage Act with a panel presentation on the history, implementation and challenges associated with this seminal piece of legislation.
CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM: HERITAGE OTTAWA LAUNCHES NEW VIDEO
HERITAGE OTTAWA
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 protective federal legislation.
CLICK HERE to view the video. And please share it to help us get the word out.
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Heritage Day 2026
HERITAGE DAY 2026!
Celebrate this year's theme "Voices of a City: Celebrating Two Centuries of Collective Histories and Local Heroes in Ottawa".
Join us at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, February 17 at Jean Pigott Place, City Hall for a celebration of Heritage Day. We will have a booth at the Marketplace there and we hope you will stop by and say hello.
A HOUSE FIT FOR A PRIME MINISTER?
"24 Sussex is not just any home. It is a nationally significant place that belongs to all Canadians, not to a prime minister nor to any political party," Heritage Ottawa in a 2019 letter to then PM Trudeau.
"What does it say about us as a country that our prime minister's house is a ruin?" asks Toon Dreessen of Architects DCA.
"It's kind of silly -- disgraceful, really," says Robert Martin of Robertson Martin Architects.
CANADA STRONG! AT LAST A FEDERAL HISTORIC PLACES ACT?
HERITAGE OTTAWA
We are pleased to report that this month, the international OurWorldHeritage Foundation's blog has published Heritage Ottawa's post, Canada Strong! At last a Federal Historic Places Act? by Leslie Maitland and Hunter McGill.
HERITAGE OTTAWA CALLS ON PM MARK CARNEY FOR ACTION ON 24 SUSSEX
HERITAGE OTTAWA / CBC NEWS
This past week, CBC News learned that a decision on the future of 24 Sussex Drive is looming. Heritage Ottawa president Katherine Spencer-Ross was interviewed by David Common as a guest on today's Rosemary Barton Live.
CLICK HERE to view the interview.
