DESIGNATION OF 251 BESSERER STREET ON HOLD
HERITAGE OTTAWA
After determining its cultural heritage value earlier this year, city staff recommended the former Rideau Exchange Building at 251 Besserer Street for designation under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA).
David Flemming 2025 Recipient of the Louise & Eric Moore Award
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa is proud to announce that one of its own outstanding volunteers, the incomparable David Flemming, is the recipient of the 2025 Louise and Eric Moore Award for Outstanding Heritage Volunteerism.
Mills: Design favoured for new Alexandra Bridge ignores its heritage
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa is proud to announce that one of its own outstanding volunteers, the incomparable David Flemming, is the recipient of the 2025 Louise and Eric Moore Award for Outstanding Heritage Volunteerism.
Trudeau proposes way forward on 24 Sussex problem during final days in power
This choice is part of an all-out assault on the esthetics of the city as well as its history.
Heritage Ottawa Supports New Advisory Body to Find Solution for 24 Sussex
Ottawa, ON, March 17, 2025 -- Heritage Ottawa was pleased to see outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's call for a plan to address the need for an official prime minister’s residence and supports the request that an advisory group be created to make recommendations on location, functionality, cost and security needs with a proposal for new options drafted by January 2026.
Spears: Where will the PM live? We know it's not 24 Sussex
The National Capital Commission has been pouring a steady stream of money into Rideau Cottage for at least eight years, with upgrades that make the two-storey brick house look like it could be a prime minister’s residence for years to come.
Is that the plan? The various federal departments involved still aren’t saying, even though we are now just three weeks from the results of the federal election.
Alexandra Bridge – Post Election 2021 Action
HERITAGE OTTAWA | POST ELECTION 2021 ACTION
The Alexandra Bridge Coalition calls upon Canadians to contact the Prime Minister and the new Minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada, Filomena Tassi, to DEFEND OUR HERITAGE AND PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT and exercise their authority to protect the Alexandra Bridge, an iconic landmark in the Nation's Capital, from demolition.
Westboro residents fear for crumbling monastery saddled with back taxes
CBC NEWS, by Arthur White-Crummey
A historic nunnery is up for sale after a creditor pushed an Ashcroft Homes subsidiary into receivership, raising worries and hopes about the fate of a heritage property the city says is already unsafe.
