HERITAGE OTTAWA

Established in 1886, the Central Experimental Farm is the third oldest continuously operated agricultural research station in the world.

In a seminar to be…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Join Heritage Ottawa in celebrating Heritage Day on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 with special heritage events held from 11:30am to 2:00pm at Ottawa City Hall.…

CBC News, By Amanda Pfeffer

Key stakeholders in a controversial decision in 2014 to lease land from the Central Experimental Farm (CEF) to The Ottawa Hospital were kept in the dark in…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Elizabeth Payne

More than a year after announcing a new Civic hospital would be built on 60 acres of the historic Central Experimental Farm, The Ottawa Hospital now says…

CBC News, By Amanda Pfeffer

The Ottawa Hospital will review whether the 24-hectare Experimental Farm lands are the best site for its new facility, CBC News has learned.

Eight years…

OTTAWA MAGAZINE, By Paul Gessell

Ontario MP Francis Glass was in the House of Commons…

NATIONAL OBSERVER, By Mike De Souza

The Harper government broke federal cabinet rules when it attempted to transfer a historic and culturally significant piece of land, said Ottawa’s…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The Department of Canadian Heritage has launched an online survey to gather public input into a new, significantly smaller design for a Memorial to the Victims of Communism…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

In response to a letter signed by nearly 50 agricultural and climate change scientists and heritage advocates including Heritage Ottawa, Federal Environment…

CBC News | Ottawa

The Ottawa Hospital's chief of staff says he will leave the decision about where to build a new facility to replace the century-old Civic campus "up to the politicians…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Peter Robb

People come to crossroads in their lives and so to do churches.

For Dominion-Chalmers United Church that time is now.

The neo-Byzantine sanctuary…

CBC News, By Amanda Pfeffer

Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna told reporters she has "concerns" about the impending transfer of 24 hectares of land from the Central…

By Tobi Nussbaum

At today’s City Council meeting, permission was granted to Richcraft Homes to take down the iconic Bradley/Craig Barn in Stittsville and move it to Saunders Farm, over 20…

The Western Producer, By Robert Amason

A coalition of scientists and heritage advocates are trying to save what may be the second oldest piece of agricultural research land in the world.…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

A growing number of citizens and local organizations are voicing their concerns that the landmark Bradley-Craig Farmstead - a designated heritage property - should remain…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

The National Capital Commission’s board has put the final nail in the coffin of the Memorial to the Victims of Communism’s contentious site near the Supreme…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

Canada is falling short of its commitment to preserve and protect the Rideau Canal which was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2007,…

580 CFRA

River Ward Councillor Riley Brockington says that the Central Experimental Farm is vulnerable and is pushing for federal legislation to protect the site.

In 2014, the…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Dave Reevely

Having given up hope that the Ottawa Hospital will talk to its neighbours about its plans to rebuild its Civic campus on the Experimental Farm, Councillor…

Stittsville Central, By Glen Gower

Interesting discussion at City Hall around the impacts of heritage designation, and a great example of a creative compromise.

A group of seven…

HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Leslie Maitland

The current struggle to protect the Central Experimental Farm (CEF) from inappropriate development is certainly not a new one.

In 2008, the…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Joanne Laucius

A new heritage conservation district plan for Rockcliffe Park may help prevent “monster homes” in Ottawa’s most prestigious neighbourhood. 

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Joanne Laucius

The city should refuse Ottawa Community Housing’s application to demolish a Lowertown house because the city needs to set a good example, urges a city…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa congratulates Alain Miguelez on the success of his new book, Transforming Ottawa. The first printing of the book, which examines how the Gréber plan…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Bruce Deachman

One way to look at Alain Miguelez’s new book, Transforming Ottawa, is simply to graze through the hundreds of historical photos and marvel at how much this…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

Ottawa resident Julien Olson lives with Canadian history every day — literally.

His apartment is furnished with a coffee table and…

The School of Canadian Studies, Carleton University invites submissions from graduate students and heritage professionals for its 11th Annual Graduate Student Heritage Conservation Symposium.…

Disappearance of the iconic Mellos Restaurant sign from its Dalhousie Street location is now a police matter. This well-known marker is considered a heritage feature of the Byward Market Heritage…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Tom Spears

The historic All Saints Anglican Church in Sandy Hill has been sold, and will gradually be developed as a mixed-use building for meetings, weddings and …

Heritage Ottawa welcomes Minister Joly's announcement that the Long Term Vision Plan for Canada's Capital will be respected, and that the Victims of Communism Monument will not be erected on the…

STITTSVILLE CENTRAL

Here’s a transcript of statements made by city councillors Tobi Nussbaum and Shad Quadri at last week’s Built Heritage Sub-Committee during a debate about the future of…

NATIONAL CAPITAL COMMISSION

As Canadians get ready for Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrations, the National Capital Commission (NCC) is preparing the Plan for Canada’s Capital,…

GLOBE AND MAIL

The following Letter to the Editor was published in today's edition of The Globe and Mail, in response to last week's Globe Editorial entitled 'Two Monumental Errors…

iPOLITICS, By Peter Anderson

The debate underway over the future of a field at Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm promises to shed light on the new Liberal government’s promises for…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Joanne Laucius

The decades-long saga of a derelict Lowertown school may be coming to a close.

But some people in the neighbourhood aren’t happy with the…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Peter Simpson

The biggest corporate donation the National Gallery of Canada has ever received, and the biggest gift that Scotiabank has ever given, will establish “one of…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

Charitable trusts, better heritage laws, tax exemptions and other measures could ensure official residences don’t languish due to politics and…

CBC OTTAWA

The National Arts Centre has released details of how major renovation work will affect the building and the performances held there starting in December.

The Conservative…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Elizabeth Payne

The Central Experimental Farm is such a beloved institution in Ottawa that volunteers contribute 10,000 hours every year helping to keep its public areas…

CBC NEWS

A new design by architect Douglas Cardinal was unveiled Thursday for two mixed-use hotel and condominium towers in downtown Gatineau, Que., called Place des Peuples.

The 35…

Ottawa's arts, culture and heritage contribute greatly to our city's economy and enviable quality of life. 

Yet the City of Ottawa's per capita investment in the local cultural sector…

CTV Ottawa

Discussion over the fate of a 142-year-old heritage barn in West Ottawa has been set for December 10th at the next meeting of the Built Heritage Sub-Committee.

The barn,…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Joanne Laucius

Ottawa Community Housing has two months to come up with alternatives to demolishing a heritage house it owns in Lowertown.

The social…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, OP ED By Natalie Bull

As Canadians take sides about what should happen next at Canada’s most famous address – Restore heritage? Make it modern and green? Create an…

HERITGE OTTAWA

Ottawa Architects 150 is an ambitious project to document the history of the practice of architecture in Ottawa from 1867 to 2017.

The core of the project is the “…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa's Leslie Maitland appeared on CBC Television's Our Ottawa today to discuss the heritage significance of 24 Sussex Drive and Rideau Cottage.

When…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Matthew Pearson

HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Leslie Maitland

24 Sussex is at a crossroads. The building, erected in 1867-68 for an Ottawa lumber baron, became the official residence of Canada's Prime Ministers in…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

Justin Trudeau appears to be seriously considering delaying his move into his childhood home at 24 Sussex Drive, raising the prospect that…