OTTAWA SUN, By Danielle Dube

The NCC is working with local authorities to investigate an overnight fire Thursday that left a historical Quebec building in ruins.

THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Open Letter

Dear Members of the Board of Directors of Tribute to Liberty – Ludwik Klimkowski, Alide Forstmanis, Teresa Berezowski, Christine Dang, Ivan Grbesic, Paul…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Since Queen Victoria selected Bytown as Canada’s capital in 1858, the Parliamentary and Judicial Precincts facing Wellington Street have…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Matthew Pearson

The city appears to be taking steps to formalize its opposition to the proposed location of the Memorial to the Victims of Communism.

A day after…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

An influential National Capital Commission committee will weigh in this week on the design of the Memorial to the Victims of Communism, moving the…

The Ottawa Regional Heritage Fair is an annual event at which students from various regional school boards present heritage related projects in French, English or bilingual formats. This year…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Natalie Bull

In 2017, Canada will celebrate 150 years of confederation. It’s a milestone worth marking – so what’s our plan? Tuesday’s federal budget makes two…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

It could be as late as September before the National Capital Commission's  board of directors approves the design of the contentious new …

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

Jane's Walk hosts a weekend festival of free neighbourhood walking tours throughout Ottawa that promote urban literacy through the simple act of walking and observing. Tours offer insights into…

The National Arts Centre was the federal government’s centennial project to commemorate Canada’s 1967 celebration of Confederation. The project fulfilled a long-held national dream to create a…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Matthew Pearson

The city’s planning committee quickly endorsed three heritage-related items Tuesday.

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The National Capital Commission (NCC) plans to create a "more accessible and vibrant waterfront" in Ottawa's capital region, and invites the public to a discussion about…

NATIONAL POST, By Natalie Bull

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Tom Spears

Ottawa’s history is going online with the launch of the Ottawa Museums and Archives virtual collections catalogue.

The virtual…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

It offers what may be Ottawa’s most inspiring vista and contains one of the capital’s most prominent statues. Yet for two decades, Nepean Point…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm (CEF) has played a major role in Canada’s heritage of scientific research and innovation.

A casual visitor may not realize that…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

Not much will happen in time for Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, but the National Capital Commission wants Canadians to see their capital city in a…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Matthew Pearson

GLOBE AND MAIL, Bar Association Presidents

The following open letter is signed by 17 former presidents of the Canadian Bar Asociation: Simon V. Potter, Bernard Amyot, Thomas G. Heintzman, L…

OTTAWA CITIZEN

Readers Share More Views on Communism Memorial

Re: Victims of Communism was "not sufficiently a Canadian story," NCC told …

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Maria Cook

The architecture team designing an addition to the West Block on Parliament Hil describes it as "both contemporary and yet respectful of the building which…

THE GLOBE AND MAIL, By Alex Bozikovic

Parliament Hill, the Supreme Court of Canada … and the Memorial to the Victims of Communism. Strange as it sounds, that will be the sequence along…

OTTAWA CITIZEN

Ottawa's Built Heritage Sub-Committee is set to discuss heritage designation for a 70-year-old industrial building in Mechanicsville at its meeting next week.

The Heritage Conservation program at the School of Canadian Studies, Carleton University invites the public to attend two upcoming heritage conservation events.

On Friday, March 20 the…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

A committee of experts advised the National Capital Commission six years ago that the theme of a proposed memorial recognizing the victims of…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Owners of designated heritage buildings are eligible to apply for restoration grants through the City of Ottawa's Heritage Grant Program for Building Restoration. …

The Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism presents the final speaker in this season's Forum Lecture Series, taking place on Monday, March 16 at 6:00pm at The National Gallery Auditorium.…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Blair Crawford

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Ottawa's Central Experimental Farm (CEF), a National Historic Site of Canada, is currently under serious threat.

The federal government has offered 60 acres of the…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

In the summer of 2007, Jason Kenney was touring Masaryktown, a private nine-hectare park in Scarborough owned by Toronto's Czech and Slovak communities.

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

The national voice of Canada’s planning profession has joined those calling on the federal government to reconsider the site for the planned Memorial to…

HERITAGE OTTAWA, By David B. Flemming

Heritage Ottawa celebrated Heritage Day at Ottawa City Hall on February 17th by supporting two projects with $1000 each from the Gordon Cullingham…

NEW YORK TIMES, By Ian Austen

You can make out Canadians' reputation for modesty in their capital, a city that has largely avoided erecting anything you might call monumental. None of…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Excellence in preservation of Ottawa's architectural heritage was recognized this week at the Ottawa Architectural Conservation Awards.

This year's ceremony and…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

The prestigious Wellington Street site the federal government has made available for the planned Memorial to the Victims of Communism is worth at least $16…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Blair Crawford

Lines of laundry hanging in the sunshine behind a ramshackle Lowertown house …

A long-forgotten lunch counter advertising “crystal clear,…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, BY Robert Bostelaar

The Ontario Association of Architects has joined its national counterpart in urging the federal government to find a new home for a memorial…

The National Capital Commission (NCC) and Heritage Ottawa are proud to present a panel discussion about emerging ideas in Canadian and international heritage conservation, and how these ideas…

TORONTO STAR / EDITORIAL

National capitals tell stories. By what we choose to build, and where we choose to put it, we construct the narrative of our nation – building by building, street…

HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Leslie Maitland

The recent announcement that 60 acres will be severed from the Central Experimental Farm (CEF) raises serious concerns for the future of this culturally…

HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Leslie Maitland

​The Built Heritage Sub-Committee (BHSC) has recommended the designation of St. Anne's Rectory, located at 17 Myrand Street in Lowertown, under Part IV…

MACLEANS, By John Geddes

The story of the creation of the Canadian flag, which was officially flown for the first time over Parliament Hill 50 years ago on Feb. 15, is usually told in terms…

THE GLOBE AND MAIL, By Bill Curry

NATIONAL POST, By Elsa Lam

Ottawa’s plans for a Memorial to the Victims of Communism are under fire, and rightly so. From its overly prominent site to its literal depiction of brutality,…

HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Leslie Maitland

Heritage Ottawa supports the position of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) that the proposed Memorial to the Victims of Communism be…

Celebrate Heritage Day on February 17 by attending the Ottawa Architectural Conservation Awards!

Mayor Jim Watson, Councillor Tobi Nussbaum, Chair of the Built Heritage Sub-Committee, and…

HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Leslie Maitland

The recent OMB ruling in favour of a developer's proposal to build new student housing in Sandy HIll points to certain weaknesses in our city's heritage…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

An organization representing 4,800 Canadian architects has joined the growing chorus of opposition to the site selected by the federal government for the new…