General News

Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.

  • The 2015 Gordon Cullingham Research & Publication Fund
    Monday, October 6, 2014
    APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY NOVEMBER 1, 2014

    Heritage Ottawa invites applications for the Gordon Cullingham Research and Publication Fund. The funding program was created in 2008 and named...

  • Chaudiere's Significance Has Many Layers
    Sunday, October 5, 2014

    OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Randy Boswell

    The rezoning plan tentatively approved Thursday for Windmill’s redevelopment of the Chaudière islands was billed, in part, as a project that will “celebrate...

  • Colloquium Spotlights Residential Gothic Revival Architecture
    Monday, September 29, 2014

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    Members of Heritage Ottawa were amongst the many attendees this weekend at a landmark colloquium entitled "The Origins and Significance of Residential Gothic Architecture in...

  • Pugin Lecture a Great Success
    Friday, September 26, 2014

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    Heritage Ottawa inaugurated its 2014 - 2015 Lecture Series this evening with a riveting and well received lecture on the topic of Gothic Revival architecture.

    Dr....

  • Aberdeen Pavilion Voted "Most Eye-Pleasing Building" in Ottawa
    Sunday, September 21, 2014

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    Readers of the Ottawa Citizen have voted the Aberdeen Pavilion as Ottawa's "most eye-pleasing building".

    Designed by Ottawa architect Moses C. Edey and built in 1898...

  • Sandy Hill Demonstration Calls For Protection of Heritage Character
    Thursday, September 18, 2014

    By David B. Flemming

    Approximately 140 Sandy HIll residents and supporters, including many Heritage Ottawa members, turned out for a Heritage Demonstration and March in Sandy Hill yesterday...

  • Future Looks Bleak for Ottawa's Historic "Cottage" Gas Station
    Thursday, September 11, 2014

    OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Andrew King

    There's an old cottage in Westboro that looks as though it should be overlooking the water or tucked away in some secluded forest. Instead, it's passed by...

  • Heather Thomson Joins National Capital Commission
    Tuesday, September 9, 2014

    Heritage Ottawa welcomes Heather Thomson as the National Capital Commission's new Manager of its Heritage Program.

    Heather has worked in heritage conservation for 16 years at the local,...

  • Application Deadline Nears for Ottawa Architectural Conservation Awards
    Monday, September 8, 2014

    The City recognizes outstanding achievements in heritage conservation with the Ottawa Architectural Conservation Awards. 

    "The award-winning projects show that, with creativity and care,...

  • Padolsky: Misplaced Monument
    Monday, September 1, 2014

    OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Barry Padolsky

    An open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper:

    Dear Prime Minister Harper,

    On Thursday Aug. 21, 2014, your government unveiled the six...

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