Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
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Applications Now Open for 2021 Heritage Grant Program for Building RestorationWednesday, January 13, 2021HERITAGE OTTAWA
The City of Ottawa is currently accepting applications for the Heritage Grant for Building Restoration program.
Property owners of buildings designated under Part...
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Revised Design for Château Laurier Addition Heading to Committees and CouncilSaturday, January 9, 2021HERITAGE OTTAWA
The city’s built-heritage subcommittee and planning committee will meet jointly on February 5 to consider the revised design and site plan for the Château Laurier hotel...
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Call for entries: New book on Monuments and Statues in Canada's Capital RegionTuesday, December 1, 2020HERITAGE OTTAWA
Carleton University professors Tonya Davidson (Sociology) and David Dean (History), editors of a book entitled Monumental Memories: A Critical Reading of Memorials,...
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City posts designs and application for Château Laurier additionSaturday, November 28, 2020OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Bruce Deachman
The City of Ottawa this week posted online the most recent applications by Larco Investments, which owns the Fairmont Château Laurier, for site control...
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Canada risks burning its bridges to its architectural and cultural historyFriday, November 27, 2020GLOBE AND MAIL | Opinion, by Toon Dreessen, OAA, FRAIC
Our built heritage – the cultural institutions that house our democracy, our collections of art or our...
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EarnscliffeTuesday, November 24, 2020Heritage Ottawa The British High Commission (BHC) recently announced it has awarded the contract for the construction of a new office building and gatehouse on the grounds of Earnscliffe, the...
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EARNSCLIFFE: A New Chancery and Gatehouse on Grounds of National Historic SiteTuesday, November 24, 2020HERITAGE OTTAWAThe British High Commission (BHC) recently announced it has awarded the contract for the construction of a new office building and gatehouse on the grounds of Earnscliffe, the...
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Lansdowne loses $11M, committee OK's 10-year extension to OSEGThursday, November 12, 2020CBC NEWS, By Kate Porter
Councillors on Ottawa's finance committee, led by Mayor Jim Watson, unanimously supported adding 10 years to the city's partnership with Ottawa Sports and...
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OSEG should get access to lifecycle money and a 10-year contract extension, committee decidesThursday, November 12, 2020
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing
Thursday’s finance and economic committee meeting on the possibility of extending a public-private partnership at Lansdowne Park and unlocking financial...
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New rules could open door to more low-rise apartments in established neighbourhoodsThursday, September 10, 2020OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing
The complicated work of encouraging home construction, shoehorning small apartment complexes into Ottawa’s oldest neighbourhoods and satisfying neighbours...