General News

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

  • Show Your Support for Historic Places!
    Monday, September 10, 2018
    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    Take action! Sign the petition calling for heritage funding in the 2019 Federal Budget.

    Heritage Ottawa believes that Canada's historic places deserve support — and we...

  • On the ground with special team of bylaw inspector and heritage planner
    Tuesday, September 4, 2018

    OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Matthew Pearson

    Perhaps the most tangible achievement of the Heritage Matters Task Force launched in 2016 by Mayor Jim Watson is the appointment of a special bylaw...

  • Ottawa Votes 2018: Does heritage matter at the ballot box?
    Tuesday, September 4, 2018

    OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Matthew Pearson

    Children who were in kindergarten on the day Somerset House partially collapsed in October 2007 are in high school, now and there’s a good chance they’ll...

  • Wellington West BIA wants city to speed up work on Magee House
    Thursday, August 30, 2018

    CTV Ottawa
     

    The Wellington West BIA is calling on the city of Ottawa to speed up its work on Magee House.

    In a letter sent to city staff, the BIA says  it is concerned with...

  • Today's letters: Is it time for a national capital district?
    Wednesday, August 29, 2018

    OTTAWA CITIZEN EDITORIAL BOARD

    Declaring the area near the Canadian Museum of History a heritage district is a smart move, which will discourage turning the area into a future developer’s...

  • Gatineau council votes down $400M development with heritage designation for Museum District
    Wednesday, August 29, 2018

    OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Taylor Blewett

    In front of a room packed to the brim with members of the public, Gatineau city council passed a heritage designation for the city’s downtown Museum...

  • Westboro convent proposal gets planning committee's OK
    Tuesday, August 28, 2018

    CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

    Worried about leaving a former convent in Westboro empty too long, city councillors on Ottawa's planning committee approved a plan Monday to attach a nine-...

  • Gatineau vote effectively kills Hull tower plans
    Tuesday, August 28, 2018

    CBC NEWS

    Gatineau city councillors voted to place a heritage designation on the neighbourhood around the Canadian Museum of History Tuesday night, effectively killing plans for two highrise...

  • 10 months later, GG still not living at Rideau Hall
    Monday, August 27, 2018

    OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Kelly Egan

    Does Canada even need official residences for its leading dignitaries?

    We’re today cornered with the question. Since taking office in 2015, Prime...

  • Hull Tower Project's Fate Hinges on Heritage Vote
    Monday, August 27, 2018

    OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Taylor Blewett

    While Gatineau city council is officially voting on a heritage designation for its downtown Museum District on Tuesday, it’s also a referendum of sorts on...

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