Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
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Evening of Storytelling to Celebrate Ottawa's Architecture and Special PlacesFriday, May 4, 2018Save the Date: May 8, 2018HERITAGE OTTAWA
Architectural historians Andrew Waldron and Peter Coffman – author and photographer, respectively, of the recently published guidebook Exploring...
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Heritage Ottawa Presents a New Jane's Walk: Architecture of the CHÂTEAU LAURIERFriday, May 4, 2018HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa president David Jeanes and architectural historian/photographer Peter Coffman will be leading a Jane’s Walk on the history and architecture of the Château...
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Lisgar Collegiate graduates to celebrate venerable buildingThursday, May 3, 2018CBC NEWS | OTTAWA
When Lisgar Collegiate Institute celebrates its 175th anniversary this weekend, who better than David Jeanes to walk people through the corridors?
The president of...
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Replacement Monument to Rideau Canal Workers UnveiledMonday, April 30, 2018CBC NEWS, By Leah Hansen and Trevor Pritchard
Nearly nine months after a monument to the workers who died building the Rideau Canal was mysteriously destroyed, people gathered on the...
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Agency gives city more time to decide on fate of Prince of Wales BridgeFriday, April 27, 2018OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Olivia Robinson
The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has granted the City of Ottawa an extension to decide the fortunes of the Prince of Wales Bridge.
On Feb....
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Demolition of former Lester B. Pearson Home Recommended by Planning CommitteeTuesday, April 24, 2018Planning committee gives consent despite report revealing $1M set aside for repairs was never usedCBC NEWS | OTTAWA
Ottawa's planning committee overwhelmingly approved the demolition of a...
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Planning committee recommends demolition of former Lester Pearson homeTuesday, April 24, 2018OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing
The Ugandan High Commission should be allowed to demolish the former Sandy Hill home of Lester B. Pearson and construct a new office building, the planning...
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NCC to expand public access to 19th-century Bronson Pulp Mill ruinsMonday, April 23, 2018CBC NEWS | OTTAWA
The National Capital Commission's board of directors has approved a multi-million dollar project to make the ruins of a 19th-century pulp mill near the Portage Bridge more...
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Jane's Walk Ottawa to Feature More than 50 Walks: May 5 - 6, 2018Sunday, April 22, 2018HERITAGE OTTAWA
SAVE THE DATES: MAY 5 - 6, 2018
Jane's Walk is an annual weekend festival of free neighbourhood walking tours throughout Ottawa-Gatineau, led by local citizens who...
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McLeod: Heritage Preservation Helps Us Build a Better CityThursday, April 19, 2018OTTAWA SUN, By Jonathan McLeod
There was, perhaps, the most minor of international incidents in Ottawa the other day as the city’s built-heritage subcommittee denied approval for the...