General News

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

  • The state of 24 Sussex Drive is an increasingly absurd embarrassment
    Wednesday, April 12, 2023

    Heritage Ottawa has been advocating for years for a solution to 24 Sussex Drive. Here is a recent opinion piece in the Globe and Mail. 

    The Globe and Mail | OPINION by John Ibbitson

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  • Heritage Ottawa Comments and Update on 1495 Heron Road
    Tuesday, March 28, 2023

    Heritage Ottawa

    UPDATE

    Heritage Ottawa participated in the April 13, 2022 Webinar and Panel Discussion hosted by Canada Lands Company (CLC) on the preferred option to reintegrate 1495...

  • Ottawa Heritage Awards Recognize Outstanding Achievements in Preservation
    Monday, February 27, 2023

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    Outstanding contributions to conservation of Ottawa's architectural heritage were recognized at last week's 2023 Ottawa Heritage Awards, held at the ByTowne Cinema during...

  • City Recognizes Outstanding Achievement at 2023 Heritage Awards
    Friday, February 24, 2023

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    DRAFT

     

    https://ottawa.ca/en/news/city-recognizes-outstanding-achievements-2023-ottawa-heritage-awards

  • Heritage Ottawa Receives Mayor's Proclamation on Heritage Day
    Thursday, February 23, 2023

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

  • Heritage Ottawa Receives Mayor's Heritage Day Proclamation
    Tuesday, February 21, 2023

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    Heritage Ottawa was honoured today to receive the 2023 Heritage Day Proclamation from Mayor Sutcliffe, in recognition of the importance of this year's theme Recovering and...

  • Mad Dash Underway to Protect Heritage Buildings by end of 2024
    Wednesday, February 15, 2023

    CBC NEWS OTTAWA, By Joanne Chianello

    It didn't take long for a City of Ottawa committee to vote in favour of designating the exterior of a century-old apartment complex in Sandy Hill as a...

  • HERITAGE PROPERTIES NEED NOT BE SACRIFICED FOR HOUSING GROWTH
    Tuesday, February 7, 2023

    <h1>Heritage properties need not be sacrificed for housing growth</h1><p class="byline">by Ken Grafton, Marc Denhez. Originally published on <em>Policy Options</em>...

  • Heritage properties need not be sacrificed for housing growth
    Tuesday, February 7, 2023

    POLICY OPTIONS, By Ken Grafton and Marc Denhez

    Many of Ontario’s heritage properties could be vulnerable to the wrecking ball of urban intensification under the More Homes Built Faster Act...

  • Canada: PM’s residence is falling to bits – but who’s willing to pay for repairs?
    Tuesday, January 31, 2023

    THE GUARDIAN, by Leyland Cecco

    Once home to Canada’s powerful lumber barons, 24 Sussex Drive, tucked away in a forested enclave of the capital, is one of the country’s most symbolically...

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