Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
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Five Teams in running to produce new design for victims of communism memorialMonday, November 7, 2016OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler
Five teams have been shortlisted in the new design competition for the relocated, downsized Memorial to the Victims of Communism that will rise in downtown...
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Proposal Calls For Restaurant, Food Store in Former St. Charles Church in VanierWednesday, November 2, 2016CBC NEWS | Ottawa, By Kate Porter
A proposal to put a restaurant and food store within the former St. Charles church in Vanier, and surround the heritage building with housing units, will...
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Heritage trades get Hot as Canada's 150th Birthday BeckonsWednesday, November 2, 2016MACLEAN'S, by Dylan C. Robertson
Some college students are launching apps and social-media companies, but others are taking a step back in time and learning to work a forge, repair antique...
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Group unhappy with proposed makeup of planning advisory committeeMonday, October 31, 2016METRO NEWS / OTTAWA, By Adam Kveton
A new provincial bill is requiring cities like Ottawa to create planning advisory committees in an effort to encourage greater...
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Heritage Ottawa Launches Annual Lecture SeriesSaturday, October 29, 2016HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa's new Lecture Series is off to a flying start.
Our season-opening talk by Robert Smythe, author of the popular blog Urbsite, presented the... -
Icomos Canada Publishes New Field Guide to Tactical Heritage UrbanismFriday, October 28, 2016ICOMOS CANADA
When multiple perspectives are shared and respected, heritage can act as a source of social cohesion and faciilitate mutual understantding.
Last spring examine...
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Applications Due by November 1 for the Next Gordon Cullingham Research & Publication GrantSunday, October 23, 2016HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa invites applications for the Gordon Cullingham Research and Publication Grant. The grant program was created in 2008 and is named in honour of the late...
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New Home for Senate in Former Union Station on Track for 2018, Government SaysSaturday, October 22, 2016CBC NEWS, By Tom Parry
Federal officials offered a sneak peek inside Ottawa's old downtown railway station on Friday.
Union Station, a heritage building completed in 1912, is being...
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Proceeds from New Book will help enhance and preserve the Central Experimental FarmTuesday, October 18, 2016HERITAGE OTTAWA
A new book published by Friends of the Central Experimental Farm celebrates the beauty of the Farm's Ornamental Gardens, their heritage value and their significance to the...
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Château Laurier owners delay formal expansion submission in gesture of good faithMonday, October 17, 2016OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Susan Mas
The owners of the historic Château Laurier say they will delay making a formal submission to the City of Ottawa for a controversial expansion project in a bid...