Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
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Former Agriculture Canada officials urge Trudeau to keep the hospital off the farmTuesday, April 19, 2016Senior scientists and bureaucrats are calling upon Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to abide by the federal government's promise of respect for science and evidence-based decision making. Heritage...
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24 Sussex: Save the history behind those wallsSunday, April 17, 2016OTTAWA MAGAZINE, By Arthur Milnes
For many, the best solution to the 24 Sussex problem is simply to tear it down. But as historian Arthur Milnes argues, we have much more to lose than just...
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More options, consultation needed on new hospital site, groups tell officialsTuesday, April 12, 2016CBC NEWS, By Amanda Pfeffer
More consultations and more options for a hospital site. That was the message government and hospital officials heard Monday during a meeting considering the...
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NCC Resisted Pressure to sign off on victims of communism memorialWednesday, April 6, 2016OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler
Those who opposed the former Conservative government’s plan to build a Memorial to the Victims of Communism on a prominent site near the Supreme Court might...
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Councillor Leiper against proposed drive-thru in Island Park Drive Heritage buildingFriday, April 1, 2016Ottawa West News, By Adam Kvetion
A developer’s proposal for an “upscale coffee house” with a drive-thru is getting a firm no from the community and the local...
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Agriculture Institute to hold Consultation on Experimental FarmThursday, March 31, 2016CBC News, By Amanda Pfeffer
As the Ottawa Hospital gets set to reveal its preferred site for a new Civic campus to the federal government, one group is anticipating the Experimental Farm...
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Jenkins: Ottawa's poetry history still with usTuesday, March 22, 2016OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Phil Jenkins
In the April of 1915, when Wilfred William Campbell was 54, he moved with his wife Mary and several members of his extended family into an old stone farm...
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Proposed Westboro drive-thru café 'completely inappropriate' says LeiperMonday, March 21, 2016CBC NEWS | OTTAWA, By Trevor Pritchard
An Ottawa city councillor says he's preparing to fight a proposal to build a drive-thru coffee shop on the site of a heritage-designated Westboro gas...
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NCC Says it will streamline 7 Clarence reconstructionMonday, March 14, 2016OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Patrick Jodoin
The National Capital Commission says it will separate the rebuilding of a heritage site on Clarence Street from upgrades to the neighbouring...
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Egan: The Hospital Sorry, but eyes still firmly on the FarmWednesday, March 9, 2016OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Kelly Egan
Jack Kitts said he was sorry Monday night. Twice.
It’s a start, one supposes, to the Ottawa Hospital opening some kind of meaningful dialogue with the...