HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa is delighted to announce that Michael Mashologu of Ottawa’s Glashan Middle School was the winner of Heritage Ottawa’s award at the 2025 Ottawa Regional…

Heritage Ottawa, in cooperation with the Lowertown Community Association, hosted an evening get-together of community association representatives and others interested in protecting Ottawa’s…

Ottawa ON, April 29, 2025 -- Heritage Ottawa mourns the loss of our former President and outstanding volunteer, David Flemming, who died peacefully on April 25, 2025 at the University of…

CBC NEWS, by Arthur White-Crummey

A historic nunnery is up for sale after a creditor pushed an Ashcroft Homes subsidiary into receivership, raising worries and hopes about the…

CTV News | Ottawa, by Josh Pringle

A coalition of groups wants the future of the Alexandra Bridge to be an election issue, calling on the next federal government to halt plans to replace the…

This choice is part of an all-out assault on the esthetics of the city as well as its history.

OTTAWA CITIZEN | OPINION, by Desmond Mills

Recently, the National Capital Commission (NCC…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa is proud to announce that one of its own outstanding volunteers, the incomparable David Flemming, is the recipient of the 2025 Louise and Eric Moore Award for…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa is proud to announce that one of its own outstanding volunteers, the incomparable David Flemming, is the recipient of the 2025 Louise and Eric Moore Award for…

HERITAGE OTTAWA | MEDIA ADVISORY

Heritage Ottawa was disappointed to learn of the recent proposed closure in 2026 of the Perth Campus of Algonquin College, home to the Heritage…

FIFTY-FIVE PLUS MAGAZINE, by Dan Lalande

Imagine Ottawa without its architectural iconography. Strip its streets of the Parliament Buildings, the Chateau Laurier, the Aberdeen Pavilion and…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of historian, journalist, heritage advocate and tireless volunteer Robert Smythe who died on Friday, November 15 at the…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Bruce Deachman

When the main branch of the Ottawa Public Library officially opened its doors 50 years ago, it boasted impressive works of public art…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Applications are now being accepted for the City of Ottawa's 2025 Heritage Grants for Building Restoration. The application deadline is November 29, 2024.

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa welcomed the opportunity to review the preliminary directions proposed in the National Capital Commission's (NCC) Draft Parkways Planning and Design…

Ontario Construction News, By Mark Buckshon

Ottawa’s Built Heritage Committee has recommended imposing some heritage protections relating to a proposed redevelopment of federal lands for…

Every year, the City of Ottawa recognizes outstanding achievements in heritage conservation with the Ottawa Heritage Awards.

The application period is now open for projects…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Blair Crawford

The Aberdeen Pavilion, the showpiece of Lansdowne Park, is getting an urgently needed makeover.

Last week, city council approved a refurbishment…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Catherine Morrison

Officials from Public Services and Procurement Canada held a news conference on Wednesday to provide an update on the Alexandra Bridge project.…

CTV NEWS OTTAWA, by Kimberley Fowler

The 123-year-old Alexandra Bridge is scheduled to be torn down within the decade and be completely replaced with a new one.

The bridge is…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Blair Crawford

Keeping the aging Alexandra Bridge as an active transportation route for just pedestrians and cyclists isn’t viable given the poor state of the 123-year…

CTV NEWS OTTAWA, by Leah Larocque

The historic Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne, once known as the "Cattle Castle," requires rehabilitation work because of the poor condition of the roof.…

By Leslie Maitland

Heritage Ottawa and others worked for years to persuade the Ottawa Hospital and the Government of Canada not to build on the Central Experimental Farm’s (CEF) prime…

CBC News, by Arthur White-Crummey

Tom Smith snapped a picture of a tattoo parlour while touring Rideau Street in downtown Ottawa on Monday.

He's from South Bend, Ind., and…

CTV NEWS | Ottawa, by Tyler Fleming

The prime minister's residence, 24 Sussex Drive, is undergoing a massive gut-job.

Crews are stripping the historic mansion down to its framework…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Andrew Duffy

The Ontario Land Tribunal found that Highland Park had a definable character with mature trees, generous setbacks and many other older homes. The property…

OTTAWA CITIZEN | OPINION, by Rawlson King

Preserving Ottawa’s built heritage is paramount to maintaining the city’s cultural identity and historical significance. The municipal government…

BNN BREAKING, by Sakchi Khandelwal

In a striking clash over heritage preservation, the future of a historic west Centretown building at 290 City Centre Ave, Ottawa, hinges on the…

CITY NEWS, by Mike Lacasse

The Built Heritage Committee agreed on Monday to remove another 73 properties from the city’s municipal heritage register. 

According to a…

THE GLOBE AND MAIL / Irene Galia and City Space Staff

The Van Horne Mansion was a classic greystone house in Montreal’s Golden Square Mile. It was the home of Sir William Cornelius Van…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Joanne Laucius

The City of Ottawa’s built heritage committee has approved a convoluted manoeuvre to protect priority properties from demolition in the face of new…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Joanne Laucius

In January, the City of Ottawa set the wheels in motion to designate six properties under the Ontario Heritage Act.

If that sounds like a lot, it…

Ottawa Citizen, By Blair Crawford

The city's planning and housing committee considered, and approved, a zoning bylaw amendment for towers of 32 and 24 storeys at the farm's southeast…

CTV NEWS, by Ted Raymond

The City of Ottawa's Planning and Housing Committee has approved a plan to build two high-rise towers on Baseline Road, directly across the street from the Central…

Heritage Ottawa supports the position of scientists from Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada that shadows cast by Phase 2 of the currently proposed tower development at 780 Baseline Road will have a…

CBC News, by Elyse Skura

Three high-rise buildings could soon tower over Ottawa's Central Experimental Farm after city planners decided the shadows they'll cast won't compromise the…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The Glebe Community Association has filed an appeal of the proposed Lansdowne 2.0 redevelopment to the Ontario Land Tribunal. Last fall City Council approved zoning and…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

On January 16, the Built Heritage Committee (BHC) approved the application to alter three properties on Kent and MacLaren streets to facilitate development of a…

CBC NEWS, by Arthur White Crummey

Ottawa has sped up efforts to designate heritage properties as it works its way through a bloated list under a tight provincial deadline.

On…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa is pleased to announce that board member Alison Margot Smith has received the Ontario Historical Society's 2022-23 President's Award in recognition of her…

CTV NEWS Ottawa | By Josh Pringle

The city of Ottawa is proceeding with Lansdowne 2.0, the $419 million second phase of the partnership with Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group.