General News

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

  • City needs to look at balance of highrise development and Experimental Farm research
    Tuesday, September 19, 2023

    CBC NEWS | By Matthew Kupfer

    City officials and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada say there needs to be a broader discussion and debate about the growing number of highrise...

  • MEDIA RELEASE | Central Experimental Farm: Proposed Towers a Threat to Climate Change Research
    Tuesday, September 19, 2023

    City Planning  & Housing Committee to re-visit rezoning application for 1081 Carling this week.

    Ottawa, ON, September 19, 2023 -- Heritage Ottawa is joined by the Greenspace Alliance...

  • Ottawa redevelopment could negatively affect agriculture research
    Friday, September 15, 2023

    FARMTARIO, By Jonah Grignon

    Critics say a proposed redevelopment near Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm will have a negative impact on the facility’s future.

    Though the...

  • City of Ottawa 2024 Heritage Grant Program for Building Restoration
    Monday, September 11, 2023

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    The City of Ottawa will be soon be accepting applications for the 2024 Heritage Grant for Building Restoration program.

    Property owners of buildings designated...

  • ‘A national dilemma’: Heritage group makes pitch to save 24 Sussex
    Saturday, September 9, 2023

    IPOLITICS, by Davis Legree

    A coalition of architects, heritage experts, and local stakeholders is making a plea to save the beleaguered 24 Sussex Drive, the traditional residence of Canada...

  • Un mouvement pour préserver le 24 Sussex s’organise
    Friday, September 8, 2023

    Radio-Canada

    La firme d’architectes Historic Ottawa Development Inc. (HODI), ainsi que plusieurs organismes qui appuient la sauvegarde de la résidence du premier ministre au 24 Sussex, ont...

  • 24 Sussex is 'our line in the sand,' say restoration supporters
    Friday, September 8, 2023

    OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Catherine Morrison

    As talks continue about the future of 24 Sussex, groups ardently supporting the building’s preservation say there are several reasons not to abandon...

  • ‘Uninhabitable’ 24 Sussex should still be restored, heritage advocates say
    Friday, September 8, 2023

    GLOBAL NEWS, by Sean Previl

    In its dilapidated state, 24 Sussex, the official residence of Canada’s prime ministers, faces a plague of issues and increasingly pressing questions about...

  • New Edinburgh Street Fest
    Friday, September 1, 2023

    An event to celebrate New Edinburgh's history bringing people together for fun with music, house tours, food, drinks and much more. 

    The streets of New Edinburgh will come alive on...

  • Ottawa looking to drop 24 Sussex and build new home for PM elsewhere: sources
    Tuesday, August 29, 2023

    CBC NEWS | Ottawa, by Daniel LeBlanc

    The federal government is looking at dropping the dilapidated mansion at 24 Sussex in Ottawa as the prime minister's official residence and...

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