History

Returned Indigenous items from Vatican unveiled at Canadian Museum of History

On Tuesday morning, a dozen Inuit items returned from the Vatican went on display...

From Bytown Baker to Hintonburg Pioneer: The Story of Henry McCormick

 McCormick Park is a quirky little park in the heart of Hintonburg that boasts...

The incredible career of Joseph Hanrahan and his Kitchissippi abattoirs 

Hintonburg was still just a tiny, growing hamlet in 1878 when butcher Joseph Hanrahan...

Ottawa’s oldest mall closes today after 70 years

For generations of west-end Ottawa residents, Westgate Shopping Centre was more than just a...

Early Days: Westboro’s messy introduction to plumbing 

The woods at the north end of Champlain Park have always been a fun...

The history of Holland Avenue’s Queensway overpass

The Holland Avenue Queensway overpass is such a familiar piece of road infrastructure in...
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Former Westboro convent’s future in limbo after developer forced into receivership 

For well over a century, the former Sisters of the Visitation of Holy Mary...

When Baseball came to 1900s Champlain Park cottage country 

In the early 1900s, the waterfront of Champlain Park to Britannia Beach looked vastly...

Early Days: The Kidnapping Epidemic and the Wellington Village extortion case of 1937

 The Depression era of the 1930s was a difficult time to live through, and...

Early Days: The 1956 Miracle in Westboro

The morning of Tuesday Nov. 13, 1956 began like most others in west Ottawa....

Dominion Observatory receives National Heritage designation

If you’ve driven down Carling Avenue, chances are you’ve passed the Dominion Observatory. Its...

Early Days: The ghosts of days gone by at 453 Parkdale

The days are numbered for the old building on the southeast corner of Parkdale...
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