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In its dilapidated state, 24 Sussex, the official residence of Canada’s prime ministers, faces a plague of issues and increasingly pressing questions about whether it is worth restoring. For heritage advocates who spoke to the press on Friday, the answer remains a clear “yes.” Several heritage-minded groups, including Historic Ottawa …
Read More »Jewish Heritage Month shines spotlight on Winnipeg’s music scene influence – Winnipeg
Jewish people have had a major influence on the Winnipeg music scene, from big bands to rock and roll, and historians gathered at Temple Shalom to take a look back for Jewish Heritage Month. Stan Carbone of the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada says these figures shaped a century …
Read More »Guelph Black Heritage Society ‘dismayed’ with number of threats made toward group
Members of the Guelph Black Heritage Society say they are disheartened after receiving a number of letters and emails expressing hatred towards the southwestern Ontario group. They say in a post on Twitter that the society, Heritage Hall, president Denise Francis and executive director Kween have all been receiving online …
Read More »Concerns over Vancouver’s proposal to demolish heritage building for DTES street market – BC
There are renewed concerns about a proposal to demolish a more than century-old Vancouver heritage building and use the empty lot to temporarily relocate the Downtown Eastside Market, where police allege some stolen goods are being sold. The City of Vancouver leases the current street market space at 26 East …
Read More »First Nations chief critical of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s Indigenous heritage claim
A First Nations leader in Alberta is questioning Premier Danielle Smith’s claim of Indigenous heritage. Smith has said she has some Cherokee roots and years ago declared herself as a person of mixed race. Chief Tony Alexis of Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, west of Edmonton, said on Friday that a …
Read More »Alberta provincial park designated as geological heritage site by UNESCO, international scientists
Six Canadian sites — one of which is in Alberta and one just outside — have been recognized internationally as places that contribute to understanding the earth and its history. B.C.’s Burgess Shale and Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park were designated as international geological heritage sites by UNESCO and the International …
Read More »Toronto city council could help save this former soy sauce factory with a heritage designation
Toronto city council is scheduled Wednesday to decide if a building with special significance to the Chinese community should be made a heritage property — a designation that could prevent it from being torn down to make way for an apartment complex. The two-storey structure at Queen Street East and Leslie Street was once home to Lee Food Products, …
Read More »Ottawa improving vetting process to keep Heritage grants away from groups promoting hate: Hussen
Housing, Diversity and Inclusion Minister Ahmed Hussen says the Department of Canadian Heritage will be improving its vetting process to make sure it doesn’t give money to organizations that espouse hatred — and those that do could be banned from future funding. In an interview with CBC’s The House airing Saturday, Hussen said the federal …
Read More »How one stone gave a Halifax-area park heritage status
A hulking, rocking chunk of granite that’s been attracting visitors for two centuries and is rumoured to have caught the attention of royalty has had its historical importance to the Halifax area set in stone. The Halifax Regional Municipality awarded heritage status last week to the Rocking Stone and the surrounding Kidston Lake Park in …
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