2013

Rossdale Power Plant

Edmonton, AB

The City of Edmonton is balking at the cost of rehabilitating the decommissioned industrial site and contemplating stripping it of…

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Kingston Collegiate Vocational Institute (KCVI)

Kingston, ON

SCHOOL BOARD RECOMMENDING CLOSURE OF OLDEST SCHOOL IN ONTARIO IN FAVOUR OF NEW CONSTRUCTION Why it matters: Kingston Collegiate Vocational…

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Amherst Island, north-eastern shore of Lake Ontario

Amherst Island, ON

CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPE, SITE OF PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL WIND TURBINE PLANT Why it matters: Situated along the north-eastern shore…

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Dennis Building

Halifax, NS

FUTURE OF PROVINCIALLY-OWNED BUILDING IS UNCERTAIN AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT Once called “the finest office building in eastern Canada,” Internal…

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15 and 19 Wellington Row- “Jellybean Houses”

Saint John, NB

ARCHITECTURAL ORPHANS WILL SOON BE VICTIMS OF DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT The two City-owned iconic buildings known as the “jellybean houses,”…

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24 and 28 King Street East, Gore Park

Hamilton, ON

THREATENED DUE TO QUESTIONABLE CITY DEAL WITH DEVELOPER City of Hamilton plays fast and loose with Victorian-era commercial buildings that…

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POW Camp 30

Clarington, ON

NEWLY DECLARED NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE IS STRUGGLING AGAINST TIME AND VANDALS Why it matters: In 1925 John Jury donated 106…

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Fort Qu’Appelle Sanatorium

Fort Qu'Appelle

SASKATCHEWAN’S LAST TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIUM SUCCUMBING TO DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT Sold by the Province in 2005, the once beautiful “Fort San”…

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Main Post Office

Vancouver, BC

VANCOUVER’S POSTAL TEMPLE DESTINED TO BE “LOST IN THE MAIL” Sold by Canada Post with no heritage protection to an…

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Cap-des-Rosier Lighthouse National Historic Site

Gaspé, QC

Local community left holding the financial bag as federal government seeks to unload a “surplus” heritage lighthouse. Why it matters:…

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