TRESTLE BRIDGE NEEDS NEW LEASE ON LIFE Why it matters: The wooden C.P.R. ”Howe Truss” bridge over the Red Deer…
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Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa, ON
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FEDS PLAY FAST AND LOOSE WITH A NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Why it matters: A rare example of a farm within…
Grand Trunk Railways Locomotive Repair Shops
Stratford, ON
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RAILWAY LEGACY OR LOOMING LANDFILL? This massive industrial structure may be sent to landfill despite creative suggestions for adaptive use….
Federally-owned Lighthouses
Federally-owned lighthouses deteriorate despite heritage legislation: Sambro Island, NS; Terence Bay, NS; Gannet Rock, NB; Nottawasaga Island, ON; Main Duck Island, ON; and…
Estate of the Pères de Sainte-Croix
Lac Simon, QC
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CULTURAL LANDSCAPE ON TENTERHOOKS Property owner circumvents heritage bylaw by making sale of lots contingent upon land severance. Why it…
Vancouver West Side Character Homes and Gardens
Vancouver, BC
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DEMOLITION OF ORGINAL HOUSING STOCK IN FAVOUR OF “MONSTER” HOUSES DECIMATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND CHARACTER OF VANCOUVER NEIGHBOURHOODS Unfavourable zoning,…
Paramount Theatre
Edmonton, AB
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CURTAINS CLOSING ON DOWNTOWN EDMONTON’S LAST HISTORIC CINEMA Development Pressures: Mid-Century Modern gem in the way of yet another tower…
Dennis Building
Halifax, NS
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FUTURE OF PROVINCIALLY-OWNED BUILDING IS UNCERTAIN AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT Once called “the finest office building in eastern Canada,” Internal…
Cap-des-Rosier Lighthouse National Historic Site
Gaspé, QC
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Local community left holding the financial bag as federal government seeks to unload a “surplus” heritage lighthouse. Why it matters:…
Ontario Place
Toronto, ON
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An internationally renowned modernist urban waterfront park has been partially shuttered with no legal protection for its heritage elements, pending…
Canada’s Lighthouses
National
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IS IT LIGHTS OUT FOR CANADA’S LIGHTHOUSES? Local communities left holding the financial bag as federal government unloads hundreds of…
Sillery District
Quebec, QC
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FUTURE OF HISTORIC DISTRICT UNCERTAIN DESPITE 1964 PROVINCIAL DESIGNATION As early as 1964, the province of Quebec made the visionary…
Canada’s Lighthouses
National
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LIGHTS OUT FOR CANADA’S LIGHTHOUSES Despite the efforts of Senators, Members of Parliament, heritage organizations and volunteer citizens to get…
Company Houses
Cape Breton, NS
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The once prolific workers cottages, known as “company houses,” that dotted the landscape of industrial Cape Breton are beginning to…
Calgary Malting and Brewing Co.
Calgary, AB
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BREWING FOR A FIGHT A demolition permit is being sought for four of the oldest buildings at the Calgary Brewing…
All Heritage Conservation Districts in Ontario
Across Ontario
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OMB DECISION DECLARES OPEN SEASON The Ontario Municipal Board’s approval of a 20-storey height tower inside the Port Dalhousie Heritage…
Crowsnest Pass Mining Complexes and Coleman’s Historic Downtown
Crowsnest Pass, AB
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CANARY IN A COAL MINE Even though mining sites in the Crowsnest Pass are designated, they are suffering from neglect,…
Grenville Canal
Grenville, QC
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VILLAGE HAS WILL, LACKS MEANS TO SAVE HISTORIC CANAL Overwhelmed by the high costs of restoration and maintenance, the small…
Winter Street Prison
Sherbrooke, QC
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CRUMBLING BEHIND BARS The future of the Winter Prison complex remains uncertain. This unique historic landmark is succumbing to decay…
Seal Island Lighthouse
Bay of Fundy, NS
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Background: Dating from 1831, Seal Island is the oldest wooden lighthouse in Nova Scotia but is quickly falling into ruin….
Southwest Point Lighthouse
Anticosti Island, QC
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Background: Dating from 1831, this magnificent 24 m. tall stone tower with lantern and gallery originally painted white with two…
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