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Around four years ago, I wrote a short piece for Ottawa Start about the Elphin Apartments, at the corner of Gladstone and Metcalfe in Ottawa’s Centretown. Given the parameters, I was generally pleased with the results but one thing really bothered me: just who was behind the apartment? ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/lac-bac/4678559293/in/photolist-88u5Qf-cvH5zq-88qQXi-88qRv6-88qQFp-88qQSK-cvH5ZU-cvH5nQ-cvH5US-88qQTX-88u6kY-cvH5Mh-cvH5vw-88u5VL-cvH5ro-cvH5YL-cvH5pG-88qQEg-cvH5t3-cvH5y5-cvH5X1-88u5Bu-88qRtx-88u5Ah-88qQCH) The official Ottawa ceremony to mark 75 years since the Dieppe Raid will take place on Tuesday, rather than the actual anniversary on Saturday. The Dieppe Raid took place on Aug. 19, 1942 and ended with over 900 Canadian soldiers dead. ...

[caption id=“attachment_70791” align=“aligncenter” width=“1024”] The Langevin Block houses the PMO and Privy Council Office. ( Jean Gagnon /Wikimedia Commons)[/caption] The building that houses the Prime Minister’s Office is getting a new name. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday that Langevin Block will now be known as the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council. ...

When the Confederation Line opens in 2017, the existing Trillium Line will become OC Transpo’s number two line. And given the history of the number two bus, those are big shoes to fill. OC Transpo route two has been running for decades and, over the generations, ingrained itself into the nostalgia of old Ottawa and the memories of its regular riders. ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/lac-bac/16298065867/in/photolist-7RSqx8-PQy3pH-oJRPu4-qQcRaD-oKU2iM-ub7tg2-g94RiE) _ (Via Canadian Museum of History) _ _ Gatineau, Quebec, April 20, 2017 _ — As Canadians celebrate the country’s 150th anniversary of Confederation, a new exhibition produced by the Canadian Museum of History and Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is taking a look at daily life a century and a half ago. ...

[caption id=“attachment_65242” align=“aligncenter” width=“4896”] The National War Memorial during a vigil on Saturday evening to mark the centennial of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. (Howard Whiting/Lightchasers Photography)[/caption] Hundreds turned out to a candlelight vigil Saturday night at the National War Memorial to mark the centennial of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. ...

[ ](https://heritageottawa.org/50years/union-station) " _ In 1966 the last train pulled out of Union Station because the sordid freight yards crowding the Rideau Canal were to become parklands for people to enjoy. There remained the noble pile built in 1912 to be a sort of cathedral in an age when railways were religion. ...

** On Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, ** Ottawa author ** David Mulholland ** will launch _ Chaudière Falls _ , his third novel of dramatized history, from 1 p. m. to 5 p.m. in the Colonel By Room at Ottawa City Hall. ...

_ (press release) _ [caption id=“attachment_57480” align=“alignright” width=“476”] NCC photo[/caption] ** Canada’s Capital Region ** —The National Capital Commission (NCC) and the Congrégation des Servantes de Jésus-Marie are pleased to have reached an agreement regarding the sale of the convent property at 210 Laurier Street in Gatineau. ...

[caption id=“attachment_53870” align=“aligncenter” width=“720”] Back to the Archives delves into Ottawa newspapers on select Throwback Thursdays[/caption] Here’s a story from the Oct. 7, 1985 edition of _ ** the Ottawa Citizen ** _ , about a proposed nudist bar in Hull. ...