Built in 1909, the Warrington Apartments is one of the city’s older apartments and one of the oldest at the southern end of Elgin street.
Continue reading →Bell’s “Nickel in the Slot” Phone Unwelcome at The Warrington
Carleton County/Gloucester Township/Intermunicipal Affairs/Murray Jones/Nepean/Ottawa/Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton/Transcript
Second City, Second Metro: Extended Coverage for the Ottawa Hospital Council
In the same way that residents of the outside urban and township municipalities were anxious to either have freer access to Ottawa’s hospitals or have their own hospitals, the Ottawa Hospital Council was anxious to find a way to have those outside residents pay a few more bills.
Continue reading →Regional Council Meets for the First Time (1968)
Months before it was even officially “a thing”, the first meeting of the Council of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton was held on July 3, 1968. The aim was to set the stage for the regional municipality official first day of January 1.1Ottawa Citizen, July 4, 1968, 17.
I promise that I’m not trying to get ahead of myself: testimony and research from Murray Jones’ Commission will continue to be transcribed.
Continue reading →Notes
| 1. | ↥ | Ottawa Citizen, July 4, 1968, 17. |
Rideau Street at Mosgrove (1977 and 1978)
Rideau and Mosgrove, 1978. Image: HBC Heritage. 
Rideau at Mosgrove, 1977. Image: HBC Heritage.
Hudson’s Bay Wholesale Delivers (1970s)
