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Category: National Capital Commission

Heritage

Algonquin elder still ‘frustrated’ by explorer Champlain’s prominence at renaturalized Kìwekì Point

The effort to preserve two 80-year-old elm trees in the recently rehabilitated Kìwekì Point reminded designers of one thing not reflected much in the national capital’s downtown landscape: that we are living in relationship to nature. “Those two trees are probably the main reason for how the pathway system for the park actually worked itself out,” said Garry Meus, a...
National Capital Commission

NCC approves site for new paramedic  monument in Commissioners Park 

The National Capital Commission has approved a site near Dow’s Lake for a new national monument to commemorate fallen Canadian paramedics and celebrate the dedicated first responders who risk their lives serving Canadians every day.   The monument will rise in Commissioners Park along Queen Elizabeth Driveway.  “Based on a review of the site selection for the Canadian Paramedic Monument,...