Charlotte Gray is a biographer, historian and adjunct research professor at Carleton University. For the past 30 years, one of my favourite places in Ottawa has been the third-floor Reading Room of ...

At the end of 2022, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) unveiled a new archival facility and library in Gatineau, Quebec, to provide additional storage and security for the country’s national ...

LAC is the custodian of Canada's documentary heritage, preserving and sharing the stories that shape who we are, from triumphs and struggles to voices both prominent and underrepresented. Home to the ...

The Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada (OPL-LAC) joint facility was revealed at a ceremony on Jan. 23. The $193-million, 216,000-sf project is being designed by Diamond Schmitt ...

R ecently, I showed up in Picton, Ontario, to slake a thirst that I worked up while scouting local quarries for trilobites. I noticed the cute but hobbit-free Shire Hall, the seat of government for ...

Construction industry “pressures” could delay the scheduled opening of Ādisōke, the new $334-million Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada joint facility, city staff told councillors ...

The new Ottawa Public Library is slated to open in the summer of 2026. It’s called Ādisōke — storytelling in Algonquin — and it’s not your grandma’s library, or maybe it is. It’s farm-field far from ...

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has hired Eric Chan, a born-and-raised Ottawa artist who blends art and technology, as its first creator in residence. The new position, open to artists, researchers, ...

A rare book owned by Adolf Hitler, which is believed to detail the blueprint for a North American Holocaust, has been acquired by Canada’s national archive. Library and Archives Canada purchased the ...