One last chime? Dominion Carillonneur’s plans for pre-renovation send off dampened by protests

The last chance for the Peace Tower carillon to ring out before renovations is Feb. 18, but the bells haven’t rung since Jan. 27, with the Centre Block construction site closed amid ongoing protests.

Pictured at the Peace Tower carillon keyboard in December 2021, Andrea McCrady, a former family doctor in in Washington state, has been Canada's Dominion Carillonneur since 2008. She's planned hour-long carillon recitals through to Feb. 18, which will be the last chance for the bells to ring before being closed off for renovations. Photograph by Roberta Gal courtesy of PSPC

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

February 9, 2022

The Peace Tower’s 53-bell carillon will soon go dormant—with work on both the tower and the instrument in the cards—but the recent occupation of downtown Ottawa by COVID-restriction protesters has put a spanner in Dominion Carillonneur Andrea McCrady’s plans for hour-long recitals through to...

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