SEPTEMBER TURF (Toronto Urban Roots Festival) (Garrison Common) Fri. to Sun. September 18 to 20 TURF will be closing
Lolë White Tour (Garrison Common) Sat. August 22 Unroll your yellow mat and be guided by inspiring teachers to
Independent music festival featuring Die Antwood, Mac Demarco, Ariel Pink, BadBadNotGood, Yung Lean, Alison Wonderland, and more. http://time-fest.com/
Toronto Vegan Food & Drink Festival (Garrison Common) Sat. August 8 Toronto’s first-ever all vegan festival catering to a
Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation Cultural Village – Parapan Am Games (Fort York) Fri. August 7 to
A celebration of Caribbean steel pan music featuring GTA youth steelbands, award-winning ensembles Pan Fantasy and Afropan, and special
Those attending a public meeting in the Fort York Visitor Centre on June 2 were able to view for
There have been bridges—three in succession—on Garrison Road west of the fort since shortly after the Grand Trunk Railway
I met Brigadier John McGinnis for the first time in the 1960s when I was the Curator at Black
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Archaeologists sitting and leaning on the ship’s hull confer shortly after its discovery. Courtesy of Andrew Stewart. Intensive redevelopment
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The Shot Put is one of several Track and Field events in which both men and women will compete
A Tribe Called Red, Lisa Odjig, Crystal Shawanda and Medicine Bear. Courtesy of Native Canadian Centre of Toronto. Over
As readers will know, the original Fort York was built by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe, who correctly foresaw the
The first time around, York and Fort York were hit hard by the War of 1812. Happily they have
10 The Fife and Drum and central pediments, both capped by coping tiles, rising above a flat roof.
“A giant causeway, edged with huge square blocks and an immense railing leads up to a massive building with
REVIEW John R. Grodzinski, The 104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot in the War of 1812 (Fredericton: Goose Lane
The view from Fort York east across Bathurst Street will change substantially in the next year or two as
Yet another image in the Gallery section of The Friends’ website <www.fortyork.ca> shows one of the exhibits in the
Jennifer Chan has joined the board of The Friends of Fort York. She was appointed in January by the
Good civil servants often go unheralded but Toronto is blessed with more than a few, and one of them
