Joe Gill wearing his Arts and Letters medal and Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone A full house gathered in the
Our condolences go to Jeannie’s family.
While working on another proposal with Toronto’s Kearns Mancini, John Patkau of Patkau Architects, Vancouver, suggested that the two
Historic Tea and Cake Tasting Sun. April 11, 1 to 3 pm Come and taste historic cakes from Fort
Today, bread and butter pudding have once again become popular because of their inexpensive ingredients and comforting flavour and
It has been often observed that the life of a soldier is characterized by long periods of boredom interrupted
A jury unanimously recommended the conceptual design submitted by Patkau Architects Inc., Vancouver, with Kearns Mancini Architects Inc., Toronto,
Until recently, the Fort York Library was a little known resource tucked away in the back of the 1815
The Friends are pleased to welcome Wayne Reeves to the position of Chief Curator, Museum Services of the City
Visitor Centre drawing courtesy of Patkau/Kearns Mancini. What the Friends Do: Our Accomplishments (2009) • celebrated the 15th anniversary
Fort York National Historic Site Fort York has waited a long time for a building specially designed to enrich
Fort York is able to defend itself once more from the western approach now that artifact 18 and 24-pounder
The words of Dale Evans’ cowboy song come to mind with the passing of Hank Young who died from
We can all be proud of the accomplishments of the Fort York Guard (the Guard) in 2009. In every
REVIEW James E. Elliott, Strange Fatality: The Battle of Stoney Creek, 1813 (Montreal: Robin Brass Studio, 2009) 320pp, illustrations
Our friend and colleague Stephen Otto has been honoured with two prestigious heritage awards this autumn. On September 25
Among the midway amusements, model airplanes buzzing around the Coliseum, and other attractions on Children’s Day at the 1936
NOVEMBER Remembrance Day Wed. November 11, 10:45 am Remembrance Day ceremony at the Strachan Avenue Military Burial Ground at
REVIEW Jon Latimer, Niagara 1814: The Final Invasion (Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2009) 96pp. paperback; ISBN 9781846034398. $22.95 The late
The Friends of Fort York lost a great supporter and friend on July 21 when Robert Malcomson of St.
A professional archaeologist with twenty-four years of experience in Ontario, Eva MacDonald works at Archaeological Services Inc. where she
The campaigns to save Fort York present a saga of opposing public interests, political vacillation, commercial encroachment, and contextual
When in Rome, each of us has had the opportunity to look down into the extraordinary area sacra –
The public opening of the Royal Ontario Museum in March, 1914, was the culmination of almost a century of
