The wait is almost over. You’re invited to the grand opening of The Bentway Skate Trail on Saturday, January
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Fife and Drum subscribers may recall reading a January 2005 article (“Garrison Common History: The Robinson Cottages”) observing the
The beehives are buzzing on the grounds of Fort York once more. They’ve been fully restored from the damage
I f you’ve been to the fort recently, you will have seen perimeter fencing, trailers, cement pourers, and other
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he Annual General Meeting of arisen from converting to a new recording The Friends of Fort York and system.
At Toronto city council’s meeting of April 26 to 28, members decided unanimously to accept a recommendation to rezone
Between January and April 2017, TAS Design Build, the new owner of the former Quality Meats property at 2
Over the last couple of months I have been delighted to get to know the project better and to
The portrait of the Rev. John Strachan in our December issue appeared in reverse by mistake. But the upside
Ceta Ramkhalawansingh, Woman Announced on the occasion of International Women’s Day in March, Friends of Fort York director Ceta
Last September the editors of The Fife & Drum called for help in producing this newsletter, inviting those interested
Nathan Ng and The Friends of Fort York, the co-proprietors of the very useful collection of maps of Fort
The Friends submitted the name of Jean Earle Geeson to the Toronto District School Board for its new JK
Garrison Crossing will be the name of the paths and bridges built to span the railway tracks from Garrison
Traditionally private letters and diaries have provided the few insights we’ve had into military life at a personal level.
The Medallic Art Society of Canada (MASC), and the City of Toronto, Museum and Heritage Services are hosting an
More than four years ago Chris Laverton wrote a short biography of Captain Henry Evatt for The Fife and
A few months ago Robert Hamilton, an alert reader of The Fife & Drum, sent us a link to
At its regular monthly meeting in September the Board of Directors appointed Tyler Wentzell to the board to serve
Members of The Friends of Fort York in good standing will be invited to a reception on October 20
The small group of editors and designers responsible to the directors of The Friends of Fort York for putting
In the week following Labour Day work began on the pedestrian and cycle bridge linking the Garrison Common at
Things are moving along at a rapid rate–The Bentway is quickly becoming a reality. The design has advanced in
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Her Majesty’s Army and Navy Veterans’ Association (sometimes Society), formed in Toronto in August 1887, and incorporated in 1888,
In an article “Who Was Gustavus Nicolls?” that appeared in the last issue of Fife and Drum his date
by Christopher McKinnon Beginning in March, Torontonians engaged in a city-wide brainstorming session to come up with possible names
