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HMCS York Facilities HMCS York plaque at the Canadian National Exhibition grounds in Toronto. Significance: HMCS York was named after the original name of the City of Toronto and the first British commercial craft on Lake Ontario. The badge design was designed by the Admiralty who granted its use as the ship's badge for York.
According to naval custom, the children of the ship's company baptized can also have their names inscribed on the ship's bell.The CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum archive includes christening information from naval reserve divisions: HMCS Scotian; HMCS Queen Charlotte; HMCS Queen; HMCS Hunter; HMCS Hochelaga; HMCS Cataraqui; HMCS Hunter; HMCS Burlington.
On 17 July 1940 the 1st (Royal) Natal Carbineers sailed for Kenya as part of the 1st South African Brigade. Their destination was the Italian colonial empire in East Africa . For the next 10 months the Regiment participated in the South African advance through Italian Somaliland and Abyssinia (now Ethiopia ), until Italian resistance was broken ...
Originating from the 1st and 2nd Royal Natal Carabiniers, [38] the South African Carabiniers served during the Boer Wars as mounted infantry, [57] and infantry during the First World War's South-West Africa campaign, and later as the 1st Royal Natal Carbineers in the Second World War, notably participating with the 8th Army at the Second Battle ...
The Canada Permanent Trust Building (now known as "The Permanent") is an 18-storey office building located at 320 Bay Street, in downtown Toronto. It was designed by the architect Henry Sproatt and completed in 1930. [1] The building was constructed as the headquarters of Canada Permanent.
In 1968, the department was renamed the Department of Trade and Development. In April 1972, the department merged with the Department of Tourism and Information to form the Ministry of Industry and Tourism. A standalone economic portfolio was recreated in 1982, named Ministry of Industry and Trade. The ministry subsequently went through ...
The Government of Ontario (French: Gouvernement de l'Ontario) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of Ontario.The term Government of Ontario refers specifically to the executive—political ministers of the Crown (the Cabinet/Executive Council), appointed on the advice of the premier, and the non-partisan Ontario Public Service (whom the Executive Council ...
The Ministry of Infrastructure is a ministry responsible for public infrastructure in the Canadian province of Ontario.The current minister is Kinga Surma.. It is currently responsible for two crown agencies: Waterfront Toronto and Infrastructure Ontario (which was merged with the Ontario Realty Corporation in 2011).