Stories
Caught by the TTC gap
Michael Bell has lived happily at the corner of Bayview and Moore for the past 10 years, but recently has needed to get to Sunnybrook Hospital for frequent treatments. He has tried for five months …more
Month: February 2013
History
Looking back into our history
Canada’s first airmail flight The noise complaints resulting from recent changes to aircraft flight paths for Pearson International Airport have reminded me that one of Canada’s first airfields was located right here in Leaside. Edith …more
Stories
Deadline News
From MP John Carmichael, to North Leaside residents who attended a meeting in his office last year: “… I am disappointed but I cannot say I am surprised that there is nothing in the… letter …more
Letters
Letters – February 2013
Do you know the right date? I always wait for a quiet time to enjoy Leaside Life, therefore it has taken me ages to read the December issue. The article on our growing flock of food …more
Stories
In our Hood
Leaside resident Rick Hutchings recently won a photo contest from Toronto Balcony Blooms, a group that inspires Toronto residents to create balcony gardens. After volunteering at Thorncliffe Park School, Hutchings received two trays of vegetable …more
History
We beat Don Mills as planned community
What is the essence of Leaside character? Many would say it is the curved leafy streets (regular readers know that this column is mostly about the place, not the people!). In November’s column we wrote …more
Business
The Bayview merchants seem ambivalent
Recently I did a quick walk up and down Bayview. I counted a total of 121 storefront businesses from Parkhurst on the north to Davisville on the south. Of those stores, 44, or a little …more
John Parker
Biggest project in our history
It’s the biggest community project currently under way in the city and – at a contract price in excess of $11 million – the biggest in Leaside’s history. And now that the structural steel is …more
Stories
Our principals starting our new century
…continued from last month JEANNETTE PLONKA lives in the west end of Toronto, but there’s been a pull eastward to Leaside, where she’s been principal of Leaside High for nine years. Previously she had been …more
What's On
Calendar – February 2013
Deadline to submit listings for March; February 10 LEASIDE LIBRARY,165 McRae. Art Exhibit: Fridays, Community Room, Photography by Quin McColgan. Chess in the Library, Saturdays,12–1:30 p.m. For children, teens and adults. Drop in. Author Talk: Bianca Lakoseljac, …more