Editor’s Welcome February 2020
Stories
Calling all green hearts! If February is the month of love, then surely this is the ideal month to launch our very own awards that speak to the heart. Instead of red, though, these awards ...more
Weekly Roundup – January 24, 2020
Stories
Best of this week – a settlement with Riocan, vertical urban farming, and The NEW Roaring Twenties brings young entrepreneurs to Leaside. Catch the weekly roundup here. Riocan Settlement with RioCan to include $11 million ...more
Shinny up to this North Leaside outdoor rink
Sports
Sven Walker always enjoyed skating and playing shinny on the Kingston backyard rink his dad faithfully maintained. He wanted to provide the same opportunity for his family and him in their backyard in North Leaside. ...more
Leaside Hockey Association welcomes first female board president
Sports
Susan Irving knows a thing or two about marketing. As chief marketing officer at Kruger Inc. and former senior director of marketing at the PepsiCo Global Snacks Group, she is an award-winning executive more than ...more
Saying goodbye to a good friend on Bayview
Business
When Etta Sawyer first opened the Academy of Culinary Arts on Bayview in 1971, it was on the west side, and mostly a cooking school with around 200 students a week enrolled, and with only ...more
We rise by lifting others
Business
There’s something special going on in the Leaside Business Park at 2 Thorncliffe Park Drive and it’s called the Trades Centre. No doubt you’ve heard about the positive force that is The Neighbourhood Organization (TNO), ...more
Leaside Live! returns
Community
Thirty-five years ago, a group of alumni and teachers sat down to plan Leaside High School’s 40th anniversary celebrations, held at the school and the arena, which would include a skating party, hockey game and ...more
Music Hall of Famer Phil Levitt lit up LHS’s graduating class of 1953
Community
With Leaside High School’s 75th anniversary being celebrated this year, Leaside Life will be profiling a number of notable members of the school in various positions, as students, teachers, and more, to mark the milestone. ...more
Eyes on speeders as photo radar comes to Leaside
Community
The City of Toronto’s Vision Zero Road Safety Plan, targeted at reducing traffic-related fatalities and injuries, will soon see one of its initiatives implemented in Leaside. Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) systems, also known as photo ...more
The changing face of Leaside United Church, Part 2
Churches
Last month’s article on the renovations at Leaside United Church (LUC) described the first stage in the project, the expanded and modernized kitchen on the main floor adjacent to the Hearth Room, a popular spot ...more
Thoughts of downsizing in your future?
Real Estate
Our latest real estate column features Lynda Gorges, Broker, Re/Max Hallmark Realty Ltd., Brokerage, offering her unique take on housing in the community. Many seniors say they would prefer to keep living in their homes ...more
No Valentine’s Day for traffic and transit woes
LPOA
Although February is the month of Valentine’s Day, which should produce plenty of good vibes (not to mention chocolates and roses), weather-wise it always feels like ‘the dog days’ of winter, neither winter nor spring. ...more
Of course I’ve performed with the National Ballet
Terry Fallis
I gave fair warning last column that I’d come back to this story, so I’m honouring my word. After all, I’m certain you’ll all want to hear about my debut performance with the National Ballet ...more
Leaside Green: Introducing the Leaside Green Heart Awards!
Leaside Green
There isn’t a day that goes by without our being drawn into the growing focus on green living – the idea of leading a sustainable lifestyle that works with nature and tries to bring into ...more
