Holiday Gift Guide 2019
Business
Welcome to our 2019 Holiday gift guide!
With Bayview’s Tutto Pronto, everything is ready for Leasiders
Business
Anna Maria Graziano is one busy lady these days. Fifteen years ago, she opened an Italian restaurant and takeout pasta store at Fairlawn and Avenue Road aimed primarily at serving the local community. Recently, Graziano ...more
Charmaine Sweets: a hidden treat on Vanderhoof
Business
If you think the little white building standing alone at the corner of Vanderhoof and Brentcliffe looks a little like a cake box, you wouldn’t be far off. And inside you’ll find cakes. And cookies. ...more
Dave Martin adds suds to Leaside’s beer scene
Business
A lot of us have been in the same situation. ’Tis the season to be jolly at holiday parties. But ’tis also the season of getting up the next morning for an early rising child, ...more
Let’s go a-caroling in Leaside
Churches
Carols with Friends at St. Cuthbert’s A long-standing tradition at St. Cuthbert’s, Leaside is Carols with Friends – this year on Mon., Dec. 16, starting at 7 p.m. in the church. For many, this evening ...more
Ode to Overlea
Community
On a rainy, late October day, Thorncliffe Park’s grand Overlea Boulevard was showing off its unique, four-season beauty compared to Toronto’s typically dreary and grey major arterial roads. It brightened up everyone’s commute with crisp, ...more
Leaside real estate ends year on a high note – detached homes rise by 9.5%
Real Estate
Welcome to our second real estate column, where different Leaside real estate agents and experts offer their unique take on housing in the community. This month, Charlene Kalia, a sales representative with Chestnut Park Real ...more
Important Laird and Eglinton development update
Development
Proposed Laird in Focus Plan policies and RioCan’s development application for 815-845 Eglinton Ave. East both passed major milestones recently. North York Community Council adopted staff recommendations for policies, called Special Area and Site Policies ...more
’Tis the season to be grumpy
Terry Fallis
’Tis the season of giving. But when it comes to winter driving, “giving” can be interpreted rather broadly. After several months of spring, summer and fall driving, when our snow tires are safely stacked in ...more
Leaside Green
Features
Kids say the darndest things. Over breakfast with my son one morning, he piped up: “I just read an article in a scientific journal that said the earth could be uninhabitable by 2050.” Ouch! That ...more
Advocating for school capacity in planning decisions
Schools
The Laird in Focus Site and Area Specific Policy (SASP) is a development plan currently working its way through city government and described on the City’s website as “a vision and plan to guide growth ...more
Larger class sizes add pressure at Leaside schools
Schools
Having officially taken office only last December, I am now experiencing my first September as a school board trustee. With three kids of my own in three different TDSB schools this year, I had a ...more
When will we move to protect Leaside’s character?
Opinion
It seems the pace of threats to Leaside’s residential character is quickening. The LPOA recently asked our councillor to arrange a meeting with City Planning to consider the status of the various efforts proposed over ...more
How do we honour Leaside’s past without being shackled to it?
Opinion
Two songs are competing for space in my head. Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi (“They paved paradise…”) and Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall (“We don’t need no thought control…”). What’s racking my brain? ...more
