
Business

Farm Boy chooses Leaside
Business
Farm Boy has landed in Leaside! The chain, known for its fresh local produce, prepared foods and more, opened on December 5th in the old Sobeys location at Laird and Wicksteed after taking less than ...more

Fair Catch’s fishy business swims to Bayview
Business
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the ‘Fair Catch’ name of a new fishmonger business in Leaside refers strictly to fish. Fact is that co-owners Rob Despins and his wife Genevieve Lemaire chose the name ...more
Business

InsideOut – working the core for two decades
Business
How does a business in the highly competitive field of fitness, health and wellness survive – and thrive – and continue to innovate for 20 years and counting? Now entering its third decade, InsideOut Health, ...more

Beija Flor Bouquets preserves floral memories
Business
Twenty years ago, while travelling to exotic locales, Davida Vineberg saw beautiful flowers that had been preserved for future enjoyment. She was so mesmerized by these bouquets that she can’t recall whether it was India ...more
Community

Mr. Thomson goes to Ottawa
Community
“The climate crisis is a human rights crisis.” So says Fraser Thomson, a lawyer with Ecojustice. And Thomson is in a position to do something about it. As the lead lawyer in the Mathur case ...more

Here’s some news – Michelle Dubé’s a Leasider
Community
If you’re into news at all, you should recognize the name and voice of Michelle Dubé – the co-anchor of both CTV News at Noon and CTV News at 6 for CTV News Toronto. You ...more
Community

Hey, there’s another election!
Community
Toronto District School Board is holding a byelection to fill the vacancy in the office of trustee, TDSB Ward 11, resulting from Rachel Chernos Lin’s election as City Councillor, Don Valley West. Election day is ...more

2025 Agnes Macphail Award recipient Jason Ash!
Community
The recipient of the 2025 Agnes Macphail Award, Jason Ash, is very invested in his Thorncliffe Park community, but he is also a bit of an anomaly, as he attended Bessborough from JK on, and ...more
Features

Sunnybrook Plaza goes B.I.G.
Development
A new application to replace the two-tower (11, 16 storeys) proposal approved in 2016 for Sunnybrook Plaza (660 Eglinton Ave. E.) with a three-tower proposal (32, 37 and 43 storeys) was submitted by Concert Properties ...more

Bayview’s wild, wild west side story
Development
The west side of Bayview north of Eglinton is experiencing multiple development applications for projects that well exceed the precedent-setting initial application on the east side at 1837-45 Bayview. You may know the story already ...more
Stories

I was a fashion statement – or is that fail?
Tim Fallis
Well, here we are – where to begin? How did I end up in front of my computer, trying to write my first humour column for the ever-popular Leaside Life, a respected publication with such ...more

The saddest month?
Editor's Welcome
Are you a winter person? Me, not so much, though you’d think that living in Canada would make me more accepting of these shorter, colder days with their bursts of snow and Polar Vortex temps. ...more
Sports

CTAC’s ‘Golden Girls’ own the podium
Sports
On a snowy and wind-swept golf course in London, Ont. on Nov. 30, 2024, a group of athletes belonging to Leaside’s local running club, Central Toronto Athletic Club (CTAC), won the team gold medal for ...more

Let’s go skating at Leaside Gardens
Sports
We’re in Canada. It’s February. People are skating! How about you? Many of us have fond memories of the many years when outdoor rinks were set up at Trace Manes, so it was easy to ...more
History & LRA

Talented Leaside performer Stephanie Taylor touched many lives
History
Many performing artists have lived or attended school in Leaside over the years. They include the 1950s “Happy Gang” radio organist Kay Stokes; the novelty musical act The Videottes; saxophonist Warren Hill; Arrested Development actor ...more

Are you feeling congested?
Leaside Residents Association
Once upon a time, February was not a particularly high traffic volume month, either in Leaside or city-wide. These days, travelling even short distances is slow going. The city is inundated with road closures for ...more
Councillor
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Bayview Avenue is one of the busiest major arterial roadways in Toronto and a key north-south travel route for residents of Leaside. In the short time since I was elected as the City Councillor for ...more