Leaside Shop Local Updates during COVID-19
COVID-19
Help support Leaside small businesses during COVID-19. We are crowdsourcing more! Below is a map of Leaside businesses (omitting those covered by Bayview-Leaside BIA) open during COVID-19 (see green icons on the map). For Bayview ...more
COVID-19 Hospital Updates
COVID-19
Here in Leaside we have two hospitals in our vicinity – Sunnybrook Health Sciences to the north and Michael Garron to the east. Both hospitals have updated information regarding COVID-19. Sunnybrook FAQ: click here. Michael ...more
COVID-19 Updates from Jaye Robinson
COVID-19 Government Updates
As the COVID-19 situation in Toronto continues to evolve, I hope that you and your families are taking the proper precautions to stay safe and healthy. Through these communications, I will endeavour to keep you ...more
MP Rob Oliphant Updates
COVID-19 Government Updates
Please see updates from MP Rob Olipant regarding COVID-19. March 27: click here. March 20: click here.
Donate a meal to front line Hospital Workers
COVID-19 Community Kindness
Would you like to donate meals to front line workers at St. Mike’s Hospital? Please read on about Freshii’s initiative. From Celine McMahon, owner of Freshii in Leaside Our contacts at ST. MIKE’S HOSPITAL have ...more
Community comes together for Sunnybrook Health Sciences
COVID-19 Community Kindness
Are you interested in getting involved with helping out Sunnybrook during these challenging times? Read below about a great community initiative organized by Leasider Becky Allen White. From Becky Allen White, Leaside Resident Here is ...more
Northlea’s blood donor clinic a priceless gift
Community
Would you give a priceless gift to a complete stranger? Over the last 17 years thousands in our community have done just that. Since its inception, in February 2003, Leasiders have donated thousands of units ...more
Photographer Cindy Conlin trains her lens on nature
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
Tremco focuses on being a good neighbour
Business
It is fortuitous that Tremco, in the Leaside Business Park, is the company we wanted to tell you more about for this April issue, when we are emphasizing environmental responsibility. Tremco, from the time they ...more
The art of the turnaround
Business
As I write, the S&P/TSX index closed at 12,508. That’s down 12.34 for just one day and over 25% off its 52-week high. In the fullness of time, we’ll know just how potentially devastating the ...more
Leaside’s Jan Cawardine is a force on the ice
Sports
On first meeting, Jan Cawardine comes across as gentle, unassuming, friendly and affable. She is all of these things. But don’t let the sweet face fool you. On the ice, Cawardine is a force. A ...more
All hail Leaside Curling Club’s king of curling!
Sports
When you walk into the Leaside Curling Club, one thing is abundantly clear. John Epping is curling royalty. Besides being the club pro and an extremely popular instructor, Epping is also the skip of the ...more
Terry’s 30th anniversary golf pilgrimage
Terry Fallis
I’ve written in this space before about my now nearly half-century love-hate relationship with golf. If you’ve ever played the game, you’ll know what I mean. You love the game until the moment you shank ...more
A litter ditty
Leaside Litterati
I try not to be bitter, About litterbugs and litter. But sometime it’s hard, When I see blatant disregard And lack of pride, In our community of Leaside. Dog poop in the parks, Empty ...more
Leaside townhouse, mid-rise and high-rise development projects
Development
The face of Leaside is changing rapidly. Within the next five years, the local landscape will be home to thousands of new residents living in both tall and mid-rise developments. Our map gives a snapshot ...more
How green are Leaside’s new towers on Eglinton?
Development
In 2019, in response to rising global temperatures due to increasing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, the City of Toronto declared a climate change emergency. Toronto set its new greenhouse gas emission target to ...more
Editor’s Welcome April 2020
Editor's Welcome
What a difference a month makes! No, wait, make that an hour! A month ago, we were planning the April issue, and our long-contemplated theme was GREEN: green heroes, green practices, green businesses, even green ...more
