The story behind Millwood’s Green Canoe
Business
Green Canoe restaurant paddled onto Millwood between Randolph and Sutherland on June 18 last year. But even before its official opening, there was great interest among the locals. Green Canoe – what’s that? There really ...more
Neil McMahon makes a Freshii start in Leaside
Business
It is no small achievement for a man to trade his desk in the secure world of corporate finance for the risky territory of a fast food franchise. But that is exactly what 36-year-old North ...more
Sam King – humble AND plays solid hockey
Sports
“Kids these days!” It’s a classic phrase used by every generation often forgetting their own adolescent shenanigans. But if you have the chance to sit down with teens as I do, “kids these days” followed ...more
Finding his way Scott Hayden discovers his passion
Sports
Thirty years ago, an oddity known as Grade 13 saw its final year in the province of Ontario. Instead of kids leaving high school as 18 or 19-year-olds as they did pre-1988, kids are now ...more
Development updates
Development
815-845 Eglinton Avenue East – RioCan Laird Centre
(Canadian Tire) LPOA has been involved with RioCan on this project for a couple of years. In the spring of 2018 LPOA had objected to the density ...more
Talking traffic solutions at the LPOA’s AGM
LPOA
I hope you have had a very happy Christmas, and that 2019 will be good to us all! In the weeks before Christmas the Leaside Property Owners’ Association was busy on many fronts. Here I ...more
8 Principals, 17 years and thousands of students
Schools
Bright. From Hebrew, “the one who is loved.” From Merriam-Webster: smart, brilliant, radiant, upbeat, cheerful, clever, shrewd, encouraging, distinguished, celebrated, wonderful, artistic. Never has a name been so fitting. After 17 years of committed service ...more
Meet the new face of Leaside education, Rachel Chernos Lin
Schools
Rachel Chernos Lin, the new TDSB trustee for Don Valley West, Ward 15, is passionate about public education. As a child, she was actually sad in June when school ended for the year and she ...more
Do you see what I see?
Leaside Litterati
What do you see as you walk, bike or drive through the neighbourhood?
I think most people would say streets, cars, people, parks, churches, schools, houses, gardens, dogs, squirrels, stores, eateries, and so on. When ...more
My rant – New year, new pressures
Terry Fallis
Having already written in my end-of-summer column that September and its back-to-school vibe always felt like the start of a new year to me, it’s hard not to get wrapped up in the self-help hype ...more
Time to nominate the 2019 Agnes Macphail award recipient
Community
The East York Agnes Macphail Recognition Committee is now accepting nominations for the 26th Annual Agnes Macphail Award. Agnes Campbell Macphail (1890 – 1954) was the first woman elected to the House of Commons (1921) ...more
Young “curators” advise Leaside Library
Community
Early in December, Leaside Library’s community room was set up for a group scheduled to meet at
4:30 p.m. As the participants, aged 13 to 17, arrived and took their seats, they warmly greeted each ...more
