A community beacon that unites Leaside
Business
A major asset to the community, Leaside Memorial Community Gardens (LMCG), is a gem, hosting an average of 5,000 Leaside community members and their associates each week. Yes, 1073 Millwood Rd. is a place uniting ...more
RCLUB vroom vrooms onto Commercial Road
Business
James Bond would love this. If the day ever arrives when 007 loses his Aston Martin, he can still motor in fantastically expensive high-end automobiles – as long as he comes to Leaside. Perhaps the ...more
Surgery helped turn Phillip Francis into a big lawn bowler
Sports
How does a relative novice to lawn bowling become the first member of the Leaside Lawn Bowling Club to become president of the Ontario Lawn Bowls Association? Phillip Francis grew up in Tasmania, was employed ...more
Leaside Sports Hall of Fame celebrates inductees
Sports
Since 2013, the Leaside Sports Hall of Fame has recognized and celebrated the talent of local athletes and the invaluable contributions of volunteers in sports. This years’ four new members, along with the Hall of ...more
Holland-Bloorview celebrates arrival of its research MRI machine
Community
On Sat., Sept. 28, I went to Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (Holland Bloorview) on Kilgour Road (just east of the CNIB) to share in the highly anticipated arrival of Holland Bloorview’s new research MRI, ...more
Lest we forget: Celebrating two living Leasiders who served with distinction
Community
Ninety-nine-year-old Al Wallace sits in a chair at the Sunnybrook Veterans Centre and recounts that as a pilot fighting in World War II, one never knew “whether a mission would be a one-way or a ...more
The roots of seniors’ housing go back 30 years
Real Estate
The Leaside community has always been blessed with great leaders and creative thinkers. In the mid-80s, two individuals in particular stood out and joined forces to develop housing solutions for retirees in Leaside. Bob Hart ...more
Don Valley West Liberal Rob Oliphant soars to election victory
Local Politics
Liberal Incumbent candidate Rob Oliphant will once again represent the constituents of the Don Valley West riding as part of a Liberal minority government. Winning handily, Oliphant received 55% of the 51,017 votes cast with ...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
November, when a young man’s fancy turns to…golf?
Terry Fallis
In November, my mind often turns to golf. I know what you’re thinking. Golf? November? But you see, for the avid golfer (and to be clear, “avid” is not the same as “talented”), November marks ...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
Back to School!
Schools
As I sit down to work on this column, the start of school is still a few weeks away. Still, as my own kids remind me, back-to-school season has already begun! At the TDSB, ...more
