John Parker
More work coming to Bayview Ave.
As we head into the coming months, watch for further improvements to be made to our part of Bayview and the pedestrian realm on our side. Bayview Ave. itself will be resurfaced curb to curb. …more
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Look what I found exploring the Business Park
Who would think that businesses in the Leaside Business Area would be expressing connections to a world after this one? Read on, to see what I found out when I went exploring east of Laird …more
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Official Leaside 100 party on April 23
You’ll soon be seeing the Leaside One Hundred logo all around town as events start being planned for next year’s centenary celebrations. Free logo artwork will be provided all next year for local sports teams, …more
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Another Wicksteed development
The billboards went up this summer for the latest big development in Leaside east of Laird. The Rockport Group plans to turn a 9.50-acre site in the heart of the Leaside Business Park into a …more
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The house that could break $3 million ceiling
Leaside flirted with a real estate milestone this summer, seeing its first listing above the $3 million mark. The four-bedroom, six-bathroom home at 33 Heather Rd., which has since been removed from MLS listings, weighs …more
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Trying again to get a BIA on Bayview
Bayview merchants took one step closer to trying to form a Business Improvement Area (BIA) on May 30. Over 20 store owners at a meeting at Originals Bar formed a potential steering committee: Trae Zammitt …more
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Redway calls Parker a ‘mugrump’
Angry residents yell in attacks on Parker The tone of the SmartCentre public meeting on June 11 was set when the first panel speaker, former East York mayor Alan Redway, called Councillor John Parker a mugrump. …more