Stories
Meet Your Neighbour
He’s 82 and at his peak He may live in a one of Leaside’s senior retirement condominiums, but at 82 Gordon Champion isn’t ready to give up work. In fact, Champion figures he’s still at …more
Month: March 2013
Stories
Leaside in the really good old days
When Walter Naulls and his wife Evelyn decided to buy a house in Leaside, they figured that since the new homes in the town were all about the same price, why not take more than …more
Stories
Longo’s site is older than Town of Leaside
While shopping at the new Longo’s on Laird, it’s hard not to notice that you’re in a restored heritage building. The store, in fact, used to be an old locomotive shop for the former Canadian …more
Stories
Calendar – March 2013
Deadline to submit listings for April; March 11 SECOND CUP, 1595 Bayview, free concert Friday night, March 1, by guitarist Phillip Brown. LEASIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 670 Eglinton East, March Break Kid’s Club Tuesday-Thursday March 12-4, 9 a.m.– …more
Letters
Letters – March 2013
Nice photo but… That’s an interesting photograph last month of the first airmail delivery in Canada to the Leaside aerodrome. But there’s something about it that doesn’t ring right. The date in the paper is June …more
Stories
Numbers down, but clubs still do good
Rotary, the world’s first volunteer service organization, began in Chicago in 1905. The Toronto-Leaside Club was formed in 1940. In its heyday, there were close to 100 members from the local community who met for …more
Stories
So he had 57,000 pennies…
What would you do with 57,000 pennies? Until Feb. 5 that’s how many Eric Rosen, of Bennington Heights Dr., had stashed away. He’d been collecting them since 1986, just under seven a day for 27 …more