When the Leaside Tennis Club started 65 years ago it had a couple of players bouncing balls off gopher holes inside lines painted on earth that sometimes became mud. Today it has 1,058 registered members …more
Members of Toronto Aviation Noise Group (TANG) are finding “high levels of support” going door to door in Leaside with a petition seeking a fall meeting with local MPs and Nav Canada, says TANG chair …more
Traffic study is too late I read in the weekly local paper that John Parker, our rep on Metro council, is trying to have a traffic study done in Leaside to see what can be …more
Thank you, Leaside, for the great life and memories that continue to this day. I was born in 1939 and brought home to a new house at 212 Sutherland Dr. Eventually I moved to Donegall …more
A creek at the bottom of Cameron Cres. by Marjorie Shepherd I was born in 1930. We went to Bessborough public school up to grade 8 and then to Rolph Road school where we had …more
Ever since my April article appeared in Leaside Life about the proposed mixed-use development at Brentcliffe and Eglinton and the subsequent deluge of negative comments, I’ve made it a priority to understand how the city …more
Before there was a Town of Leaside, there was a Canada Wire and Cable (CWC). In November 1912 the CWC purchased 16 acres of land where the SmartCentres’ big box stores stand today. The Town …more
One of the mysteries of municipal government – and one of its most misunderstood functions – is the role of the municipality in land development matters. Let’s see if I can shed some light on …more
Unless you’re the person who was asked to only mouth the words during classroom or concert choral efforts when you were young, you may well wish to join a local choir. So, what’s available to …more
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