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Month: December 2013

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Leaside’s first Athlete of the Year

December 1, 2013 Staff

Martha McCabe, swimmer Bennington Heights-raised swimmer Martha McCabe has been named Leaside’s first annual Athlete of the Year by the Leaside Sports Hall of Fame Committee. A world championship medal winner who is aiming for …more

Leaside Memorial Gardens. Photo by Robin Dickie.
Stories

City Ombudsman finds fault with arena board

December 1, 2013 Staff

Skating on Thin Ice: That’s the title of the 60-page report released by Toronto Ombudsman Fiona Crean Nov. 7, which investigated and found major governance concerns with Leaside Gardens arena’s citizen board. Local realtor Patrick …more

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She’s playing hookey for hockey in New Zealand

December 1, 2013 Staff

She’s 15, born and still being raised in Leaside, but for the first 11 days of this month she will be playing hookey from Leaside High School to play hockey in New Zealand for its …more

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LORETTA FLAGLER: Sad news of a passing era

December 1, 2013 Staff

I was saddened to learn of the passing of Loretta Flagler, the widow of the late Stan Flagler. Stan served on Leaside council from 1956 until the merger with East York in 1967. He and …more

Diamond Proposal
Business

Our growth spurt like mid-war boom

December 1, 2013 Will Ashworth

Leaside Life has run a large number of stories related to the neighbourhood’s growing pains in 2013. I think it’s fair to say it wouldn’t have done so if there weren’t so much happening on …more

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Sarah’s BIG record was a huge one

December 1, 2013 Staff

The headline last month said Sarah breaks a BIG record. Our deadline was before the final figure was calculated, so we didn’t know HOW big. It was really BIG. Instead of the target of 24,000 …more

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Curling Club averts the loss of its bar

December 1, 2013 Staff

The curlers at the Leaside Curling Club (LCC) — 950 members in total— haven’t gone thirsty this season after all and a crisis has been averted. The city notified the club’s board in October last …more

Renewed plaque gets the name right
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Renewed plaque gets the name right

December 1, 2013 Staff

Leaside Memorial Community Gardens rededicated its memorial plaque last month, and corrected a mistake. The plaque, mounted on the old arena and originally dedicated in 1963 during Leaside’s 50th anniversary year, had misspelled the name …more

Students read out plaque's history
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Students read out plaque’s history

December 1, 2013 Staff

Students from grades 3 and 8 at St. Anselm Catholic School researched the 17 servicemen named on the renovated plaque and read out their names and additional information. Grade 3 teacher Keith Chittick and grade …more

Chicks with Sticks
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Chicks with Sticks are now paying full fare

December 1, 2013 Lorna Krawchuk

When Erin Sorhaug first approached Henry Stachelbeck, the manager of Leaside Gardens, three years ago, she was looking for a deal.  Stachelbeck, with the backing of the board, gave them one:  time on the ice …more

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Leaside was once flying high as Toronto’s hub of ski jumping

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Leaside is well-known for its shopping, its restaurants, its leafy streets, its 72 storage facilities … and its history of ski jumping. Yes, neighbours, Leaside was once THE hub of ski jumping in Toronto. In ...more
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