UPDATE After our print deadline the OMB announced it approved severance of the property, an increase of the floor space index to 0.67 from 0.6 and lot coverage from 35 percent to 38.2 percent. But …more
Leaside resident John Piper, chair of the Leaside 100 committee, has been named in two Toronto Star articles for his work in Toronto for Nelson Mandela. Columnist Royson James wrote, “Gordon Cressy (United Way, YMCA, …more
If Leaside hasn’t broken the $3 million barrier for a house sale, we can’t be far away. The 5,200 square-foot home at 128 Rykert Cres. in North Leaside, which backs on Serena Gundy Park, went …more
This past November 15 homes were sold in Leaside and Bennington Heights, the same as November of 2012, but the average dollar value was up by 6.2 percent. There were nine detached homes sold in …more
Friday morning poop pick-up problem solved Throughout the month of October, a small pile of garbage — including dog poop baggies — kept appearing Friday mornings on Rumsey Rd. in the exact location the library …more
“Character of Leaside at stake” was the Leaside Life headline on my column about 2 Laird Dr. (the former post office site at Malcolm and Southvale) back in October. It’s also about having the development …more
How do you protect your (very small) street when you have little to fight with? I learned how when I moved back to Mallory Cres. in March 1989 and found the valley was under attack …more
Leaside’s Gabby Smith, the 15-year-old student who went to New Zealand early in December to play for the under-18 national team in a showdown with Australia, was named the MVP. She scored six goals in …more
Leaside Presbyterian Church, 670 Eglinton East, New Year’s Kid’s Club, for JK to grade 8 Thursday and Friday, Jan. 2-3, 9 a.m.– 4 p.m. Youth Helpers in grade 9-up are welcomed for community service hours. …more
Congratulations to Bessborough Public School on it’s first ever Winter Wonders Holiday Market this December. Over 30 vendors, local as well as merchants from around the city, set up tables, selling everything from oysters to …more
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