Stories
Home sales quiet in December
In December of 2013, only two homes changed hands in Leaside and Bennington Heights, half the number of homes in December 2012. The average dollar value was down by 27.2 percent. There was only one …more
Year: 2014
Stories
In our Hood
How cold and dark was it? IT was so cold and dark that… • Some Leaside churches were forced to cancel services the morning of Dec. 22 because of the ice storm. Downed power lines …more
Stories
Goodbye to a community champ
Ingersoll’s gain is Leaside’s loss, as our community gives a fond farewell to Rob and Jess Tremblett and family, owners and operators of the familiar red and white valu-mart on Bayview. Tremblett and his family …more
Stories
Police will be at your door
Starting this month 53 Division police will be hand-delivering pamphlets door to door in Leaside and Bennington Heights to warn us that we have to change our mentality to prevent crime. Besides not locking doors, …more
Stories
Left in the dark in more ways than one
We slept unusually soundly on that rainy Saturday night, Dec. 21. At 7 a.m. on Sunday the 22nd we were jolted awake by a phone call telling us there would be no services at St. …more
Karen Fraser
We had it much easier than Quebec
Last July as I watched the flooding in the Don Valley all the unease created by my decades of experience organizing relief projects rose with the water. I knew from what I heard climate scientists …more
Stories
Letters – February 2014
I’m worried too Re: January letter by Bob Moenck. I also have major concerns around the amount of traffic in Leaside and how it will be disrupted greatly over the next couple of years with …more
Business
Why I favour that big Diamond proposal
Leaside Life published two letters in its January edition from area residents Pierce Reid and Bob Moenck. Both express concern about proposed developments in the area. Reid believes “…major commercial developments around Leaside should be …more
John Parker
We must plant the right trees
I write this in the midst of City Hall’s post mortem review of the December ice storm. The information I have is preliminary and incomplete, but it is sufficient to confirm that the overall impact …more
Development
City says no to Elgie plan
The battle over the future of the oldest home in Leaside has entered another phase. In a display of solidarity with the affected neighbours, the North York Committee of Adjustment on Jan.8 unanimously voted to …more