Attention shoppers! You may have heard about a major development application to build a Costco store, conveniently located on Overlea Blvd. just around the corner from your Leaside homes, on the site of the heritage-listed …more
The Leaside/East York University Women’s Club, Thurs. Feb. 20, 7:30, Northlea United Church,125 Brentcliffe Rd. A facilitated discussion on financial literacy followed by refreshments. Saturday, February 22, 2014, at 9:a.m. Toronto Rehab Foundation’s 11th annual On Track …more
According to MacNaughton Rd. resident Michael Stevenson, Talbot Park outside Leaside High School is still “a disgrace” even after he’s been complaining about it for over 15 years. “The track is encroached on by grass. …more
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
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