History
Leaside was once bankrupt
Did you know that during the Great Depression of the 1930s the Town of Leaside was bankrupt? I didn’t know that until I wrote my book, Governing Toronto: Bringing back the city that worked. What …more
Month: May 2015
City Councillor
Thinking behind RioCan’s plans
On April 28 (past Leaside Life’s deadline), the city planning department was to hold the mandatory community consultation for the proposed development at 660 Eglinton East (Sunnybrook Plaza). The objective of this consultation is for …more
Churches
Growing help for refugees from Leaside churches
In 1979 our family was part of a small group sponsoring a 20-year-old Vietnamese man, one of the thousands of Boat People fleeing Vietnam. All these years later, our young man is still employed at …more