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Month: September 2015

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Leaside Residents Association

TTC: a problem and some good news

September 1, 2015 Carol Burtin Fripp

Another summer draws to a close, but your LPOA directors didn’t have much chance to lie back and enjoy the “lazy, hazy days,” as the old song goes. The articles in this issue of Leaside …more

Lorna Krawchuk
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51 years in the old Aerodrome Quonset hut

September 1, 2015 Lorna Krawchuk

We’ve all been past Four Seasons Auto Collision on the northeast corner of Laird and Wicksteed, where it cozies up to the SmartCentre north site. Some of us have been clients over the years. We’re …more

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“Music is the universal language of mankind.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Photo Mike Rapson.
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The Groove Room spreads good vibes

by Steve Hardy in Churches

“Music is the universal language of mankind.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Music lovers come together to share good vibrations at the Groove Room Coffee House. What began as a small gathering in a Leaside church ...more
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