She’s the lady behind the Leaside Property Owners’ Association website. Also the Leaside Life website. And websites in Vermont and the Bahamas. And lots of others. Pretty good for a graduate of landscape architecture. But …more
For the 55 years that George Armstrong, the captain during the Stanley Cup years of the Toronto Maple Leafs and known as The Chief, lived in Leaside he did a lot of community coaching, but …more
“My wife will be extremely happy as it was her that keeps telling me to submit pictures,” said Steve Nastos, of Eglinton East, winner of the Leaside Streetscape Photo Contest run by Leaside Matters, the …more
Verdi Restaurant on Bayview, just north of Belsize, is not the place for teenagers at first glance. “Older, dated,” said Christopher Lexovsky, of Glenvale Blvd. He and teen neighbour Emma Zivot, who said the place …more
Many Leasiders have been asking the same question about the SmartCentre on Laird: What going on with the ceiling over the driveway connecting the south side of the main parking lot with Commercial Dr.? It’s …more
A drive to repair the old tennis courts at Rolph Road school has been started by Leasiders Linda Carte and Stan Flemming, who are looking for $16,000. They hope to raise the funds from the …more
Goodbye Markham Ave., hello Stickney Way. Good thing Markham Ave., a short street that runs from Airdrie to Laird, has no addresses on it, so no homes will be impacted. City Council approved the name …more
One thing is clear from two recent Leaside cases before the Ontario Municipal Board, only one of which we won. The OMB is concerned only with planning metrics, with raw impact. It does not care …more
While most of us have heard the term Eglinton Connects, perhaps not everyone knows exactly what it means and the implications for Leaside. Eglinton Connects is the city’s plan for the future of Eglinton Ave. …more
Just another development that Leasiders oppose …same as always? Or is it “100 percent inappropriate” as Councillor Burnside stated in closing the Oct. 27 community meeting called to present and discuss the proposal, for 939 …more
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