Stories
Funds for El Hogar
A South American soccer player who would probably have become an alcoholic was the guest speaker at a Leaside United Church rally last month that raised over $20,000 to help poor and abandoned kids in …more
Year: 2015
Business
Follow the money trail for this project
The planning application put forth by Diamond Corporation in October for the two-hectare property at Brentcliffe and Eglinton, formally known as 939 Eglinton Ave. East, will certainly change Leaside’s landscape forever. While I completely understand …more
Business
This street could win awards for derelict cars
I’ll wager not too many of you have been down to the far end of Canvarco Rd., unless you were trying to find a way to loop around the back of what was the Leaside …more
Stories
Former MP will be interim minister
Former PC Member of Parliament David MacDonald, who was minister of communication in the Joe Clark government in 1979-80, is the interim minister at Leaside United Church from Nov. 1 until Apr. 30 while the …more
Stories
The biggest home for girls hockey in Ontario
Karen Dewey-Decker began her minor hockey career in the late 1980s wearing borrowed equipment. Few of her female high school friends played the game. She was familiar with the ice from weekly public skating with …more
Stories
How we voted
Leaside voters mirrored the shift to the Liberals that saw Rob Oliphant elected in Don Valley West on Oct. 19 as part of a Liberal majority government. Liberal support was highest in South Leaside with …more
Leaside Litterati
A summer’s worth of litter
Here is what I’ve been up to this summer: I’ve been holding park litterers accountable for cleaning up after themselves and holding non-residential property owners accountable for cleaning up the litter on their property. Trace …more
Sports
LEASIDE 2015 ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Sixteen-year-old Reid Humphrey, named Leaside’s Athlete of the Year for 2015, is described by his coach, Ray White: “In my GTHL coaching career spanning 20 years I have never witnessed a player with a better …more
Stories
It’s time for another church miracle
Leaside churches are once again banding together, with a few others outside Leaside, to produce the Little Miracle in Your Neighbourhood. In one day last year volunteers collected 16,000 items in a canned food drive. …more
Stories
Trying to reconnect with Thorncliffe Park
Bill Pashby has been trying for years to reestablish the connection between Leaside and Thorncliffe Park, which was part of Leaside from the 1950s for many years. For seven year the Leaside resident has been …more