It seems a long time since our first issue December 2011. There are many memories, but most important right now is the support we’ve received from readers and advertisers. Our readers have said we are …more
About the only thing missing from Matt McCallum’s baseball debut was a Jose Bautistaesque bat flip. It would have been fitting since the success of Bautista and the Toronto Blue Jays have created the largest …more
An “animated retail space” is how the Brown Group describes its ground-floor plans for the mixed-use development proposed for the west side of Bayview between Hillsdale and Soudan. Brown’s revised plans for seven stories instead …more
The cast of Friends has Central Perk, the Fonz and his gang from Happy Days have the Malt Shop, and the youth of Leaside had McDonald’s at Bayview and Eglinton. Now, however, with the construction …more
Kim McCullough, the head coach of the Leaside Junior Wildcats’ women’s hockey team, has been named the Provincial Women’s Hockey League’s Coach of the Year for the 2015-2016 season. In just the second season coaching …more
The Filipopoulos family has put Leonard’s Restaurant and the building up for sale after 42 years on Laird Dr. Brothers’ Bill and George operated the restaurant until George died of cancer recently. Bill says he’s …more
The results of the LPOA survey about the proposed development at Eglinton and Laird, 939 Eglinton, show that 2,169 individual responses were received (once duplicates and out of area responses were removed) from the M4G …more
From the 781 respondents providing written comments on the proposed Eglinton-Laird development we’ve chosen seven for a glimpse into the thoughts of Leaside residents. Against the development “Area schools are already full to capacity, with …more
“Squash and soar” – that’s architect Joe Lobko’s design solution for how the 80,000 additional people will be accommodated in the Toronto area annually. That’s why he sees the Canadian Tire site, at Eglinton and …more
Trace Manes’ playground will soon get a makeover, one that’s badly needed, and honours the memory of Georgia Walsh who was killed in July 2014 in a traffic accident at Millwood and McRae. It is …more
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