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Staff

THANK YOU for this 50th edition of Leaside Life

June 1, 2016 Staff

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

Sports

Leaside’s biggest baseball season

June 1, 2016 Daniel Girard

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

Brown at Seven
Development

‘Animated retail space’ proposed for revised Bayview west site

June 1, 2016 Staff

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

Leaside High entrance
Schools

Leaside High students have lost their Perk

June 1, 2016 Guest Contributor

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

Leaside Memorial Gardens. Photo by Robin Dickie.
Sports

Leasider is women’s coach of the year

June 1, 2016 Staff

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

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Staff

Leonard’s Restaurant for sale after 42 years

June 1, 2016 Staff

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

939 Eglinton
Development

Almost 92 percent of respondents gave thumbs down for 939 Eglinton

June 1, 2016 Staff

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

939 Eglinton
Leaside Residents Association

Keep the Leaside character – this is not Yonge & Eglinton

June 1, 2016 Staff

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

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Development

On a retail walk with Premier Wynne

June 1, 2016 Geoff Kettel

“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

Georgia Walsh
Community

The $1.2 million plan for a new Trace Manes park

June 1, 2016 Will Ashworth

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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“Music is the universal language of mankind.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Photo Mike Rapson.
In the Spotlight

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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  • Agnes Macphail recipient, Dr. Blair Bigham
  • Mayhem on McRae – a nasty bank robbery
  • Leasider Timothy Tiryaki leads with strategy
  • Keeping kids fit and injury-free
  • The Leaside Rotary Club supports LiftED
  • Wende’s soulful confections rock the Groove Room
  • The Groove Room spreads good vibes
  • Superheroes dare to wear capes for Holland-Bloorview!
  • Tree huggers, unite
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