People
Carol & Dave’s excellent Leaside adventure continues
One month of winter down and two to go! How have you been keeping up with your New Year’s goals? I’m going to brag for a quick second and say that I have been doing …more
Year: 2017
Business
Leaside likes Honda the Best
They say the type of car you drive says a lot about your personality. Read on to see what types of cars Leasiders are driving, and then draw your own conclusions. The British marketing research …more
Business
Leaside Stock Index turns 3
Three years ago, I embarked on an exercise of fun — and potential learning! The Leaside Stock Index was born in February 2014 as the result of an innocent drive past the Canadian headquarters of …more
Development
What have we learned from wrestling with tigers?
The Leaside community has recently participated in two applications for major projects on Eglinton, with a third underway. Each project is spurred by the provincially funded Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit project. The three major …more
Leaside Residents Association
Strength in numbers
I’d like to share with you why the Leaside Property Owners’ Association encourages you to become members of our ratepayers’ group. No, it’s not just a question of finances, important though finances are. And no, …more
Development
Renovate or rebuild?
The pressure to renovate or demolish and rebuild Leaside homes is huge. Whether it’s existing residents who want to expand their homes to meet growing needs (and presumably financial capacity) or developers who want to …more
Community
Leaside Life: The first five years
For our first issue of the New Year, it’s an honour to feature some of the faces of Leaside – people who have graced our pages over the past five years. We have been privileged …more
Leaside Litterati
Put your double-double in the trash-trash
Out for my morning litter walk I came across several discarded Tim Hortons disposable coffee cups. Tim Hortons boasts a strong presence in Leaside, where there are five TH locations: three freestanding, one inside an …more
History
Wicksteed Avenue
Many streets in Leaside were named for those involved with the building of the railways. When Frederick Todd laid out the model town of Leaside, he named streets for those working with the Canadian Northern …more
Letters
Letters – January 2017
Moonbows over Leaside Beautiful article. A lot of the moonbows seen in Google images are caused by water droplets typically found in tropical climates. The halo around the moon in colder climates has earned the …more