Before the Japanese celebrate the new year, an important end of year ritual is osoji (a.k.a. the major cleanup), which provides the opportunity to welcome the incoming year with a clean slate. Never too early …more
Having already written in my end-of-summer column that September and its back-to-school vibe always felt like the start of a new year to me, it’s hard not to get wrapped up in the self-help hype …more
“Kids these days!” It’s a classic phrase used by every generation often forgetting their own adolescent shenanigans. But if you have the chance to sit down with teens as I do, “kids these days” followed …more
Early in December, Leaside Library’s community room was set up for a group scheduled to meet at 4:30 p.m. As the participants, aged 13 to 17, arrived and took their seats, they warmly greeted each …more
Rachel Chernos Lin, the new TDSB trustee for Don Valley West, Ward 15, is passionate about public education. As a child, she was actually sad in June when school ended for the year and she …more
I hope you have had a very happy Christmas, and that 2019 will be good to us all! In the weeks before Christmas the Leaside Property Owners’ Association was busy on many fronts. Here I …more
Thirty years ago, an oddity known as Grade 13 saw its final year in the province of Ontario. Instead of kids leaving high school as 18 or 19-year-olds as they did pre-1988, kids are now …more
Until 1930, what we now call Bayview Avenue was known as the first concession road east of Yonge Street. The road – once proposed to be called Kilgour Avenue – was also known as Government …more
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