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Month: January 2020

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Weekly Roundup – January 24, 2020

January 24, 2020 Staff

Best of this week – a settlement with Riocan, vertical urban farming, and The NEW Roaring Twenties brings young entrepreneurs to Leaside. Catch the weekly roundup here. Riocan Settlement with RioCan to include $11 million …more

Trace Manes park in the snow.
Staff

Weekly Roundup – January 17, 2020

January 17, 2020 Staff

Best of this week – An selfless volunteer, Leaside High 75th Anniversary celebrations, Terry Fallis performs in the Nutcracker and a new MRI for Holland Bloorview. Catch the weekly roundup here. Volunteering Leasider Katja Werner …more

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Stories

What articles resonated with Leaside readers in 2019?

January 16, 2020 Staff

  In this week that bridges two decades, we take a look back at some of our top stories from 2019. Local Businesses First up, Leasiders were interested in stories about local businesses. Two articles …more

Trace Manes park in the snow.
Stories

Weekly Roundup – January 10, 2020

January 10, 2020 Staff

Best of this week – Leaside High wins football championship ?, Leaside Basketball star Zach Edey heads to Purdue ?and more! Catch the weekly roundup here. Football Leaside High football wins City Championships Basketball Leaside’s …more

John Mangold (r) with the Droppit meal preparation team. Photo from Droppit.
Business

The NEW Roaring Twenties brings young entrepreneurs to Leaside

January 1, 2020 Glenn Asano

Not sure if it’s just me, but I have always disliked the decade defining nomenclature of recently passed eras such as ‘the noughties’, likewise for the ‘tenners’ or ‘teenies’ because they conjure up…well, nothing in …more

Amin of We the Roots. Photo Debora Kuchme.
Leaside Green

Leaside Green: We the Roots – a new way to bring agriculture back

January 1, 2020 Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

This area that we call Leaside was once home to the Laurentian people, who grew corn, beans and squash and gathered the abundance of local nuts and berries to sustain their community. Later, the Lea …more

Katja Werner at the Canadian Opera Company, May 2019. Photo by Nerine Dinshaw.
People

Leasider Katja Werner says a BIG yes to BIG goals

January 1, 2020 Susan Scandiffio

Smart. Driven. Compassionate. Diligent. Dedicated.  It’s hard to decide which adjective best fits Leasider Katja Werner.  Originally from Germany, Werner arrived in Canada in 2005 after spending time in Ireland and the United States. Her …more

Volunteers working in the new kitchen: Dick Cowan, Anne Raby, Inga Theberge, Wendy Turley and Dorothy Cowan. Photo Janis Fertuck.
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2020 brings big changes to Leaside United Church

January 1, 2020 Janis Fertuck

Leaside United Church (LUC) is a familiar landmark in the neighbourhood across from Trace Manes Park and known for its spring and fall “Awesome Sales.” But more awesome activities are taking place there these days …more

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Editor’s Welcome, Happy New Year, Leaside!

January 1, 2020 Jane Auster

Happy New Year, Leaside! Have you made your New Year’s resolutions for 2020, the year of perfect vision? I always greet this time of year with a mixture of resolve – and guilt. Resolve because …more

The first principal of Leaside High was Norman McLeod.
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Leaside High – celebrating 75 great years!

January 1, 2020 Susan Scandiffio

With Leaside High School’s 75th anniversary being celebrated this year, Leaside Life will be profiling a number of notable members of the school in various positions, as students, teachers, and more, to mark the milestone. …more

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Pat Jeffreys celebrates four decades of volunteer service

by Lorna Krawchuk in People

Bob Cairns was building houses for returning veterans in North Leaside at the end of World War II. A number of the semis on Beaufield, Glenbrae and Broadway were his creations. These houses took on ...more
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