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Month: May 2021

Business

Gyro Mazda drives business to the east side of Laird

May 1, 2021 Ken Mallett

When Joey Kovac was a kid, he and his buddy Paul Kmet messed around in a car dealership lot on Laird Dr. in Leaside – a playground that most of their pals could only dream …more

Gold pendant presented to Herbert Horsfall, Former Mayor of the Town of Leaside, on the occasion of opening the new public school in 1924. Photo by Storey Wilkins.
Letters

Letter Re: Herbert Horsfall

May 1, 2021 Guest Contributor

Hi There, I wanted to thank you for the lovely article that Pancheta Barnett wrote in the latest Leaside Life (April 2021). Herbert Horsfall was my great grandfather. I have lived either in or near …more

The Committee of Adjustment goes from bad to worse.
Development

Committee of Adjustment goes from bad to worse 

May 1, 2021 Geoff Kettel

Last August this scribbler wrote about two applications (83 Glenvale and 67 Sutherland) heard by the North York Committee of Adjustment and complained that the hearings were “virtual but not virtuous”. Now I think the …more

An image of grass covered in dew. Staff photo.
Terry Fallis

’Tis the season for lawn-cutting

May 1, 2021 Terry Fallis

I’ve always hated cutting the lawn. I understand there are very few people walking the streets of Leaside who actually enjoy cutting the lawn (unless of course they’re sitting luxuriously on a cushy riding mower), …more

People

Bev Crandell is on a mission to change lives

May 1, 2021 Guest Contributor

I have a confession: I volunteer for the Lions Foundation Dog Guides. That’s how I met Bev. Bev Crandell is the CEO of the Lions Foundation Dog Guides. Since 2003, Bev, her husband, two children …more

Churches

New renovations for Leaside United and community

May 1, 2021 Janis Fertuck

Even though Leaside United Church (LUC) is still officially closed due to pandemic restrictions, the freshly renovated building is on display in a print brochure recently mailed to the congregation, and in an online brochure …more

Business

Melt-in-your-mouth shortbread on Millwood

May 1, 2021 Lorna Krawchuk

Bev Churchill Morris worked for the Red Cross as a nurse in Guelph for many years. But she was also a talented home baker, especially of shortbread. “Everyone loved my shortbreads,” she says. Baking this …more

Bayview Avenue in front of the gates to Mount Pleasant Cemetary.
Leaside Residents Association

Garden suites for Leaside?

May 1, 2021 Carol Burtin Fripp

Now that spring has arrived, our thoughts turn to our gardens, especially here in leafy Leaside. Not coincidentally, the City of Toronto has released an online survey to find out how Torontonians feel about allowing …more

Development

Best location? Ontario Line chooses Thorncliffe Park

May 1, 2021 Geoff Kettel

The letters “MSF,” placed at the bottom end of the Leaside Business Park, appeared without notice on a map of the proposed Ontario Line on the Metrolinx website last summer. If you asked Metrolinx what …more

Gardening

Could gardeners build back a better Leaside?

May 1, 2021 Debora Kuchme

We’ve learned some important lessons going through this pandemic and a big one for Leasiders, was to realize how essential our greenspaces are to us. Be it from our own gardens, a local park or …more

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  • Do you take your life in your hands at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery?
  • These Leaside dads got grit!
  • The Don Valley through an Indigenous lens
  • Enhancing Leaside’s green space 
one park and tree at a time
  • Illuminating Leaside’s Indigenous history. Who lived here before you?
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