Stories
We’ve got mail!
After we put each issue of Leaside Life to bed, I never know for sure which stories will resonate with you, our readers, and prompt letters to us. Occasionally, we hear from you correcting inaccuracies …more
Month: October 2021
Leaside Residents Association
Success! LRA finally meets with City’s Traffic Management Plan team
In my Leaside Life column last month I was disappointed to report that the Leaside Residents Association’s scheduled meeting with the City’s Traffic Management Plan (LTMP) team had been delayed. It has been two years …more
Business
Bill Meek answered the call of Leaside
We have all heard horror stories of a home renovation gone wrong, often because of a shoddy contractor. Mike Holmes has been providing the grim details on television for years. Fortunately, Leasiders can escape that …more
Community
Gemma Postill: clinician scientist in the making
The last time we checked in with Gemma Postill (Leaside Life, July, 2017), she had won one of the five President’s Entrance Scholarships at Western, worth $65,000. Now the Leaside High School alumna has entered …more
Community
Leaside Garden Society announces the Community Award for 2021
Each year, the Leaside Garden Society recognize a business or institution that has brightened up a part of Leaside through their planting and landscaping. In August 2021 Nora Campbell, President presented the winner a certificate …more
Gardening
The Leaside Harvest Report 2021
Every gardener I know, started this growing season with a lot more hope than last year but with the same questions in mind. Will we have access to supplies? Could we get another heatwave and …more
Terry Fallis
I remember the Bessborough Halloween dance
With Grade 7 at Bessborough now 50 years in my rear-view mirror (ouch!), some of my experiences back then are obscured in the mists of history. But one aspect of my time in Grade 7 …more
History
Leasiders always liked a good party
Communal events were always popular in Leaside, but never more so than 60 to 80 years ago. Here’s how Leasiders back in the day liked to party on: Parades: From approximately 1940-1960, Leaside held a …more
Local Politics
MP Rob Oliphant re-elected for fourth term in Don Valley West
Liberal incumbent Rob Oliphant has once again won the riding of Don Valley West. Oliphant won decisively, garnering 22,623 votes or 52.3% of the votes cast, down slightly from the 2019 election when he garnered …more
Community
Success! LRA finally meets with City’s Traffic Management Plan team
In my Leaside Life column last month I was disappointed to report that the Leaside Residents Association’s scheduled meeting with the City’s Traffic Management Plan (LTMP) team had been delayed. It has been two years …more