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Month: December 2021

Picture of The Blackbird 22 Gentleman’s Racer.
Business

Muskoka elegance right in Leaside

December 1, 2021 Ken Mallett

You see them everywhere in Muskoka, but almost nowhere else in the world, these beautiful classic runabouts. Imagine floating masterpieces in mahogany and chrome, idling powerfully at dockside or carving across the lake, ferrying ladies …more

The Sangamo plant on Laird, 1955.
History

Remembering the Sangamo company

December 1, 2021 Guest Contributor

Long-time Leaside residents may remember the Sangamo Company Ltd. at 215 Laird Drive near Eglinton – a site now occupied by Canadian Tire and other retail establishments. Sangamo specialized in the production of electric motors …more

Photo of Write Impressions' Bayview location.
Business

Making the right “Impression” on Bayview

December 1, 2021 Janis Fertuck

Write Impressions, the popular stationery store at the corner of Bayview and Millwood, has been attracting shoppers with its inviting window displays since 2000, making it one of the older businesses on our high street. …more

Leaside Business Park sign. Staff photo.
Business

Business Park Association promotes collaboration at 2021 AGM

December 1, 2021 Glenn Asano

Earlier this year I interviewed Leslie Kellen, the newly appointed president of the Leaside Business Park Association (LBPA). The LBPA is a not-for-profit corporation originally formed more than 50 years ago, mandated to promote the …more

Agnes Macphail.
People

Nominations for Agnes 
Macphail Award now open

December 1, 2021 Staff

The East York Agnes Macphail Recognition Committee is now accepting nominations for the 28th Annual Agnes Macphail Award, to be presented in March 2022 either online or at the East York Civic Centre. Agnes Campbell …more

Photo of Nathaniel Moore.
Curious Idler

Curious Idler – December 2021

December 1, 2021 Staff

New book of poetry released by former Leasider Nathaniel Moore Nathaniel Moore, author of 10 books of poetry and fiction, was born in Toronto in 1974 and grew up in North Leaside. His 2014 novel …more

Traffic in Leaside. Staff photo.
Leaside Residents Association

Traffic woes – steam coming out of my ears?

December 1, 2021 Carol Burtin Fripp

When the Leaside Residents Association met with the project management team of the City’s Leaside Traffic Management Plan (LTMP) in late August, we were quite optimistic we might see some progress fairly soon. The LTMP …more

Photo of a store on Bayview.
Community

Hidden Bayview

December 1, 2021 Robin Dickie

One of the charming aspects of our Bayview shopping strip is the old-fashioned feel it has…the mom and pop stores and small, unique shops that have, in many cases, been there for a long time. …more

Editor's Welcome

Editor’s Welcome: Look who’s 10!

December 1, 2021 Jane Auster

Leaside Life is marking its 10th birthday with the issue you’re reading now. Founded by newspaper veterans Harry and Ruth Goldhar, who had previously published The Town Crier group of papers, Leaside Life was a …more

Holiday Lights.
Terry Fallis

Corona Christmas 2.0

December 1, 2021 Terry Fallis

Welcome to Corona Christmas 2.0. If you’d asked me a year ago whether our world would have returned to some semblance of normal for Christmas 2021, I would have said “yes.” I mean, who among …more

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  • I finally made it to Florida!
  • Curious Idler – June 2022
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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?
  • The buzzy month of June just got buzzier!
  • Editor: Who needs a handyman?
  • Final hockey season at Leaside is bittersweet
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