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Month: February 2022

Business

Vibrant start-up community alive and well

February 1, 2022 Glenn Asano

For readers who follow this column, it is no surprise that I am always on the lookout for Leaside business initiatives that will fuel innovation, drive economic growth, and contribute to the ongoing success of …more

Editor's Welcome

Editor’s Welcome – February 2022

February 1, 2022 Jane Auster

It’s been two years now since I last sat down, face to face, with the Leaside Life editorial team. In the “before” era, we’d meet regularly to plan the issue. These meetings were always exhilarating. …more

History

World’s first video game built in Leaside

February 1, 2022 Ted DeWelles

Computerized video games are common today. Just ask any parent. But they were unknown back in 1950. That was the year the world’s first publicly displayed electronic video game was created. And it happened right …more

Leaside Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacist Brian Mok gives it his best shot. Photo by Suzanne Park.
Business

Checking in with Leaside’s vaccine boosters

February 1, 2022 Suzanne Park

The English language, like most things, is always evolving. When I was a kid, we got booster shots and they were never referred to as vaccine injections, even by the doctors or nurses who administered …more

Staff Photo.
Terry Fallis

Friday night free skate at Leaside Gardens

February 1, 2022 Terry Fallis

After nearly 60 columns in this august periodical, I’ve started to lose track of what I’ve written about. I come up with a topic and then have to scan the pieces I’ve already written to …more

Our beautiful tree canopy.
City Councillor

TransformTO – where are we?

February 1, 2022 Jaye Robinson

In 2017, City Council unanimously approved TransformTO – a comprehensive plan to reduce local greenhouse gas emissions and build a greener, healthier city. The 2017 plan initially put us on track to achieve an 80% …more

Photo of Heather Banks.
Business

Wine not? Celebrating the grape on Millwood

February 1, 2022 Lorna Krawchuk

According to J.R.R. Tolkien, the most beautiful phrase in the English language is ‘cellar door,’ and according to Wiktionary, a ‘cellar door’ is “the part of a winery from which wine may be sampled or …more

Irma Coucill and her portrait of Matt Kinch
Arts

A life-changing encounter with a famous artist

February 1, 2022 Susan Scandiffio

Little did Leasiders Craig and Matt Kinch know that an impromptu knock on a door on Broadway Avenue in 2003 would signal the start of a long-term, life-changing experience. Fascinated by a car sitting in …more

A construction crane in Leaside.
Development

Leaside’s North Bayview tower surprise

February 1, 2022 Geoff Kettel

Instant landmark or poor planning? Both! North Leasiders on social media were surprised (not in a good way!) to find out just before the holidays that an application had been submitted to place a 25-storey …more

Curious Idler

Curious Idler – February 2022

February 1, 2022 Staff

The Leaside Garden Society is continuing their monthly meetings via Zoom. On March 10 Marc Yamaguchi will be sharing his experience with Rain Gardens United (raingardensunited.com). A rain garden is a landscaped basin filled in …more

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In the Spotlight

Agnes Macphail Award 
seeking nominations

by Staff in Community

Agnes Campbell Macphail was once described as “the most important woman in public life that Canada has produced in the 20th century.”  In 1921 she blazed a trail for women with her election to the ...more
Recent Posts
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  • Leaside Events February 2023
  • Editor’s Welcome February 2023
  • Leasider Ava Gilbart putts above her weight
  • Mi Casetta, Su Casetta in Leaside’s little corner of Italy
  • Leaside Gardens turns 70!
  • SOL reflects on Leaside’s legislative “annus horribilis”
  • Our very own Trustee Rachel Chernos Lin is the new chair of the TDSB
  • Getting pickled in Leaside
  • Celebrating Dr. Erin Boynton’s life in motion
  • Bread, baby, bread
  • Get fit, be fit, stay fit with Leaside trainer Tom Toth
  • Leaside Events January 2023
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