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Month: April 2022

A baseball player gets ready for the pitch.
Curious Idler

The Curious Idler – April 2022

April 1, 2022 Staff

With spring definitely in the air, the Idler finds a wealth of happenings to write about in and around Leaside. St. Cuthbert’s brings back its bake & book sale A sure sign that a more …more

Toronto Star, August 15, 1951.
History

The amazing adventures of Butterball the groundhog

April 1, 2022 Ted DeWelles

Thanks to our proximity to Toronto’s ravine system and the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Leasiders have grown accustomed to sharing their habitat with a variety of wildlife – everything from hawks, raccoons and foxes to deer, …more

L-r: Corniesha Frederick, Tobie Loukes, Arjean Prostrero, Gabrielle Watt with their hand made totes. Photo Kayla Williams.
People

Tobie Loukes raises awareness and touches lives

April 1, 2022 Susan Scandiffio

Tobie Loukes is fiercely proud of her Indigenous roots. And for those students lucky enough to be taught by her, Loukes is an inspirational wealth of knowledge about Indigenous culture and history. Coupled with her …more

A streetscape in Leaside.
Leaside Residents Association

To Zoom or not to Zoom, that is the question

April 1, 2022 Carol Burtin Fripp

Now that Ontario has removed Covid masking and distancing mandates, how comfortable do you feel? Are you going out more? Dining in restaurants instead of just ordering for pick-up or takeout and delivery? Attending events …more

Editor's Welcome image.
Editor's Welcome

And now to interrupt our regularly scheduled programming…

April 1, 2022 Jane Auster

I was all set with my editor’s message for April. It was to be a celebration of sorts. With Covid restrictions lifting, I was looking forward to a springier season, with the reopening of Leaside’s …more

Picture of a quad house at 1783 Bayview.
Development

What’s happening with the quad next door?

April 1, 2022 Geoff Kettel

Time for another update! (For background, read my columns in Leaside Life, March, June and September 2021.) Here’s what’s happening with our Talbot quad (1783-85 Bayview Ave.) just south of the Leaside LRT station site, …more

Community Environment Days with Councillor Jaye Robinson.
City Councillor

Community Environment Days are back!

April 1, 2022 Jaye Robinson

I am pleased to announce that the City is returning to a ward-based format for this year’s Community Environment Days. Historically, the Community Environment Days in Ward 15 are among the best-attended in all of …more

Leasider Tim Short beside a newly installed heat pump at his parents’ home. Photo Tim Short.
Business

Commit to change – 
Hybrid heat pump solution reduces GHG emissions

April 1, 2022 Glenn Asano

In May 2019, I wrote an article suggesting Leaside become one of the greenest neighbourhoods in the country. It’s always rewarding when Leaside Life readers reach out. Tim Short, who has lived here for 28 …more

Picture of a golf ball.
Terry Fallis

I’m finally ready to swing again

April 1, 2022 Terry Fallis

By the time you read this humble offering, I’ll be out of the country for the first time in, well, in a long, long time. My destination is not too exotic, though compared to where …more

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Letters

Letters to the Editor April 2022

April 1, 2022 Staff

Diverse and interesting I have recently devoured your December issue and found it full of diverse and interesting articles. I would like to congratulate you on such an informative publication. I came away feeling I …more

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Left: Heather Bolt, owner and designer, and her assistant Sylvi Oja. Photo Suzanne Park.
In the Spotlight

Going dotty on Bayview

by Suzanne Park in People

“Darling, you look marvelous!” With apologies to Billy Crystal and his 1980s Saturday Night Live persona Fernando, fashion retailer Heather Bolt’s Dotty business is helping her clients look and feel marvelous in outfits ranging from ...more
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  • Cycle Don Valley Midtown celebrates five years!
  • A “green warrior” wins the LGS scholarship!
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  • Sunnybrook heroes advance essential tremor treatment
  • The annual cottage closing is here again
  • Leaside Events November 2023
  • Tim Sellers is jacked to fundraise for mental health
  • Agnes Macphail Award nominations now open
  • Lest we forget at Sunnybrook
  • Belgian villagers annually honour fallen WWII Leaside airmen
  • Leaside Toy Drive delivers joy for 20 years
  • “Smile, it’s a turkey of a holiday!”
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