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Month: August 2022

Carmen Jones uses her e-bike as a car replacement on weekends. Photo Graham Welsh.
Cycling

E-bikes rev up the fun for Leaside locals

August 1, 2022 Holly Reid

E-bikes are predicted to be the future of low-carbon mobility, but for locals Carmen Jones and Leo Johnston, they are the present, and they are all about the fun! Just to be clear, we’re talking …more

Editor's Welcome

Editor’s Welcome: The kids are all right, 2022 edition

August 1, 2022 Jane Auster

Imagine spending half your high school career under the shadow of a pandemic. Imagine having your in-person learning interrupted and disrupted and then having to pivot to online learning. Imagine returning to school, but to …more

Community

The inaugural Ruth & Harry Goldhar Journalism Award awarded at LHS

August 1, 2022 Guest Contributor

For the first time in three years, on June 28th, Leaside High School held an in-person commencement ceremony for the Class of 2022. The event was attended by the 236 graduating students, teachers, school administrative …more

Leaside High's outstanding grads of 2022: l-r Yousra Lakhani, Mikela Scharlach, Michael Cassidy, Armiti Zarbakhsh.
Community

Congratulations to Leaside’s outstanding graduates of 2022!

August 1, 2022 Janis Fertuck

The 2022 graduates of Leaside High School have faced more challenges than any other class after their school careers were upended by the pandemic. But they have also shown more resilience as well, according to …more

Stock image.
Terry Fallis

Summer means using your “packing gene”

August 1, 2022 Terry Fallis

Around the same time our family moved to Leaside back in 1965 or so, my grandfather built our family cottage on Twelve Mile Bay, which flowed directly into Georgian Bay. We knew how lucky we …more

Edwards installed a carillon at his Leaside factory in 1958. Photo THE TORONTO STAR, APRIL 9, 1959.
History

The Bells of Leaside: Remembering the Canada Varnish Carillon

August 1, 2022 Ted DeWelles

From 1924 into the 1970s, Canada Varnish Ltd. was among Leaside’s most established companies. The firm manufactured paints and varnishes at its plant on Canvarco Road off Laird Drive, and its founder/president, Rupert E. Edwards …more

Howard Drukarsh’s Right at Home Realty is an industry disruptor.
Business

Howard Drukarshs Right at Home Realty is an industry disruptor

August 1, 2022 Ken Mallett

The average single-family home in Leaside sells for $2.1 million, which is 26% higher than the average for the GTA, according to statistics compiled earlier this year by Zolo.ca. When one house goes on sale …more

Dino Carella outside his shop. Photo Robin Dickie.
Business

We all scream for Hollywood Gelato

August 1, 2022 Lorna Krawchuk

Asked to name one enduring business on Bayview, chances are many Leasiders will answer Hollywood Gelato. That’s because this gelateria has been satisfying palates for more than two decades and is often voted Toronto’s finest …more

Street signs in Leaside. Staff photo.
City Councillor

Update – Road safety and the Leaside Neighbourhood Transportation Plan

August 1, 2022 Jaye Robinson

Earlier this year, Transportation Services hosted the first public consultation meeting for the Leaside Neighbourhood Transportation Plan (NTP). Using a combination of traffic data and community feedback, City staff will develop a multi-phased plan to …more

Trifecta! Leaside Rugby 7s take three city championships in return to field. Photo Duane Rendle.
Sports

Trifecta! Leaside Rugby 7s take three city championships in return to field

August 1, 2022 Susan Scandiffio

Everybody loves a good comeback story. Whether it’s an athlete who has battled back from an injury, a small business that has recovered from bankruptcy, or an author who has faced numerous rejections but gone …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
Recent Posts
  • Leaside Events October 2023
  • Walking tours of Leaside
  • Gard’n Angels reap another mighty harvest
  • Mock battles and military manoeuvres in early Leaside 
  • A Walking Tour of South Leaside
  • Community engagement in action
  • Leaside Walks – Central-East Leaside
  • Rediscovering our backyard – the natural trails of Crothers Woods
  • Bayview and Eglinton development – getting down to serious business
  • Veterinarian Larry Tung’s animal magnetism
  • Celebrating Leaside girls’ league of their own
  • Welcome back, Halloween!
  • Adil Shamji, Liberal Leasider
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