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Month: September 2022

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Schools

New faces are coming to Leaside’s schools

September 1, 2022 Rachel Chernos Lin

As I write this column on a hot and sunny August day, it is hard to imagine we are just three and a half weeks away from the first day of school, scheduled for Wed., …more

Leaside, Toronto and the great fluoridation controversy.
History

Don’t drink the water: Leaside, Toronto and the great fluoridation controversy

September 1, 2022 Ted DeWelles

As the COVID pandemic has shown, some people will always suspect – and resist – public health measures. This was certainly true in Leaside during the mid-20th century. The issue was fluoridation – adding fluoride …more

Editor's Welcome

Editor’s Welcome September 2022

September 1, 2022 Jane Auster

As LRA’s co-president Carol Burtin Fripp says in her column this month, “I’ve always felt that it’s the beginning of September that feels like the start of a new year. The weather begins to change, …more

A Cycling Network Plan for Leaside.
Cycling

Here’s to a Cycling Network Plan for Leaside

September 1, 2022 Holly Reid

Were you excited to learn that our Neighbourhood Transportation Plan was moving ahead? It was a hot topic at the most recent meeting of Cycle Don Valley Midtown, the local chapter of Cycle Toronto. Members …more

Leaside Residents Association logo.
Leaside Residents Association

September feels like the start of a new year

September 1, 2022 Carol Burtin Fripp

I’ve always felt that it’s the beginning of September that feels like the start of a new year, not January 1st. The weather begins to change, summer vacations end, schools reopen. Life changes and becomes …more

Avtar Dhanota and his wife Raj.
Community

No challenge too big, too far, too high for Leaside’s Avtar Dhanota

September 1, 2022 Susan Scandiffio

If you ever peek at retirement cards, you’ll see messages such as “relax and enjoy!”, “time to kick back!” and pictures of rocking chairs and slippers. This is SO not the life of retired Leasider …more

Leaside Gardens management team is gearing up for the new season. Jennifer Smith, Director of Business and Finance, with Shawn Mackay, Director of Operations.
Business

New faces, new energy, new season – Leaside Gardens, game on!

September 1, 2022 Glenn Asano

Leaside Memorial Community Gardens (LMCG) is open. For the first time in two years the headline is not about shutting down, or disinfecting, or rules, or lack of rules, or reopening. With seven ‘waves’ behind …more

A rendering of the buildings at 134 Laird.
Development

A tale of two mid-rises: how did we make a difference?

September 1, 2022 Geoff Kettel

Two recent projects whose appeals were recently settled at the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) demonstrate the benefits of active resident involvement in development planning. The two mid-rise projects, at 1710-1736 Bayview (Gairloch) and 126-132 and …more

Emily Martin, Doctor of Naturopathy at the Bayview Chiropractic Health Centre. Photo Paula Sanderson.
Community

An apple a day? Practising naturopathy in Leaside

September 1, 2022 Suzanne Park

As a kid, my family had many home remedies for alleviating symptoms of common health issues. Although most may not have been supported by evidenced-based research, in my experience some were more successful than others: …more

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Terry Fallis

The great summer of ’65 backyard tomato massacre

September 1, 2022 Terry Fallis

It was sometime in the summer of 1965. I don’t precisely know the date or even the month. Let’s just say it was high tomato season. I was five years old. Perhaps predictably, my identical …more

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Pat Jeffreys. Photo Lorna Krawchuk.
In the Spotlight

Pat Jeffreys celebrates four decades of volunteer service

by Lorna Krawchuk in People

Bob Cairns was building houses for returning veterans in North Leaside at the end of World War II. A number of the semis on Beaufield, Glenbrae and Broadway were his creations. These houses took on ...more
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