Cycling
Cycle Don Valley Midtown celebrates five years!
It’s hard to believe that five years ago a group of Leaside cyclists met to figure out what to do with Toronto’s new 25-ward system. We were to be a chapter of Cycle Toronto for …more
Month: November 2023
Gardening
A “green warrior” wins the LGS scholarship!
Congratulations to Sara Escallon-Sotomayor, who won this year’s $2,000 Leaside Garden Society Scholarship award. She’s a graduate of Leaside High, a North Toronto elite soccer player, coach, tutor and my new green hero! Sara has …more
Community
Leaside Gardens Board of Management 2023-2024
In 2023 Leaside Gardens welcomed two new board members appointed by the City: Caroline “Lani” Uyeno and Matthew Baker. The board also saw the departure of two board members: Karen Pugliese and former vice-chair Navin …more
Community
Sunnybrook heroes advance essential tremor treatment
Everyone (I talked to) passionately agrees, the team is the hero of this story. What team, you might ask? Sunnybrook Hospital’s Focused Ultrasound Essential Tremor (FUS) team, including physicists, engineers, neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuroradiologists, psychiatrists, research …more
Terry Fallis
The annual cottage closing is here again
For years – even decades – our family tradition had always been to close the cottage at the end of the long Thanksgiving weekend. It was a sensible approach. Autumn was in full swing. The …more
Events
Leaside Events November 2023
Don Valley Art Club Holiday Show and Sale Gift Canadian art this holiday season! See 80+ new artworks in the Gallery and 300+ artworks online! Weds Nov 22 – Sat Dec 2 Gallery: Womens Art …more
People
Tim Sellers is jacked to fundraise for mental health
It’s been a tough time for jack.org fundraiser extraordinaire Tim Sellers, a super active Leasider sidelined by an Achilles tendon injury over the summer. Tim’s always been active in sports – hockey, track and field, …more
Community
Agnes Macphail Award nominations now open
Nominations for the 2024 Agnes Macphail Award will be accepted until midnight, Jan. 12, 2024. A person resident in the former Borough of East York, which includes Leaside, who has made outstanding contributions as a …more
History
Belgian villagers annually honour fallen WWII Leaside airmen
On Nov. 2, 1944, a British Halifax bomber returning from a raid over Dusseldorf, Germany was shot down and crashed outside the Belgian village of Jalhay, east of Liege. The seven crew members (six Canadians …more
Community
Lest we forget at Sunnybrook
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, besides being one of the major trauma hospitals in Canada, is the home to Canada’s largest veterans’ centre. Each year during Veterans’ Week, from November 5 to 11, Canadians remember and …more