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Year: 2023

Congratulations to Sara Escallon- Sotomayor, who won this year’s $2,000 Leaside Garden Society Scholarship award.
Gardening

A “green warrior” wins the LGS scholarship!

November 1, 2023 Debora Kuchme

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

Leaside Gardens
Community

Leaside Gardens Board of Management 2023-2024

November 1, 2023 Staff

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

Gary Fairfoul with his children, l-r, Belinda, Todd and Fawn. Photo Sarah Faulkner.
Community

Sunnybrook heroes advance essential tremor treatment

November 1, 2023 Suzanne Park

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

Tree in autumn.
Terry Fallis

The annual cottage closing is here again

November 1, 2023 Terry Fallis

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

November 1, 2023 Staff

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

Tim Sellers. Photo Hedy Sellers.
People

Tim Sellers is jacked to fundraise for mental health

November 1, 2023 Lorna Krawchuk

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

Agnes Macphail.
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Agnes Macphail Award nominations now open

November 1, 2023 Staff

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

Facebook/Canadian Memorial Of Tigelot Jalhay.
History

Belgian villagers annually honour fallen WWII Leaside airmen

November 1, 2023 Ted DeWelles

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

The Sunnybrook Cenotaph on Bayview Avenue is an important part of remembrance.
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Lest we forget at Sunnybrook

November 1, 2023 Geoff Kettel

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

For the 20th straight year, the Leaside Toy Drive will be bring- ing toys, happiness and excitement to every primary school child in Thorncliffe and Flemingdon Park.
Community

Leaside Toy Drive delivers joy for 20 years

November 1, 2023 Susan Scandiffio

For the 20th straight year, the Leaside Toy Drive will be bringing toys, happiness and excitement to every primary school child in Thorncliffe and Flemingdon Park. The community initiative has grown by leaps and bounds …more

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Barbara Klein, front, and the business students responsible for creating Leaside Eats. Photo Anna Kravtchenco.
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Leaside Eats!

by Susan Scandiffio in Community

Barbara Klein is one of those teachers.  A teacher who inspires her students. A teacher who brings out the absolute best in them and provides them with unique opportunities while meaningfully tying in course content. ...more
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