City Councillor
Hitting the ground running
It is a thrill to be writing my first column in Leaside Life as your new City Councillor for Ward 15 – Don Valley West. After serving six years as your local TDSB Trustee, including …more
Year: 2025
Editor's Welcome
Editor’s Welcome January 2025
New beginnings! Some form of ‘health is wealth’ makes many people’s perennial New Year’s resolutions lists. Two years ago, I resolved to add more weights to my fitness regime. I’d like to say I followed …more
Community
Looking back, looking forward at Leaside Life
In ancient Roman mythology, the god Janus, for whom January is named, was portrayed with two faces: one face looked back, while the other looked forward. I thought of Janus recently when I had a …more
Community
LLIR helps ‘students’ stay relevant in retirement
Leasiders Sue Ferguson and Catherine Bowman have never been busier, which is just how they like it. They are two of 18 board members – all volunteers – of Living and Learning in Retirement (LLIR), …more
History
Margaret Atwood and friends tear some fabric at Leaside High
Most Leasiders know that Canadian novelist and poet Margaret Atwood attended Leaside High School in the 1950s (class of 1957). What they may not know is that while there, she wrote, produced and acted in …more
Development
Bayview’s wild, wild west side story
The west side of Bayview north of Eglinton is experiencing multiple development applications for projects that well exceed the precedent-setting initial application on the east side at 1837-45 Bayview. You may know the story already …more
Curious Idler
Curious Idler January 2025
Donlea disaster? Residents in the Donlea and Eglinton area are up in arms about ongoing and growing traffic issues, owing in great part to continuing Metrolinx construction. Members of the FB group Leaside Community Forum …more
Leaside Residents Association
Will it be a Happy New Year?
In last month’s Leaside Life column I focused on Metrolinx’s planned two-year closure of Beth Nealson Drive for construction of the Ontario Line and its many negative impacts on the South Leaside 88A/B bus route. …more
Leaside Cooks
Chinese dumplings – a love story told in Leaside
The legend of Leasider Judy Lau’s dad, Stanley, is a love story, one that is still being written. The 91-year-old Stanley, born Wong Chong Wah in Guangdong Province in southern China, has lived an auspicious …more
Community
United in Leaside for a great cause
On Sat., Nov. 16, 2024, 17 people from the Leaside Rotary Club and Leaside United Church gathered to participate in an important outreach project. Every year, a team of members from the Whitby Sunrise Rotary …more