• Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
Leaside Life
  • Community
    • Churches
    • Cycling
    • History
    • Nature
    • People
    • Schools
    • The Bridge
    • Letters
  • Culture
    • Arts
    • Food
    • Gardening
  • Sport
    • Sports Hall of Fame
  • Local
    • Business
    • Local Politics
    • City Councillor
    • Development
    • Leaside Residents Association
    • Real Estate
  • Features
    • Editor’s Welcome
    • Leaside Green
    • Terry Fallis
    • Leaside Litterati
    • Curious Idler
  • Archive
    • By Author
      • Alan Redway
      • Allan Williams
      • Carol Burtin Fripp
      • Cheryl Vanderburg
      • Daniel Girard
      • Debora Kuchme
      • Geoff Kettel
      • Gerri Gershon
      • Glenn Asano
      • Hailey Eisen
      • Holly Reid
      • Jane Auster
      • Janis Fertuck
      • Jeanne Hopkins
      • Karli Vezina
      • Ken Mallett
      • Lorna Krawchuk
      • Jon Burnside
      • Michael Bliss
      • Robin Dickie
      • Susan Scandiffio
      • Suzanne Park
      • Ted DeWelles
      • Terry Fallis
      • Vicki Hall
      • Will Ashworth
      • Coming Soon
    • Past Issues By Date
      • June 2023
      • 2023
        • May 2023
        • April 2023
        • March 2023
        • Feb. 2023
        • Jan. 2023
      • 2022
        • December 2022
        • November 2022
        • October 2022
        • September 2022
        • August 2022
        • July 2022
        • June 2022
        • May 2022
        • April 2022
        • March 2022
        • February 2022
        • January 2022
      • 2021
        • December 2021
        • November 2021
        • October 2021
        • September 2021
        • August 2021
        • July 2021
        • June 2021
        • May 2021
        • April 2021
        • March 2021
        • February 2021
        • Jan. 2021
      • 2020
        • December 2020
        • November 2020
        • October 2020
        • September 2020
        • August 2020
        • July 2020
        • June 2020
        • May 2020
        • April 2020
        • March 2020
        • Feb. 2020
        • Jan. 2020
      • 2019
        • Dec. 2019
        • Nov 2019
        • Oct 2019
        • September 2019
        • August 2019
        • July 2019
        • June 2019
        • May 2019
        • April 2019
        • March 2019
        • Feb 2019
        • Jan 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
      • 2012
  • Contact
  • Events
  • Leaside Walking Tours
Recent Stories
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] Leaside’s party to remember: Coronation Day – 1953 History
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] Leasider earns face time with a prince People
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] Taking a Jane’s Walk in Leaside with Geoff Kettel History
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] What does Leaside’s future hold? Leaside Residents Association
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] Editor’s Welcome June 2023 Editor's Welcome
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] Aye, here’s the rub Stories
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] I may be going squirrelly at the cottage! Terry Fallis
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] Ben Jones has a few tricks up his sleeve Business
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] House proud! Leasiders renovate with character guidelines Community
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] Justin Pang runs his way into the Guinness Book of World Records Sports
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] “Future Me” puts Leaside’s Stella Pliska on song-writing map People
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] Where is our real estate market headed? Real Estate
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] Leaside Events June 2023 Stories
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] June means it’s magical garden tour time! Gardening
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] What’s up with Garden Court Apartments, Leaside’s Beaux Arts masterpiece? Development
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] Suomi-Koti’s residents lace up for Leaside hockey Community
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] Letters June 2023 Letters
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] Leaside 110 – Reflections on an archival exhibit History
  • [ June 1, 2023 ] My 2nd Community Environment Day at Leaside Memorial Community Gardens City Councillor
  • [ May 1, 2023 ] Leaside Lawn Bowling Club turns 70! Sports
HomeAuthorsAllan Williams

Articles by Allan Williams

About Allan Williams
Allan Williams is a regular contributor to Leaside Life.
Kathleen Wynne and her partner Jane with the grandkids.
Local Politics

A conversation with Kathleen Wynne

December 1, 2018 Allan Williams

Kathleen Wynne served as Ontario’s 25th Premier from 2013 until 2018. Her Liberal government was defeated in the election this past June 7th but Wynne was re-elected as the MPP from Don Valley West and …more

Kathleen Wynne and her partner Jane with the grandkids.
Local Politics

Kathleen Wynne in conversation – unabridged

December 1, 2018 Allan Williams

Below is the complete unabridged interview that columnist Allan Williams had with Kathleen Wynne. Interview with Kathleen Wynne conducted in her Constituency Office in Leaside on Friday, October 12th from 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM …more

Lancerettes
Sports

Leaside’s first girls’ hockey teams to join Sports Hall of Fame

October 1, 2018 Allan Williams

The Leaside Sports Hall of Fame will hold its sixth annual Induction Ceremony and Community Reception on Friday evening, Nov. 16th, organizers have announced. The event will be held in the William Lea Room at …more

Peter Russell.
People

Peter Russell, author, political scientist, Leaside native

January 1, 2018 Allan Williams

Among the many books published last year in time for the 150th anniversary of Confederation was Canada’s Odyssey: A Country Based on Incomplete Conquests, by Peter H. Russell. Now professor emeritus of political science at …more

Sports Hall of Fame Winners. Photo by Eric Goddard.
Sports

Leaside Sports Hall of Fame: Congratulations to this year’s winners

December 1, 2017 Allan Williams

Members of Leaside’s various sports communities joined the family and friends of the inductees and athlete of the year in the William Lea Room at the arena on Friday evening, Nov. 17, for the fifth …more

Bellwood run
Community

Bellwood’s 5K Fun Run Raises Funds For Veterans

November 1, 2017 Allan Williams

The crisp, sunny, early fall morning offered the ideal conditions, and the trails of Sunnybrook Park the perfect setting for the first annual “Run for Recovery,” a charity 5K run/walk hosted by North Leaside’s Bellwood …more

Mariah Hinds.
Sports

Mariah Hinds – Leaside’s 2017 Athlete of the Year

November 1, 2017 Allan Williams

Shortly after Mariah Hinds was given her first pair of skates, even before she was two years old, her mother found her wearing them while walking around the living room. “It wasn’t good for the …more

Sports

Four new members to join the Leaside Sports Hall of Fame

October 1, 2017 Allan Williams

The Leaside Sports Hall of Fame will add four new members at its annual induction ceremony in November. Two of the new inductees were recently profiled in the pages of Leaside Life: distance runner Robert …more

Leaside Munitions Factory Photo
History

The Leaside Munitions Company, 1916-1918

August 1, 2017 Allan Williams

Canada Wire and Cable Company was a major player in Leaside’s industrial history from the birth of the town in 1913 to the 1990s, employing as many as 2,700 people at the peak of its …more

Northlea United
Churches

What will Leaside’s churches look like in another generation?

June 1, 2017 Allan Williams

Writing profiles of each of Leaside’s six main churches over the past year was both a pleasure and an eye-opener. [The series began with Leaside United in June 2016 and concluded with St. Augustine’s Anglican …more

Posts navigation

1 2 … 4 »

Digital Edition

Trace Manes Park on a snowy day
John Naulls at the Layers of Leaside.
In the Spotlight

Leaside 110 – Reflections on an archival exhibit

by Geoff Kettel in History

In last month’s Leaside Life we proclaimed “The Layers of Leaside are Redux!”  The Leaside 110 archival exhibit at Leaside Library, with maps, photos and artifacts displaying the history of the Town, plus three pop-up ...more
Recent Posts
  • Leaside’s party to remember: Coronation Day – 1953
  • Leasider earns face time with a prince
  • Taking a Jane’s Walk in Leaside with Geoff Kettel
  • What does Leaside’s future hold?
  • Editor’s Welcome June 2023
  • Aye, here’s the rub
  • I may be going squirrelly at the cottage!
  • Ben Jones has a few tricks up his sleeve
  • House proud! Leasiders renovate with character guidelines
  • Justin Pang runs his way into the Guinness Book of World Records
  • “Future Me” puts Leaside’s Stella Pliska on song-writing map
  • Where is our real estate market headed?
  • Leaside Events June 2023
Follow on Facebook
Subscribe

Join the Leaside Life email list at: .

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

© Leaside Life 2011-2022