The heroic victory of the Royal Air Force over Hitler’s Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain in 1940 is a well-known chapter in history. Equally well-known is the vital contribution the fledgling technology of radar …more
Hail new kings of the east The Leaside Flames Under 17 AA boys hockey team won the Eastern Championship, triumphing against their long rivals, the North York Knights. These determined players battled through a …more
It’s May 6th around 5 p.m. and it’s my very first bike ride of the season. Usually, I put rubber to pavement much earlier in the season, but it’s been a very busy spring …more
Have you ever wondered who lived in Leaside before European settlement? For the last 11,000 years, a great many First Nations have lived in the Toronto area, and many continue to call the Toronto area …more
The Don Valley West electoral district is set to be Ground Zero for some of the fiercest competition in the upcoming 2022 provincial election, on June 2. Much has changed since DVW’s last provincial election …more
As many as 80 per cent of adults and more than 50 per cent of youth in the criminal justice system have a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Concussions and other severe brain injuries …more
If you’re like many Leasiders, you may not know about the Canada Wire and Cable company’s water tower. Like other bygone Leaside landmarks – from the Bayview Ghost apartment building and the old CP train …more
Thanks to our proximity to Toronto’s ravine system and the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Leasiders have grown accustomed to sharing their habitat with a variety of wildlife – everything from hawks, raccoons and foxes to deer, …more
An important letter re: proposed Bayview tower In his January article on the 25-storey residential tower proposed for the southeast corner of Bayview and Broadview, my friend Geoff Kettel is uncharacteristically understated in expressing the …more
Beauty pageants may seem outdated now. But they were a big deal in the previous century, especially in the years immediately before and after World War II. In Ontario alone, dozens of contests took place …more
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