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REL and other Leaside war workers board buses, 1943. Photo from TTC Archives.
History

How Leaside helped win World War II

June 1, 2022 Guest Contributor

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

U17AA wearing orange jerseys to raise awareness for Indigenous issues. Photo from Tabatha Bull.
Curious Idler

Curious Idler – June 2022

June 1, 2022 Guest Contributor

  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

Our beautiful tree canopy.
Community

The Don Valley through an Indigenous lens

June 1, 2022 Guest Contributor

  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

Community

Illuminating Leaside’s Indigenous history. Who lived here before you?

June 1, 2022 Guest Contributor

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. Candidates L-R: Mark Saunders, Conservative, Irwin Elman, NDP, Stephanie Bowman, Liberal, Sheena Sharp, Green.
Local Politics

On your mark, get set, VOTE!

May 1, 2022 Guest Contributor

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

Catherine Wiseman-Hakes.
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Leasider Catherine Wiseman-Hakes launches The Compassionate Justice Fund

May 1, 2022 Guest Contributor

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

The Canada Wire Water Tower
History

Whatever happened to the Canada Wire Water Tower?

May 1, 2022 Guest Contributor

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

Toronto Star, August 15, 1951.
History

The amazing adventures of Butterball the groundhog

April 1, 2022 Guest Contributor

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

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Letters to the Editor March 2022

March 1, 2022 Guest Contributor

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

History

A Leaside beauty queen from a bygone era

March 1, 2022 Guest Contributor

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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On your mark, get set, VOTE!

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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
Recent Posts
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  • I finally made it to Florida!
  • Curious Idler – June 2022
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  • Do you take your life in your hands at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery?
  • These Leaside dads got grit!
  • The Don Valley through an Indigenous lens
  • Enhancing Leaside’s green space 
one park and tree at a time
  • Illuminating Leaside’s Indigenous history. Who lived here before you?
  • The buzzy month of June just got buzzier!
  • Editor: Who needs a handyman?
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