Write Impressions, the popular and lively stationery store anchoring the northeast corner of Bayview and Millwood, is celebrating its quarter-century anniversary this December, joining a select group of high street retailers with remarkable staying power. …more
While he was earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology and English at Queen’s University, Matthew Tormey, a local expert in design and woodworking, realized that he was not cut out for a desk job. He …more
Many people long to exercise in a warm, sunny environment. Now Leasiders – and others – can enjoy that experience year-round in the latest addition to local fitness studios. Oxygen Yoga & Fitness, part of …more
Congratulations to Leaside High School’s graduating class of 2025, who have “spent the last four years doing incredible things,” according to Jonathan LeFresne, guidance counsellor and organizer of the scholarship committee as well as assistant …more
2013 Leaside High School graduate Micha Powell recently returned from Guangzhou, China and in September, hopes to travel to Tokyo. Why is this young woman travelling to two such distant locations in one year? Micha …more
In her role as a member of the Bayview Leaside BIA in 2016, Debora Kuchme initiated a sustainable planting project to revitalize the neglected tree planters along Bayview. Debora recruited several retired environmentally-minded volunteers to …more
This past March, Helen Panayiotou, curriculum leader for science and STEM at Leaside High School, joined a special, elite group of marathon runners when she completed her sixth and final race of the Abbott World …more
Arzoo and Yama, a couple in their mid-30s, are living in a two-bedroom condo unit in North York near Seneca College. Their son, Behtash, eight, and daughter Aylin, six, are enjoying Grade 3 and Grade …more
While home renovations are a common sight in Leaside, it’s rare to see schoolyards being renovated. But a schoolyard revitalization project is exactly what’s planned for Northlea Elementary and Middle School this coming summer. Teresa …more
On a snowy and wind-swept golf course in London, Ont. on Nov. 30, 2024, a group of athletes belonging to Leaside’s local running club, Central Toronto Athletic Club (CTAC), won the team gold medal for …more
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