Curious Idler
The Curious Idler
Leaside – sold out?! Did you know? In 1950, Mayor H.H. Talbot and Reeve Trace Manes declared that the population had hit the 11,000 mark. They suggested a “sold out” sign should be hung on …more
Articles by Staff
Letters
Letters October 2020
Re: Cycling in Leaside Ms. Burtin Fripp’s balanced and thoughtful article inviting a renewed discussion on cycling in the city and more specifically in Leaside was innocuous enough that Mr. Cartney’s tartly worded response then …more
Schools
LHS 75th reunion scheduled for October officially cancelled
October 2020 marks Leaside High School’s 75th anniversary. This past January, Leaside Life writer Susan Scandiffio, in conjunction with the 75th LHS reunion committee, started a series of feature articles on an LHS personality from …more
Stories
Letters
Letters July 2020
Say yes to the mask! I read with interest Glenn Asano’s article in Leaside Life about Darren Sampson and NovoMask. On April 11, I ordered one dozen masks from Darren after reading his post on …more
Business
Leaside students start business to train local youth
One of the key elements to starting a new business is to identify a gap in the market and create a solution to fill this gap. This is exactly what several Leaside High School students …more
Business
MacFAB reopens
Some good news on the retail front: A Bayview Ave. institution reopens its doors For 65 years, the name macFAB (formerly MacDonald-Faber) has been well known in Toronto’s fashion, fabric and home décor scene. macFAB, …more
Community
Leaside Grads – We Celebrate Them In A Tough Year
Not the high school grad year send-off they had in mind, but we celebrate their resilience and accomplishments and wish them all good things on the road ahead! Scroll through individual images here:
Community
11th Laugh Out Loud raises 40k for charity
On what turned out to be the last large gathering in Leaside before the coronavirus changed our world – March 6 – Laugh Out Loud hosted its 11th annual charity fundraising event. And, as with …more
Community
Local Heroes
2020. The world has turned upside down. An unfathomable pandemic has unleashed physical, emotional, and economic strain in every corner of the globe. Days of uncertainty and fear have turned into weeks, and weeks have …more