Liberal incumbent Rob Oliphant has once again won the riding of Don Valley West. Oliphant won decisively, garnering 22,623 votes or 52.3% of the votes cast, down slightly from the 2019 election when he garnered …more
Drains, mains and sump pumps The almost $7 million contract awarded to GFL Infrastructure Group as part of the City’s Basement Flooding Protection program continues to wind its way through Leaside. Expected to be completed …more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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:
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