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Lorna Krawchuk is publisher of Leaside Life. She is actively involved in St. Cuthbert’s Church. Her volunteer activities with the Leaside Property Owners’ Association led to her being elected a Councillor in the Borough of East York for 9 years before amalgamation in 1998. She also held a variety of volunteer leadership positions with the Girl Guides of Canada for over 30 years. Lorna has been a Leasider since 1968.
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Good things come in small packages at Trupti

June 1, 2022 Lorna Krawchuk

No. 2 Thorncliffe Park Drive, as many of you are aware, is a long strip of businesses, at the stub of Thorncliffe Park Drive north of Overlea Boulevard. Unit 40 is the home of Trupti …more

Kristine Hubbard. Photo by Julia Norris Cunningham.
Business

Beck Taxi hails its Leaside connection

May 1, 2022 Lorna Krawchuk

In 1967, Jim Beck, the owner of a small fleet of taxis driving for a large taxi company, by happenstance ended up as a passenger in a cab driven by someone else at the company. …more

Sydney Cho outside the family shop. Photo Lorna Krawchuk.
Business

Savouring good times on Bayview

May 1, 2022 Lorna Krawchuk

Chen Cho, his wife Diana and sons Sydney and Kevin are the heartbeat of Passion Fruits and Savory Thymes. They enjoy being part of the Leaside neighbourhood, and the neighbours return the compliment. As I …more

Hands work a pottery turntable. Photo by Dale Roddick.
Business

Watch the wheels of fortune at Pottery studio

April 1, 2022 Lorna Krawchuk

Many of us first became aware of The Potter’s Studio when the directional signs for their twice-yearly sales would appear at Millwood and Overlea and also at Overlea and the top end of Thorncliffe – …more

Business

Stanley Janacek meets cute 
at White House Meats

March 1, 2022 Lorna Krawchuk

Once upon a time, Eugene Whitehouse was a butcher in Windsor, Ont. Then, in the 1970s, he set himself up at the St. Lawrence Market where Stanley Janacek’s brother-in-law was one of Eugene’s butchers. In …more

Photo of Heather Banks.
Business

Wine not? Celebrating the grape on Millwood

February 1, 2022 Lorna Krawchuk

According to J.R.R. Tolkien, the most beautiful phrase in the English language is ‘cellar door,’ and according to Wiktionary, a ‘cellar door’ is “the part of a winery from which wine may be sampled or …more

Photo of Sandy Beach, Seta Danielian and Ivan Proudian. Photo taken by Jane Wisking.
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How sweet it is on Bayview

January 1, 2022 Lorna Krawchuk

I’m sure many of you know that “dolce” means “sweet” in Spanish or Italian, but what about “gourmando”? Turns out it’s not a word in any language, though we probably all know a gourmando or …more

Photo of Fiona on the right and two fellow staff holding up a Cobs award.
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Fiona Boylan couldn’t resist the fresh-baked aroma

December 1, 2021 Lorna Krawchuk

COBS Bread has been a Leaside favourite since it opened its doors more than a decade ago with Fiona Boylan at the franchise helm. Fiona Boylan comes to COBS Bread with varied skills and talents. …more

Michael Leonard’s gallery is state of the art. Photo by Faith Leonard.
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Michael Leonard’s gallery is state of the art

November 1, 2021 Lorna Krawchuk

It took Michael Leonard a long time to find just the right location for his State of the Art Gallery at 1541A Bayview Ave., which opened in 1999.  He was looking for somewhere he could …more

Pictured here are Ian Beverley, Tim Sellers, Linda Prue, Michael Wissell, the Rev. Canon Janet Read-Hockin, Jane Milligan, Chris Vyse. Absent: Pierina Mevius, Mary Lynne Stewart and Guy Stevenson.
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St. Cuthbert’s Church to show a bright new face to Bayview

October 1, 2021 Lorna Krawchuk

What in heaven’s name is going on at the corner of St. Cuthbert’s Rd. and Bayview Ave. at St. Cuthbert’s church? No, not another condo project on Bayview! But there is something exciting happening on …more

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