Volunteers make bike giveaway big success
The Leaside Morning Glory Cycling Club organized its first bike give-away in 2011, intending to do it every other year. But the 2013 event was so successful it was organized for this year too. So …more
The Leaside Morning Glory Cycling Club organized its first bike give-away in 2011, intending to do it every other year. But the 2013 event was so successful it was organized for this year too. So …more
Little did we know when we put a short article and photo of the Little Free Library on Southvale Dr. in our September issue of Leaside Life that it was not alone. In fact, there …more
One April day when Roger Cattell was walking his kids to Bessborough Public School, he noticed cars not stopping properly at four-way stops and racing to make a light. He wrote to his councillor, got …more
Many different things show up in basements and garages. In Carol Burke’s home on Tanager Ave., where she’s lived for 47 years, you’d find the archives of the Gurkha Welfare Appeal (Canada). There is a …more
When I was growing up after World War II in Virginiatown, a gold-mine company town in Northern Ontario, the mine directors saw fit to put in two sets of tennis courts, one for their use …more
In 1993, Leaside’s Adele Freeman was on staff at what is now the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, and really didn’t know what she was getting into when she was urged by Metro Councillor Joan …more
For a Centennial project in 1967, the Town of Leaside built the only stand-alone meeting/recreation building in Leaside and called it Trace Manes Centennial Building. It’s on that wedge of land that also houses the …more
In the two years that our paper has been in publication, we have received many letters in response to our writers’ and columnists’ articles. These include critiques on development issues affecting both Leaside and Bennington …more
According to MacNaughton Rd. resident Michael Stevenson, Talbot Park outside Leaside High School is still “a disgrace” even after he’s been complaining about it for over 15 years. “The track is encroached on by grass. …more
How many 85-year-olds do you know in Leaside who are active entrepreneurs? I’ve just met Catherine Mix, the Catherine of Catherine’s Antipasto, and she is going full-steam ahead with the business she started 32 years …more
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