
So you think you know Petra Grantham
You may well have run into Petra Grantham at a Rolph Road school event, on a soccer field, or on Bayview, but you probably are not aware of what an extraordinary woman she is. Read …more
You may well have run into Petra Grantham at a Rolph Road school event, on a soccer field, or on Bayview, but you probably are not aware of what an extraordinary woman she is. Read …more
To continue with our series on the Leaside Business Park, probably better known here as the industrial area, I decided to investigate a business that has two names: Parkhurst Knitwear and Dorothea Knitting Mills, on …more
Technology in our local schools has come a long way since the 1970s. The East York Board of Education, which encompassed Leaside then, was advanced with PETs and Commodore 64s. The programs were loaded into …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
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