LORNA KRAWCHUK was an East York councillor who voted in favour of the changes to the rules for the Leaside Business Park that previously prohibited residential and retail development east of Brentcliffe. In what turned …more
Rotary, the world’s first volunteer service organization, began in Chicago in 1905. The Toronto-Leaside Club was formed in 1940. In its heyday, there were close to 100 members from the local community who met for …more
Did you know that of the 52 ice pads in Toronto, only four of them recently have broken even or made money – and Leaside Memorial Community Gardens is one of those four? Quite an …more
Talbot Park. Do you know where it is? And do you care if it is falling into disrepair? Michael Stevenson is a long-time resident of MacNaughton Rd. who’s cared about the park over many years, …more
$90,000 in 2012 alone! That’s the aggregate amount raised in the fairs, bake and craft sales, bazaars and rummage sales run by the six Leaside churches during 2012. Each church, of course, operates on its …more
Happy first birthday to us! First off, thank you for your encouraging words and interest in our newspaper. And thank you to our advertisers, for without those advertising dollars, there would be no paper. In …more
We’ve all seen it – the scribbling made with aerosol spray paint – on street signs, street post office boxes, walls – in all parts of the city. There appears to be more and more …more
What’s in our name? John Lea and his wife Mary were the first of the Lea generations in this part of what was the Township of York. In 1820 they purchased a farm with a …more
Who would think that businesses in the Leaside Business Area would be expressing connections to a world after this one? Read on, to see what I found out when I went exploring east of Laird …more
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