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Articles by Lorna Krawchuk

About Lorna Krawchuk
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.
The boys of East York Eats: l-r: Roger, Alon, Barry, Vince, Peter, and Dan. Photo by Bhargav Humbal.
Food

Leaside’s Foodie Centre

July 1, 2022 Lorna Krawchuk

If you’re a foodie, you’re probably familiar with the rise of food halls, those gastro-palaces showcasing a smorgasbord of culinary delights from a variety of restaurants and chefs. Leaside boasts its own food hall: East …more

Menno Braam, one of the founding members of the Dry Stone Walling Association of Canada. Photo from Lorna Krawchuk.
Churches

Building St. Cuthbert’s new wall one stone at a time

July 1, 2022 Lorna Krawchuk

Over this past winter, if you’ve been keeping an eye on the Bayview Garden project on the northern part of the property at St. Cuthbert’s Church, you will have noticed significant change – especially in …more

Photo of Bharat and Apexa Kotak
Business

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.
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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.
Business

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

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Pat Jeffreys. Photo Lorna Krawchuk.
In the Spotlight

Pat Jeffreys celebrates four decades of volunteer service

by Lorna Krawchuk in People

Bob Cairns was building houses for returning veterans in North Leaside at the end of World War II. A number of the semis on Beaufield, Glenbrae and Broadway were his creations. These houses took on ...more
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