Stories
I was there for the launch of Leaside Life
It all started with a newspaper chain called the Town Crier, owned by Leasiders Harry and Ruth Goldhar. I was a councillor for Ward 4 in the Borough of East York in the 90s, while …more
Articles by Lorna Krawchuk
People
From masonry to piggery – Ernie Wilkens pivots to his next career
The Wilkens family knows how to stay together – even when they’re apart. More than 40 years ago, Otto Wilkens and his younger brother, Ernie, worked together as masons. They realized that, while they could …more
Business
Floored! The Floor Shop has graced Leasiders’ homes for more than three decades
Peter Schultz hasn’t always been in the flooring business, but he has spent his entire adult life in retail. Now, he owns 154 Wicksteed Drive, the current home of The Floor Shop, which has been …more
Community
How about “liking” these other local Facebook pages?
If you’re a Leasider on Facebook, I’ll bet you’re also a member of the Leaside Community Facebook page. Currently, there are 7,555 members – most of whom live in Leaside. Lots of traffic on this …more
Churches
Whenever two or three
Thinking about the sentence in the Bible about “whenever two or three are gathered together in my name…,” I wanted to find out how our local Leaside churches were managing in these extraordinary times. At …more
People
Ben Chan turns his talents to ventilator research
Take a look back at the April issue of Leaside Life, on our Green Heroes pages, and you will find Ben Chan there, with his and his family’s initiatives to live as green a life …more
Business
Tremco focuses on being a good neighbour
It is fortuitous that Tremco, in the Leaside Business Park, is the company we wanted to tell you more about for this April issue, when we are emphasizing environmental responsibility. Tremco, from the time they …more
People
Shirley Macdougall flies high in a Tri-Champ plane
What is significant about the accompanying photo of Shirley Macdougall? You may guess it was taken in the 1960s, but you probably don’t recognize the plane – a Tri-Champ – or realize that Shirley Macdougall …more
Sports
Shinny up to this North Leaside outdoor rink
Sven Walker always enjoyed skating and playing shinny on the Kingston backyard rink his dad faithfully maintained. He wanted to provide the same opportunity for his family and him in their backyard in North Leaside. …more
Business
Saying goodbye to a good friend on Bayview
When Etta Sawyer first opened the Academy of Culinary Arts on Bayview in 1971, it was on the west side, and mostly a cooking school with around 200 students a week enrolled, and with only …more