Terry O’Sullivan, who died suddenly last December, had a singular gift for keeping the holiday spirit alive in Leaside. For over 20 years his jerry-rigged 10-metre-high lighted display, topped with a bright electric star and …more
If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him… the people who give you their food give you their heart.– Cesar Chavez Each month we will cover a …more
In any healthy community, communication often leads to positive change. That’s just what happened when a long-time Leaside resident and veteran, who chooses to remain anonymous, made some interesting observations about the signs promoting the …more
Liz Fletcher remembers the Ides of October 1954 for a myriad of reasons, most of them to do with sports and socializing. Fletcher, then Liz Brown, was in Grade 11 at Leaside High School. “It …more
Before staging, bully offers and virtual tours were commonplace in the housing market, there was Ferguson Real Estate. And in the Leaside of the ’50s and ’60s its president, Ernest J. Ferguson, was the only …more
It all began with the semi. Lest we forget from whence we came, Leaside was first and foremost a factory town. And just one year into its incorporated young life, Leaside got its first housing …more
Nostalgia is a funny thing. At best it evokes warm-hearted memories of a bygone era. At worst it clouds our judgment, glossing over harsh histories. The story of the Leaside industrial area is like that: …more
While a song about a character’s inability to rebuff a “suitor” in the classic Broadway musical Oklahoma was vaguely comedic, Toronto’s Committee of Adjustment’s seeming indifference to the word “no” is nothing for Leasiders to …more
Good things are growing at Leaside High School, literally and metaphorically. The garden circle at the front of the school is getting a revamp; the visual arts program is expanding in a myriad of creative …more
There is nobody in Canada who could repair a tube radio like Norbert Batsch – known as Mike by most – and that fact probably still holds true. Throughout the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s Norbert …more
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