When 10-year-old Bani Arora heard from a classmate that she had to wait until she went home to change her feminine hygiene product, it got Bani wondering. How many students were too embarrassed to …more
For over a decade, the communities of Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park have expressed concerns over the safety of the Charles H. Hiscott Bridge, more commonly known as the Overlea Bridge. Some 2,000 students from …more
In late May this year, a survey of the grounds at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School uncovered the remains of 215 children buried at the site. For many non-Indigenous people in Canada, the news …more
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders. Christopher Paolini, Eragon. Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl. Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career. Common link? All in their teens when they wrote their bestselling classics. And …more
“To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home.” —Jerry Crawford, U.S. Air Force. The amount of air traffic over Leaside has long been a bone of …more
Avocados. They’ve taken off as a “must-have super food” in many Canadians’ diets. Our consumption of them, in fact, grew 240% between 2010 and 2019. The majority of the world’s avocados are grown in Mexico …more
For Leaside grad Katherine Leyton, Mother’s Day 2021 was an especially joyous one. On Sun., March 27th, Leyton’s 3-year-old, Jude, wandered away from the family’s fishing resort about 65 kilometres north of Kingston. For …more
As a mom of four kids under the age of 11 and co-chair of her children’s school parent council, Sonya Walker is a woman on the go. As a fitness enthusiast, she’s also a firm …more
This is a woman who doesn’t let anyone, or anything, shake her determination. Even in the face of a debilitating disease which has turned her life upside down, Karen Jacoby has chosen to embrace her …more
Leaside-based BLT Construction has been operating since 1995, designing and building projects throughout Toronto and across Canada. The majority of their work has been in the restaurant, hotel, retail, and recreational facilities sectors, while …more
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