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About Terry Fallis
A two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, Terry Fallis grew up in Leaside and is the award-winning writer of eight national bestsellers, all published by McClelland & Stewart. His most recent, Operation Angus, is now in bookstores.
Leaside goes Halloween! Photo by Ben Flemming.
Terry Fallis

Welcome back, Halloween!

October 1, 2023 Terry Fallis

As I look back on my Leaside childhood, it seems to me that, other than Christmas and the last day of school before summer, Halloween was the day we looked forward to the most. Our …more

Chili Sauce.
Terry Fallis

My Labour Day family tradition

September 1, 2023 Terry Fallis

The family home I grew up in was on the northwest corner of Parkhurst and Donegall. For the nearly 40 years my parents lived there, they hosted a sacrosanct, annual, all-hands-on-deck, holiday Monday family tradition. …more

The Wild Mouse ride.
Terry Fallis

Memories of the CNE and Wild Mouse Stomach

August 1, 2023 Terry Fallis

It’s August, and if you were once a kid growing up in Toronto, you know what that means. The Ex, the Exhibition, the CNE… is back. You know, that two-week window just before school starts …more

Bessborough School.
Terry Fallis

School’s out for summer!

July 1, 2023 Terry Fallis

I tell you, as a kid growing up in Leaside, June always felt like the slowest month of them all. The days seemed to pass in geological time. In comparison, a glacier moved swiftly and …more

Squirrel
Terry Fallis

I may be going squirrelly at the cottage!

June 1, 2023 Terry Fallis

I never take it for granted that our family is lucky enough to have a cottage. My grandfather built it on Twelve Mile Bay – that opens into Georgian Bay – back in the early …more

Children flying a homemade plane.
Terry Fallis

Get ready for some lesser-known 
Leaside milestones

May 1, 2023 Terry Fallis

This month, we celebrate the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Town of Leaside back in 1913. You’ll notice a number of articles in this issue commemorating this auspicious anniversary. So, in the spirit …more

In Northern Labrador with Margaret Atwood. Photo Terry Fallis.
Terry Fallis

Me, Margaret Atwood and the Leaside connection

April 1, 2023 Terry Fallis

If you’ve been reading this column for a while now, you’ll know that I attended Leaside High School for the requisite five years from 1973-1978. But not all of you may know that a much …more

In 2020 LHS will celebrate its 75th anniversary.
Terry Fallis

Remembering my high school dances

March 1, 2023 Terry Fallis

I’ve already written in this space about school dances back when I was in Grade 7 and 8 at Bessborough Drive Public School. In hindsight, I considered those dances to be a significant rite of …more

Leaside Gardens
Terry Fallis

Leaside Gardens turns 70!

February 1, 2023 Terry Fallis

I know I’ve written about my less than stellar minor hockey career before in this space, not to mention stories about Saturday afternoons spent swimming at the pool and Friday nights skating with my friends. …more

Bessborough Drive Public School, circa 1950. Image courtesy of Toronto Public Library, Salmon, James V.
Terry Fallis

Bessborough School turns 100 this year

January 1, 2023 Terry Fallis

Last November, as part of my niece’s wedding celebrations, our families gathered in the Bessborough schoolyard for an hour or so of chucking the football, baseball, and frisbee around before digging into a takeout dinner …more

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Going dotty on Bayview

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“Darling, you look marvelous!” With apologies to Billy Crystal and his 1980s Saturday Night Live persona Fernando, fashion retailer Heather Bolt’s Dotty business is helping her clients look and feel marvelous in outfits ranging from ...more
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