The new board: Standing l-r: Navin Katyal, Donna Howard, Treasurer John Masterson, Chair of the Operations & Community Relations Committee Janice Ivory-Smith. Seated, l-r: Jennifer Smith, Karen Pugliese, Vice-Chair Glenn Asano, Chair Kathleen Mackenzie; Absent: Chris Forbell, City Councillor Jaye Robinson. Photo: Leaside Memorial Community Gardens.

A community beacon that unites Leaside

November 1, 2019 Glenn Asano

A major asset to the community, Leaside Memorial Community Gardens (LMCG), is a gem, hosting an average of 5,000 Leaside community members and their associates each week. Yes, 1073 Millwood Rd. is a place uniting …more

The RCLUB founders with some of their fleet.

RCLUB vroom vrooms onto Commercial Road

November 1, 2019 Ken Mallett

James Bond would love this. If the day ever arrives when 007 loses his Aston Martin, he can still motor in fantastically expensive high-end automobiles – as long as he comes to Leaside. Perhaps the …more

Columnist Glenn Asano has created the Leaside Strength Index. The new LSI will measure Leaside’s ‘neighbourhood equity’ score.

Live-Work. Learn. Play. Repeat.

October 1, 2019 Glenn Asano

Eighty per cent of Canadians live in cities. Cities are the economic engine driving Canada. Likewise, neighbourhoods are the economic engine of cities. Given their circumstances, some neighbourhoods do better than others and no doubt …more

Michelle, Manush and Rhona of Bella Rouge. Photo Lorna Krawchuk.

Bella Rouge is a neighbourhood haircare gem

October 1, 2019 Lorna Krawchuk

Even though there is a large front window at Bella Rouge, the south anchor of the retail strip between Rumsey and Airdrie on Millwood, it isn’t until you walk in the door that you realize …more

Simon Stevenson of Leaside Landscaping. Photo Lorna Krawchuk.

Landscaper celebrates 37 years of greening Leaside

October 1, 2019 Lorna Krawchuk

Owning a landscaping business wasn’t on Simon Stevenson’s list as a young man. He really didn’t have a list – but thought that maybe becoming an architect or a veterinarian might be interesting, so off …more

Jessica Puentes in her new space. Photo Lorna Krawchuk.

Absolute Beauty – like mother, like daughter

September 1, 2019 Lorna Krawchuk

Absolute Beauty by Nancy Penny on Bayview Avenue has now closed. But Absolute Beauty by Jess is now up and running on Millwood, thanks to an agreement with Bella Rouge owner Rhona. You can even …more

Let’s face it – Leaside is changing

September 1, 2019 Glenn Asano

Rat-a-tat-tat-tat. My colleague Geoff Kettel goes down the list. Mid to high intensification around the new Crosstown stations per the GTHA provincial growth plan: Concert Properties at Sunnybrook Plaza, Diamond at Eglinton & Brentcliffe, and …more

Brian Mok, owner of two Shoppers Drug Mart locations. Photo Lorna Krawchuk.

Shoppers Drug Mart’s Brian Mok enjoys Leaside’s small-town vibe

September 1, 2019 Lorna Krawchuk

Brian Mok is where he wants to be. The owner of two local Shoppers Drug Mart locations – one on the Bayview strip and the other at Bayview and Broadway – celebrates 13 years of …more

“Sabaidee” from Inthisorn Foods on Vanderhoof

August 1, 2019 Ken Mallett

When he was two years old, his parents bundled him into a small canoe in darkness and they floated from Laos to a refugee camp in Thailand where he spent the next seven years of …more

Is it time for a Leaside Neighbourhood Council?

August 1, 2019 Glenn Asano

“Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is important you do it.” Mahatma Gandhi. The importance of citizen participation in governance is an essential ingredient for our democracy. Just this past year we were …more