Business

Leasiders have good reason to feel smug. One of our own – a Bayview restaurant – received a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand when the big Michelin announcements for Toronto were made in September.  Hoshang Bakhshi, the …more

With the Ontario government’s “More Homes Built Faster Act” (Bill 23) receiving Royal Assent on November 28, 2022, it seems like a good time to revisit the case for laneway homes and garden suites for …more

Kintako Sushi Japanese Restaurant has been serving delicious Japanese food at 214 Laird Drive since 2014. They made it through the restaurant lockdowns of the pandemic, so it seemed like a good idea to visit …more

How do you define an aha moment? A sudden insight into a problem that leads to a great invention. • Ingvar Kamprad couldn’t fit a table he had purchased into his car – aha –Ikea …more

The 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Leaside Business Park Association took place on November 9th at the Amsterdam Brewery. It was the first time in three years that the AGM had been held in-person …more

Over the years I have written often about the Leaside Business Park, its remarkable history, promise, challenges and importance to our community as a whole. But most importantly, about the entrepreneurs and their businesses that …more

Consider the humble brick. You can make a fair case that the history of human civilization, from the Pharaohs to the present, has been built with bricks. Certainly, Toronto was. The red-brick bungalow was the …more

At every stage of life, we encounter and navigate both new and familiar journeys. They can be comforting or confusing, exhilarating or exhausting, joyful or mournful, and present many opportunities and challenges. How reassuring it …more