Community
Victoria Day Fireworks 2019
Once again, the skies over Leaside will light up on Victoria Day. Local Leaside resident David Bryant will host the show. He wrote us to say: Victoria Day Fireworks May 20, 2019 @ Leaside High …more
Community
Community
Time to Spring Into Action!
Looking for something to do with your family on Saturday, May 25? Consider being part of the Spring Into Action Fun Walk or Run. It is a Leaside event, with registration starting at 8:30 a.m. …more
Schools
Northlea puts the “play” in OPAL Play Day
Most of us have fond childhood memories of playing in the snow. But the children of Northlea Elementary and Middle School got a special treat on March 1, 2019 when the school held its first …more
Community
The Leaside Pub hosts 416Cares – good friends, good causes
What happens when you gather at least 100 people in one room, and each one donates $100 for a great cause? That’s the premise behind 416Cares. On Thursday, March 28, this newly created group held …more
Community
State-of-the-art playground will celebrate Georgia Walsh in style
The Walsh family is thrilled to announce that construction on The Georgia Walsh Memorial Playground will start this July 2019, and will be completed this November, with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony set for next spring. …more
Cycling
Urban or suburban? What’s Leaside’s cycling culture?
Earlier in the year, a few Leasiders from Cycle Don Valley Midtown attended the launch of a new report from The Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT) about biking beyond the downtown core. The report highlights …more
History
The infamous Boyd Gang had a blast in Leaside
Post Second World War Leaside was a “small town in Toronto” (to quote a former prime minister who grew up here around that time), a mature community, with good jobs, and modest but well cared …more
Community
Better than a staycation: Local camps keep the fun at home in Leaside
Summer is just around the corner! Kids can’t wait to be out of school and parents are thrilled at the idea of not having to make lunches the night before school. Ten weeks of freedom! …more
Schools
Northlea School helps out Capes for Kids
Sandra Hawken, CEO of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, receives a cape made by the students and teachers of Northlea School as part of their Capes for Kids Fundraising and Awareness Program. MP Rob Oliphant …more
Community
Bennington residents helping in Honduras since 1979
Changing the lives of children in Honduras has taken on special meaning for Bennington residents David Winsor and his wife Margo Mingay. Love, a home and an education — three things that children must have …more