History

  In contrast to the long-delayed opening of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, past capital projects in Toronto often went far more smoothly – and quickly. The TTC’s original Yonge Street subway line took only five …more

Beth Nealson is rightfully celebrated as Leaside’s first female mayor. But she wasn’t the first woman elected to local office in Leaside. That achievement belonged to an independent and unconventional woman named Lenore Sibbald. Here’s …more

Remembering Ernest A. Wilson: Leaside’s World War I overseas fatality When World War I began in 1914, Leaside was sparsely populated and almost totally rural, so the number of young men who enlisted from the …more

Many readers of Leaside Life know Jane Pitfield’s excellent history, Leaside (1999). The book’s cover shows a painting of William Lea’s iconic and historic octagon house, after which Leaside is named, and which burned down …more

This photo at right shows the groundbreaking ceremony for Leaside High School. The much-anticipated event took place on May 30, 1946. Leasiders had long desired their own high school. For years, local teenagers had been …more

I loved the 1966 photo in last month’s Leaside Life showing three-year-old Mitch Bubulj at the old Trace Manes wading pool. It triggered fond memories of when I would take my daughter, Maddy, there 20 …more

Four years ago, Leaside Life publisher Lorna Krawchuk introduced readers to a Leasider dedicated to honouring the memory of the man behind Simcoe Day. Here he refreshes our knowledge of Ontario history. The Government of …more

Three years ago, I wrote how Leaside’s Research Enterprises Ltd. (REL) helped defeat Hitler and fascism by becoming one of the largest producers of radar equipment for the Allied war effort [“How Leaside helped win …more

“You couldn’t live and work in Leaside in Toronto in the 1950s and ’60s and not know [Holocaust] survivors.” —Former Employment Minister Jason Kenney, on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s boyhood in Leaside and his hatred …more