When’s the last time you checked your tire tread? If you’re like me, never! That was until hearing how low tire tread led to a life altering car crash for Anita Kaiser. Stopping for gas, …more
It all began with the semi. Lest we forget from whence we came, Leaside was first and foremost a factory town. And just one year into its incorporated young life, Leaside got its first housing …more
Ken Faier launched Epic Story Media six years ago with the goal of creating high-quality entertainment for a young market. “We create content for kids around the world,” says the 57-year-old Leaside resident, who won …more
Congratulations to Leaside High School’s graduating class of 2024, who began high school “during an extraordinarily challenging time,” says Jonathan LeFresne, guidance counsellor and organizer of the scholarship committee as well as assistant curriculum leader …more
Marie Bates was working as a trained teacher at a Montessori school in Toronto, but as she says, “I thought I could do it better – I was in my 20s.” So, in 1986, off …more
Being greeted by Jennifer Campos, Ph.D., Canada Research Chair (II), Senior Scientist, and Academic Associate Director at UHN’s KITE Research Institute’s Open Doors Toronto May 25th event, made my day. Jennifer, along with many of …more
Leaside Life has partnered with UHN Rally for Rehab presented by BMO for a fundraising event to be held on Sept. 8, 2024, in support of the two world-leading rehab centres right in our own …more
Ken Ogilvie’s passion for fiction writing took flight at 30,000 feet. The 71-year-old Leaside resident recently put the finishing touches on his third in a trilogy of crime novels. “I was reading a book one …more
Leaside Rotary’s 28th annual corn roast – a great family outing! SUN., Sept. 15, 2024, TRACE MANES PARK What event serves more than 1,000 cobs of corn and over 800 hot dogs? It’s the annual …more
Some extraordinary women have called Leaside home over the years: Beth Nealson, Leaside’s first woman mayor; Agnes Macphail, Canada’s first female Member of Parliament; Maureen Kempston Darkes, CEO of General Motors Canada; and novelist Margaret …more
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