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Leaside Municipal Building, McRae Drive, s.w. cor. Randolph Road; looking s. Salmon, James Victor (Canadian, 1911-1958)
History

Who would buy this town hall?

December 1, 2012 Alan Redway

You have seen the sign. The former Leaside Town Hall at the corner of McRae and Randolph is for sale. But who would buy a former town hall attached to a fire hall, once the …more

Leaside Memorial Community Gardens Sketch
History

First Gardens cost $395,000

November 1, 2012 Alan Redway

All of us now know that the construction costs of the second ice rink at the Leaside Memorial Community Gardens is certain to exceed the originally estimated $12.2 million. What many of us may not …more

Alan Redway
History

We need our ratepayer associations

September 29, 2012 Alan Redway

When communities such as ours have been faced with the threat of redevelopment or with local but nevertheless important neighbourhood problems, the residents have frequently banded together to establish a ratepayer association. These organizations have …more

Old Leaside house
History

Few homes of our early settlers are left

September 1, 2012 Geoff Kettel

Saving old Leaside The news earlier this summer that Nick Kypreos’ house at 33 Heather Rd. was up for sale raised some excitement in Leaside. Can a house here really be worth almost $3.5 million? …more

Sunset at Talbot Park.
History

The developer who moulded our character

September 1, 2012 Alan Redway

Most of us are familiar with the Leaside Property Owners’ Association’s recent successful battle to save the Talbot apartments from the redevelopment plans of the present owner, the Manitoba Teachers’ Pension Fund. But do you …more

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Pat Jeffreys. Photo Lorna Krawchuk.
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Pat Jeffreys celebrates four decades of volunteer service

by Lorna Krawchuk in People

Bob Cairns was building houses for returning veterans in North Leaside at the end of World War II. A number of the semis on Beaufield, Glenbrae and Broadway were his creations. These houses took on ...more
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