The Leaside Garden Society is continuing their monthly meetings via Zoom. On March 10 Marc Yamaguchi will be sharing his experience with Rain Gardens United (raingardensunited.com). A rain garden is a landscaped basin filled in …more
It’s a new year – maybe even the year we kick Covid to the curb! What better time to launch Leaside Life’s campaign to find new young voices to feature in our publication? Later in …more
About our cover For many of us, the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic put our lives on hold. For others, it created the opportunity to see the world, our city and our neighbourhoods with a …more
At this time of year, the melancholy part of my mind always turns to the great Canadian writer Paul Quarrington, who died too soon, 11 years ago this month. About 18 years before I began …more
New book of poetry released by former Leasider Nathaniel Moore Nathaniel Moore, author of 10 books of poetry and fiction, was born in Toronto in 1974 and grew up in North Leaside. His 2014 novel …more
Leaside Life is marking its 10th birthday with the issue you’re reading now. Founded by newspaper veterans Harry and Ruth Goldhar, who had previously published The Town Crier group of papers, Leaside Life was a …more
Welcome to Corona Christmas 2.0. If you’d asked me a year ago whether our world would have returned to some semblance of normal for Christmas 2021, I would have said “yes.” I mean, who among …more
Whenever I think of Remembrance Day, my mind turns to my husband’s old friend, the late Major Ed Nixon. Major Nixon – never Ed or Mister Nixon – was a lifelong North Leasider who with …more
Terry Fallis’ 8th novel, Operation Angus, is already a bestseller Multi-award winning author and Leaside Life contributor, Canadian novelist Terry Fallis, has published his 8th novel, Operation Angus. Fans will be thrilled with the long-awaited …more
Every year, early in November, my mind and memories turn to house league hockey at Leaside. After the last 18 months of Covid, safely returning to boys and girls hockey at Leaside is a small …more
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