Note: To connect to the meeting please see here: https://leasideresidents.ca/annual-meeting-town-hall We all hope that 2021 will be one of happiness and good health as the new COVID-19 vaccines become available, and of better times for …more
In June, City Planning staff began conducting virtual Committee of Adjustment (CoA) hearings for the first time since March, when all in-person meetings were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I have since heard from …more
Semis are the rock of ages in Leaside. Bungalows are going fast, and single detacheds are morphing into “monsters.” But semis stay the same, except sometimes with small additions at the back. Or not! In …more
As everyone knows, the top of the ravine slope on Eglinton Avenue East, east of Brentcliffe Road and above the East Portal where the LRT emerges from the tunnel to the west, gave way on …more
The holiday season is upon us, and I think we can all agree that 2020 has been a year unlike any other. Filled with immense challenges and change, COVID-19 has had a profound effect on …more
This time of year, one tends to look back and take stock. Thanks to the continuing pandemic, we may be doing more things virtually, but life does indeed go on. Local issues continue to keep …more
“We’re off to the TLAB.” You and your neighbours might have heard that term if you were involved in a Committee of Adjustment decision that was appealed. What is the TLAB? The Toronto Local Appeal …more
Not to be outdone by Bayview, midrise is also coming to Laird’s west side. True, midrises already inhabit Laird’s junction with Millwood (25 Malcolm – the former post office site at 2 Laird) and Millwood’s …more
Leaside Life readers may recall that last year at this time I attended the TTC’s 2019 Service Plan Stakeholder Meeting (SPSM), part of a roundtable city-wide consultation process to create a blueprint for setting transit …more
In the 10 months since the first positive case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Toronto, almost every facet of life has changed – from how we shop, eat, socialize, and work, to how we experience …more
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