One hundred issues of Leaside Life, nine years of community building and place-making – stories that link people and place. My contribution over that time has been to maintain a watching brief (and a measure …more
You may recall the Friends of Toronto Cemeteries (FTC) court win against the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries (MPGC) (Leaside Life, issue #81, February 2019). Well, no surprise, the MPG appealed, and in a recent …more
Neighbours of a proposed rebuild on Glenvale Boulevard waited in vain to have their say at the Committee of Adjustment on June 23rd. Struggling to manage under COVID-19, most City services are not operating as …more
Residents of Thursfield Crescent, whose homes sit on the top of the ravine slope above Eglinton Avenue east of Brentcliffe, awoke on Tuesday, March 24th to the sound of chain saws clear-cutting trees just below …more
The face of Leaside is changing rapidly. Within the next five years, the local landscape will be home to thousands of new residents living in both tall and mid-rise developments. Our map gives a snapshot …more
In 2019, in response to rising global temperatures due to increasing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, the City of Toronto declared a climate change emergency. Toronto set its new greenhouse gas emission target to …more
Over the last year, a series of controversial provincial decisions affecting the City of Toronto’s council size, budget, land use planning, and transit system have reminded us of the power provinces wield over municipalities. We …more
Recall that in last month’s column I mentioned that RioCan’s Section 37 agreement for its Leaside Centre development (815-845 Eglinton Ave. East at Laird) included 40 affordable rental housing units to be provided on site …more
Last month’s column described how the City moved forward with its Laird in Focus Plan. RioCan’s development application for 815-845 Eglinton Ave. East was approaching decision point at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT), and …more
Proposed Laird in Focus Plan policies and RioCan’s development application for 815-845 Eglinton Ave. East both passed major milestones recently. North York Community Council adopted staff recommendations for policies, called Special Area and Site Policies …more
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