Leaside Residents Association

Last month I reported on both the Leaside Neighbourhood Transportation Plan (Phase One), and a separate recommendation from the City’s traffic staff that a traffic signal be installed on Bayview Avenue at Sutherland Drive, to …more

By the time you read this, the first phase of the City’s Leaside Neighbourhood Transportation Plan (LNTP) will have been presented to North York Community Council. Over the past three or four years the LNTP …more

Now that it’s autumn, you’ll have noticed a significant increase in traffic throughout Leaside. Not just during the 7-9 a.m. and 4-6 p.m. ‘official’ peak periods, but also more steadily during the day.  Although a …more

I hope you have been enjoying the summer and are looking forward to autumn as it approaches. The Leaside Residents Association (LRA) was busy throughout July and August keeping track of ongoing development and traffic …more

Look around you. You’ll see condo construction crews blocking streets and sidewalks, road surfaces dug up for water and sewer pipe replacement, unfinished transit route diversions adding to road congestion, and increased car traffic on …more

Two hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin stated that nothing could be said to be certain “except death and taxes.” Leasiders might be tempted to add “traffic,” as it always seems to be with us. Earlier …more

Did you attend the archival exhibit at Leaside Library in early May, celebrating Leaside’s 110th birthday? Full of fascinating displays, maps and artifacts, it showed how Leaside grew from a railway and industrial hub into …more

Spring is always an uncertain season, and this year Toronto faces more uncertainties than usual. We are experiencing massive fallout from recent provincial legislation targeting municipal and local planning. We are in the midst of …more

In my March column I reported on Leaside’s recent important victory: our community remains undivided, within the single newly redrawn and renamed electoral riding of Don Valley SOUTH. Much like our current Don Valley West …more

Back in October I reported that the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario (FEBCO) proposed changes to Don Valley West’s boundaries which would have split Leaside into two separate federal ridings, and into two separate …more