Leasider Ivar Liepins is 88 and can do something many of his younger friends cannot – play tennis for two hours without difficulty, thanks to excellent reflexes and limberness. Which is what he does twice …more
Lee Melymick has thrown many pitches but never one this inspiring. Little more than a year since sustaining a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down, Melymick was back at Talbot …more
Leaside funny man Terry Fallis, author of The Best Laid Plans, will be the guest speaker at the 4th annual Leaside Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and reception on November 18th at Leaside Arena, …more
Interested in seeing Ontario’s very best Lawn Bowlers take to the Green? Then, come on down to Talbot Park on Sept. 17th & 18th and watch 32 men and women from across the province battle …more
It was a perfect day for baseball as the 1st annual Leaside Classic was held on Friday, June 17 at Rolph Road School for the boys and at Bennington Heights for the girls. The idea …more
About the only thing missing from Matt McCallum’s baseball debut was a Jose Bautistaesque bat flip. It would have been fitting since the success of Bautista and the Toronto Blue Jays have created the largest …more
Kim McCullough, the head coach of the Leaside Junior Wildcats’ women’s hockey team, has been named the Provincial Women’s Hockey League’s Coach of the Year for the 2015-2016 season. In just the second season coaching …more
Leaside’s first athlete of the year, Martha McCabe, has once again won a spot on Canada’s Olympic team. She’ll compete in the 200-meter breaststroke in Rio this summer. McCabe, raised in Bennington Heights and a …more
For the first time anyone can recall, two Leaside Flames teams made their respective provincial championship tournaments this year, representing the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) against the regional champs from other parts of the …more
On the weekend of March 11-13 Leaside Arena hosted what was likely the largest sports tournament ever held in Leaside. The Toronto Leaside Wildcats girls’ hockey league’s 37th annual March Madness tournament was bigger than …more
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