Community
Bayview Art Tour takes it to the street
There’s a special treat in store for local art connoisseurs: the fall edition of the Bayview Art Tour and Sale on Sat. and Sun., Sept. 21 and 22, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. As …more
Stories
Community
Opportunity knocked for Rob Thomson… UHN’s Cardiac Rehab Centre answered
Every now and then opportunity knocks. Sometimes we heed the call, but sometimes we are tone-deaf. Rob Thomson is grateful he was listening and was all-in when the University Health Network’s (UHN) Cardiovascular Prevention and …more
Stories
The phone bot, the cashier, the mechanic and the dog
“Is it me? It must be me.” These are my thoughts after a series of conversations, all within a few days of one another. Defeated and weary, I present them to you: The Phone Bot …more
Stories
What the Crizzle?!
February 14th. Valentine’s Day. 7:21 p.m. And I feel anything but love … for Crizzle. I am steps away from the corner of Rumsey and Parkhurst, with Jerry-the-neurotic-wonder-dog, when I am anti-lovestruck. Crizzle rolls up …more
Stories
“Walk this way” on Bayview
February arrived and so did spring, it seemed. On one of these unseasonably warm days I made my way along Bayview to the Leaside Observation Deck. Yep. Lit’s front window. And it is here I …more
Stories
Editor’s Welcome February 2024
For this issue I was all set to tell you why February is one of my favourite months, rich with celebrations and affirmations, like Black History Month and Chinese New Year’s. But there are also …more
Stories
Leaside’s very own gum shoe
I dragged my left foot along the ground as I headed toward Lit Coffee shop at Millwood. It was deliberate. I was cursing, internally of course. People were staring. Step. Drag. Step. Drag. The object …more
History
Belgian villagers annually honour fallen WWII Leaside airmen
On Nov. 2, 1944, a British Halifax bomber returning from a raid over Dusseldorf, Germany was shot down and crashed outside the Belgian village of Jalhay, east of Liege. The seven crew members (six Canadians …more
Stories
“Smile, it’s a turkey of a holiday!”
Ah, Thanksgiving. It’s like a dress rehearsal for the big show – December. And by dress rehearsal, I really mean “stress test.” And so it was this past Thanksgiving, as I walked down Bayview. There …more
Stories
The Leaside Observer is calling all moms
Picture this: Service Ontario and a diagnostic clinic waiting room. An alien student doing their final year thesis, “The Behaviour and Temperament of the Blue Planet Animal Self-Identifying as Human,” need only to beam down …more