Stories
Meet Your Neighbour
He’s 82 and at his peak He may live in a one of Leaside’s senior retirement condominiums, but at 82 Gordon Champion isn’t ready to give up work. In fact, Champion figures he’s still at …more
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Leaside in the really good old days
When Walter Naulls and his wife Evelyn decided to buy a house in Leaside, they figured that since the new homes in the town were all about the same price, why not take more than …more
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Longo’s site is older than Town of Leaside
While shopping at the new Longo’s on Laird, it’s hard not to notice that you’re in a restored heritage building. The store, in fact, used to be an old locomotive shop for the former Canadian …more
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Calendar – March 2013
Deadline to submit listings for April; March 11 SECOND CUP, 1595 Bayview, free concert Friday night, March 1, by guitarist Phillip Brown. LEASIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 670 Eglinton East, March Break Kid’s Club Tuesday-Thursday March 12-4, 9 a.m.– …more
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Numbers down, but clubs still do good
Rotary, the world’s first volunteer service organization, began in Chicago in 1905. The Toronto-Leaside Club was formed in 1940. In its heyday, there were close to 100 members from the local community who met for …more
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So he had 57,000 pennies…
What would you do with 57,000 pennies? Until Feb. 5 that’s how many Eric Rosen, of Bennington Heights Dr., had stashed away. He’d been collecting them since 1986, just under seven a day for 27 …more
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Caught by the TTC gap
Michael Bell has lived happily at the corner of Bayview and Moore for the past 10 years, but recently has needed to get to Sunnybrook Hospital for frequent treatments. He has tried for five months …more
History
Looking back into our history
Canada’s first airmail flight The noise complaints resulting from recent changes to aircraft flight paths for Pearson International Airport have reminded me that one of Canada’s first airfields was located right here in Leaside. Edith …more
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Deadline News
From MP John Carmichael, to North Leaside residents who attended a meeting in his office last year: “… I am disappointed but I cannot say I am surprised that there is nothing in the… letter …more
Letters
Letters – February 2013
Do you know the right date? I always wait for a quiet time to enjoy Leaside Life, therefore it has taken me ages to read the December issue. The article on our growing flock of food …more