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Upper East Side Village (Leaside that is)
It would be hard to miss the large “Upper East Village” postcard in your mailbox; it seems to arrive about once a month. The development application that used to be known only by a street …more
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Electronic sign free to not-for-profit community groups
The new electronic sign became operational in May. We are particularly excited about the community notice portion of this sign that faces north up Laird Drive and is visible to traffic coming south to the …more
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It takes planning as well as heritage to save the Talbot Quads
Some good news for Leaside heritage! We are well on the way to saving the Talbot quads! This story picks up from the March Leaside Life story, which dealt with 1755-1757 Bayview Ave., the quad …more
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Mother’s Day Inspiration
Mother’s Day is only three days away. From flowers, to clothes, to treats to health options, our local Leaside businesses have you covered. Here’s a sampling of what’s on offer. Butter Studio: 1597 Bayview Ave, …more
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Leaside Life to launch new website on May 1st, 2018
“Leadership is about connecting a community’s history with present reality and then adapting so that a community can move into the future successfully.” So says Penelope Muse Abernathy, author of Saving Community Journalism: The Path …more
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Moonbows over Leaside?
One of the difficulties of being a small town in the middle of a great metropolis is that Toronto keeps intruding on our airspace. I don’t mean planes on flight paths to Pearson, but rather …more
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Leaside Life is “still” great
It’s been said that the first decade or so after formal retirement is most people’s “still” time of life. Most of the questions oldsters are asked contain that loaded word: Are you still going into …more
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Leaside kidnapped by aliens
Most of you were at the cottage this past August, so you missed the remarkable happenings in Leaside. On the surface nothing seemed to be happening. That was so remarkable. Every single day was exactly …more
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Leaside’s free spirits
Some have said that all Leasiders are law-abiding and hard-working conformists. The evidence that presents itself in front of our house is distinctly to the contrary. Judging by what we see out our windows every …more
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Oui the North — Leaside’s better moitié
Have you ever noticed that Leaside is a microcosm of North America? We have two very similar but somewhat different communities, divided by a clear line, Eglinton Ave. South Leaside is older, far more populous, …more