Last month the City of Toronto awarded the 2018 Garden Awards. 36 Donlea Drive in Leaside went home with the coveted first prize in the Residential – Traditional Garden category. Barb Mason has lived on …more
Leaside Showdown. The candidates for City Councillor in the new Ward 15 answer our questions. Jon Burnside, Incumbent, Former Ward 26 Local schools: Given all the new development in and around Leaside, schools are …more
Join us for the very first Leaside Block Party in support of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital! All activities are inspired by our kids and programs at Holland Bloorview. Some of the fun includes: • …more
The LPOA will be holding a municipal candidates’ meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 2nd. We’ve booked the William Lea Room at Leaside Gardens, and (so far) have sent invitations to mayoral candidates John Tory and Jennifer …more
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
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
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
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
“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
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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