Ever since my April article appeared in Leaside Life about the proposed mixed-use development at Brentcliffe and Eglinton and the subsequent deluge of negative comments, I’ve made it a priority to understand how the city …more
I recently visited Dollarama’s not-so-new location at 1531-33 Bayview Ave. It was my first time stepping into the discount store since it opened Jan. 2. Not being a Dollarama regular, I found out the hard …more
My parents are 79 and 81. Recently they’ve been going through some issues attributable to age and cancer. While they currently live in Brampton, our family spent more than 20 years in a house around …more
On March 6 Steve Diamond, CEO of Diamond Corporation, presented very big plans to redevelop the five-acre property at Eglinton Ave. and Brentcliffe Rd., with its 50-50 partner Dawsco Property Corp., to the Leaside Property …more
LORNA KRAWCHUK was an East York councillor who voted in favour of the changes to the rules for the Leaside Business Park that previously prohibited residential and retail development east of Brentcliffe. In what turned …more
Recently I did a quick walk up and down Bayview. I counted a total of 121 storefront businesses from Parkhurst on the north to Davisville on the south. Of those stores, 44, or a little …more
My wife and I moved to Leaside three years ago this past August. We love Leaside, although the nearby meth lab uncovered at Bayview and Parkhurst shortly after our arrival was unsettling. Despite the rocky …more
Who would think that businesses in the Leaside Business Area would be expressing connections to a world after this one? Read on, to see what I found out when I went exploring east of Laird …more
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