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Rapid Transit Network.
Development

Relief Line North gets active

June 1, 2018 Geoff Kettel

Relief Line? That’s the rapid transit project intended to provide an alternative to the Line 1 Yonge Subway, originally part of former Mayor Miller’s Transit City plan, but derailed by another former Mayor calling for …more

Development

Neighbour beware – construction next door 

April 1, 2018 Geoff Kettel

You’re resigned to the new build next door. Your neighbour has Committee of Adjustment (CoA) approval, building permit, and demolition permit in hand. But as the workers dig a deep hole, bigger than you expected, …more

Business park street signs.
Development

Leaside Business Park defends its industrial core 

April 1, 2018 Geoff Kettel

The Leaside Business Park will be taken over by big box stores and “mixed use” and the industries currently located there will move out any day. True or False? False, for two reasons. First, the …more

Bayview and Eglinton. Photo by Robin Dickie.
Development

Singing the Crosstown blues at Bayview

April 1, 2018 Ken Mallett

“It was a problem in 2015. It’s a problem now.”—Norma Fisher, condo president Anyone who drives or walks near the Bayview-Eglinton intersection knows it is a mess: lots of cars, hordes of pedestrians, and poor …more

A Talbot Quad. Photo by Robin Dickie.
Development

1755-1757 Bayview: defending the Talbot quad

March 1, 2018 Geoff Kettel

Saving old Leaside As briefly noted in last month’s Leaside Life, the City is back at the Toronto Local Appeal Body (TLAB) defending the Talbot quad threatened with demolition, reversing their withdrawal from the case …more

“Light from Within” by Rodney Latourelle, image courtesy of Metrolinx.
Development

Where’s the public art?

March 1, 2018 Geoff Kettel

If you’re wondering if your transit experience will be enhanced by public art displays at Leaside‘s new Light Rail Transit (LRT) stations (Leaside at Bayview, and at Laird) the answer seems to be no! But …more

41 Sharron. Photo by Robin Dickie.
Development

41 Sharron: “Leaside is a special place”

February 1, 2018 Geoff Kettel

“Leaside is a special place…Just “fixing things” (in the application) does not meet the intent of the bylaw”. So stated a Committee of Adjustment (CofA) member before making a motion to refuse the minor variance …more

Laird in Focus logo
Development

Laird in Focus: it’s still about density

January 1, 2018 Geoff Kettel

It’s Laird in Focus time again! This is the major development project affecting Leaside’s path, likely over the next 30 years, so we need to get it right. Laird in Focus Public Consultation No. 3 …more

House at 22 Annesley.
Development

22 Annesley: sometimes the system works!

January 1, 2018 Geoff Kettel

If you’re a regular reader of this column you know that it’s often complaining about egregious minor variances and the dreadful decisions of the Committee of Adjustment (CoA). Usually, but not this time. At 22 …more

Development

Leaside’s condo boom: The LRT is reshaping our mid-section

December 1, 2017 Guest Contributor

Little did we know the Eglinton LRT was going to have such a big impact in Leaside. We should prepare ourselves to see the highest population growth since the incorporation of the town back in …more

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Pat Jeffreys. Photo Lorna Krawchuk.
In the Spotlight

Pat Jeffreys celebrates four decades of volunteer service

by Lorna Krawchuk in People

Bob Cairns was building houses for returning veterans in North Leaside at the end of World War II. A number of the semis on Beaufield, Glenbrae and Broadway were his creations. These houses took on ...more
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  • Leaside, standing together and strong!
  • Jamie Behan races hard to the snowboard Worlds
  • The Leaside Business Park is open for business
  • Will the Leaside Station overbuild be allowed to destroy the Bayview Quads?
  • Remembering my high school dances
  • Stoop. Scoop. Drop. Or not?
  • Congratulations to 2023 Agnes Macphail Award recipient Shakhlo Sharipova
  • Why the Yonge complete street matters for Leaside
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