Leaside resident, former teacher and busy volunteer Elaine Snider started life in the fast lane – literally. She and her twin sister were born as the taxi her mom was in was racing downtown from …more
Howard Cook didn’t start curling until he was 50 years old, but he’s made up for his late start by sticking with the sport for the past 40 years. Leaside’s oldest curler, who will celebrate …more
This is part of a series of occasional articles about famous people raised in Leaside who now live elsewhere. Bill McKibben is an author, educator and environmentalist listed as one of the world’s 100 most …more
She’s the lady behind the Leaside Property Owners’ Association website. Also the Leaside Life website. And websites in Vermont and the Bahamas. And lots of others. Pretty good for a graduate of landscape architecture. But …more
Midge Sandiland should be awarded the Saint of the Year Award says Jim Garvie, a Leacrest Rd. resident for 55 years. Garvie, now in his 80s, says Sandiland goes out of her way to help …more
You may well have run into Petra Grantham at a Rolph Road school event, on a soccer field, or on Bayview, but you probably are not aware of what an extraordinary woman she is. Read …more
Without the benefit of a family tree, it is difficult to go back the generations required to the original John Lea Sr., who first farmed land in what we now call Leaside. One progression is …more
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