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Kayla Briggs Athlete of the Year (2022). Photo Soccer Canada.
Sports

Leaside Sports Hall of Fame celebrates 
outstanding athletes!

December 1, 2022 Susan Scandiffio

With ceremonies having been on hold for the past two years, the Leaside Sports Hall of Fame was thrilled to be back celebrating excellence in sports from the Leaside community.  On November 18th, the Class …more

George “The Chief” Armstrong along with his daughter Betty Ann Armstrong, right, and granddaughter Kalley Armstrong, left.
Sports

Hockey legend attends the induction of his daughter into the Leaside Sports Hall of Fame

December 1, 2018 Staff

Leaside Sports Hall of Fame member George “The Chief” Armstrong (inducted in 2015), attended the 2018 Induction Ceremony in the William Lea Room on November 16th along with his daughter Betty Ann Armstrong, right, and …more

Lancerettes
Sports

Leaside’s first girls’ hockey teams to join Sports Hall of Fame

October 1, 2018 Allan Williams

The Leaside Sports Hall of Fame will hold its sixth annual Induction Ceremony and Community Reception on Friday evening, Nov. 16th, organizers have announced. The event will be held in the William Lea Room at …more

Sports Hall of Fame Winners. Photo by Eric Goddard.
Sports

Leaside Sports Hall of Fame: Congratulations to this year’s winners

December 1, 2017 Allan Williams

Members of Leaside’s various sports communities joined the family and friends of the inductees and athlete of the year in the William Lea Room at the arena on Friday evening, Nov. 17, for the fifth …more

Mariah Hinds.
Sports

Mariah Hinds – Leaside’s 2017 Athlete of the Year

November 1, 2017 Allan Williams

Shortly after Mariah Hinds was given her first pair of skates, even before she was two years old, her mother found her wearing them while walking around the living room. “It wasn’t good for the …more

Sports

Four new members to join the Leaside Sports Hall of Fame

October 1, 2017 Allan Williams

The Leaside Sports Hall of Fame will add four new members at its annual induction ceremony in November. Two of the new inductees were recently profiled in the pages of Leaside Life: distance runner Robert …more

Photo By Robin Dickie.
Sports

Spider Jones to speak at Sports Hall of Fame Induction

September 1, 2017 Staff

Boxing commentator and radio personality Spider Jones will be the guest speaker at this year’s Leaside Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony and reception, organizers have announced. The 5th annual event will be held on …more

Sports

Stanley Cup dreams lead to Grey Cup ring

December 1, 2016 Allan Williams

“I was never really that interested in football as a kid,” says Mike Bradwell. It’s a surprising admission coming from the former Toronto Argonaut with a 2012 Grey Cup to his name, who was inducted …more

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Armstrong: Never disappointed in Leaside

December 1, 2015 Staff

For the 55 years that George Armstrong, the captain during the Stanley Cup years of the Toronto Maple Leafs and known as The Chief, lived in Leaside he did a lot of community coaching, but …more

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Grief support group facilitators from left to right: Barbara Kinnear, Graham Lute and Jean Marie Suchora. Photo Leonard Dalipi.
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Grievers find support in caring Leaside group

by Janis Fertuck in Community

On Jan. 10, 2024, a local grief support group will launch its third session in the Hearth Room at Leaside United Church. This group began to address a need growing from the Covid pandemic, a ...more
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