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Editor’s Welcome March 2023

March 1, 2023 Jane Auster

Crossing the Bridge Quite often a theme will emerge when Leaside Life’s creative people sit around a warm Zoom screen to discuss the next issue. That happened as we started planning the March publication. Nearly …more

Robin Dickie and family celebrate 15 years in Leaside.
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Celebrating 15 years in Leaside

March 1, 2023 Robin Dickie

There was a big snowstorm in early 2008, the day we moved in to our Leaside home. As I stood outside directing the movers in the blowing wind, I met my immediate neighbour (let’s call …more

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Editor’s Welcome February 2023

February 1, 2023 Jane Auster

One of my greatest pleasures as editor of Leaside Life is learning something new every month about this wonderful community while reviewing the content for the issue. But imagine my surprise – and delight – …more

Remenyi House of Music, a fami- ly-run business intimately connected with a world-renowned concert violinist in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the 19th century, has opened a new store at 109 Vanderhoof Ave.
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Remenyi House of Music hits the right notes on Vanderhoof

February 1, 2023 Ken Mallett

A family musical tradition that traces its history to a teen-aged Johannes Brahms playing the piano in a raucous dockside saloon during the 1850s is coming to Leaside. In fact, it’s here now. Remenyi House …more

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Editor’s Welcome – January 2023

January 1, 2023 Jane Auster

Do you have your New Year’s resolutions ready to launch? According to the site Soft Skills, the top 10 resolutions are the usual suspects: everyone’s #1 and #2 – Exercise more, Lose weight – and …more

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Last month, over a dozen dedicated current and former Leaside residents met on a wet and rainy afternoon to participate in the Leaside Heritage Preservation Society’s (LHPS) first-ever Remembrance Day Walk. The event was organized …more

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Editor’s Welcome: Will it be yet another Covid Christmas?

December 1, 2022 Jane Auster

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November 1, 2022 Lorna Krawchuk

It’s that time of year again! Early snowflakes dancing! Scouts selling Christmas trees! And John Masterson sporting his famous moustache at Leaside Presbyterian Church! Scouts at Leaside Presbyterian, annual Christmas tree sales, and John Masterson …more

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“Lest we forget”

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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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