Hey Leaside! About that “NIMBY” thing…Announcing the Residents Survey
Community
CLICK HERE TAKE THE LEASIDE RESIDENTS SURVEY 10-minute survey April 1-30 OR to receive a paper copy email: call: 416-504-8047 x120 From time to time, the word “NIMBY” gets thrown around when people talk ...more
Contest time! Calling all nature and photography lovers
Community
One freezing winter day, with plumes of smoke escaping chimneys, three environmental advocates gathered to chat about volunteering with Ward 15’s Don Valley West for Environmental Action (DVW4EA). This congenial band of DVW4EA activists – ...more
Leaside boasts its very own doctor of peace
Community
Leasider Alka Kumar is our resident doctor of peace – literally. With a Ph.D. in Peace and Conflict Studies, she is a senior research fellow and project coordinator at the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) ...more
Under 25? – We want you!
Community
This June, Leaside Life is handing the mic over to the next generation. Our June 2026 issue will be a special Youth edition – dedicated entirely to the voices, creativity, and perspectives of people under ...more
Dhillon’s Karahi warms the soul with dishes from the Punjab
Business
Tucked between the TD bank and White Pia Cleaners at the corner of Moore and Bayview, at 1213 Bayview Ave., is Dhillon’s Karahi, a delightful and delicious Indian restaurant boasting “Ancient Indian Flavors for your ...more
Bring on summer at NorthLine Sports
Business
As we inch closer to warmer temperatures, thoughts inevitably turn to all things sunny! While we might have a little while before we take up summer activities and hit the water, it’s never too early ...more
Three days of hockey fun at inaugural Leaside House League Festival
Sports
The Leaside Hockey Association (LHA) made history with its first-ever Leaside House League Festival, an exciting three-day celebration of hockey that ran from Friday, Feb. 27 through Sun., March 1 at Leaside Memorial Community Gardens. ...more
The Iceman (of Bennington Heights) cometh and makes winter fun
Sports
Every neighbourhood has its characters – those people who quietly do things that make a place feel like a community. In our corner of Bennington Heights, that person is Scott Reynolds. Around here, he has ...more
Mark your calendars – April 18 is Leaside Earth Day
Don't Mess With Leaside
Each year in April, people around the world celebrate Earth Day, supporting environmental protection through activities like planting trees, promoting sustainability, and cleaning up litter. This April, Don’t Mess With Leaside (DMWL) is launching our ...more
We like our Leaside clean!
Don't Mess With Leaside
In the January issue of Leaside Life, we announced the launch of our 2026 eco-friendly community initiative, Don’t Mess With Leaside – Keep Leaside Beautiful & Litter Free. The goal of this program is to ...more
Leaside Day May 23, 2026
Leaside Day
Learn more about what’s happening at Leaside Day!
Join Leaside’s opposition to fourplex’s garden suite
Development
The stretch of Eglinton between Bayview and Laird is punctuated by the presence of a four-storey “Tower of Babel” at the corner of Rumsey Road. This project is associated with the culling of a honey ...more
Leaside Rotary boosts electronics recycling
Community
On April 18, 2026, Leaside Rotary will host its 13th annual Electronics Recycling Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at East York Town Centre. Last year 5,040 lbs. of electronics were collected for recycling, ...more
What does community mean to you?
Editor's Welcome
I’ve been thinking about this question a lot lately. Maybe because the weather is finally warming up and more people are out on the street – lending an air of vibrancy to formerly ice- and ...more
Divadale: what’s in a name?
History
Many Leasiders know that Divadale Drive takes its name from the magnificent Bayview estate once owned and occupied in the late 1930s-early 1940s by the millionaire American oil executive and soldier of fortune, Captain James ...more
Time for Toronto’s second official season – construction
Leaside Residents Association
As we spring into spring, somewhat battered by the winter we’ve just survived, we now confront Toronto’s “second official season”: construction! Everywhere in and around Leaside, high-rise buildings are under construction and roads are being ...more
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Renowned film director Federico Fellini once claimed, “A different language is a different vision of life.” If true, then Leaside High students have the unique opportunity to see the world in technicolour, especially during the ...more
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On March 2nd, 19 gunshots were fired at Temple Emanu-El. The attack came days after shootings at several Jewish businesses in North York and was soon followed by gunfire at two more Toronto-area synagogues, and ...more
