The Lake Leaside goose stroll
Community
Lake Leaside? Where has it gone? It just gave way to a mass of steel and concrete, soon to be an expanded Canadian Tire store to replace the one at Laird and Eglinton, destined for ...more
Celebrating Leaside’s 21st century heritage built form
Community
Twenty-first century built form heritage is not an oxymoron. If asked to name significant Leaside buildings, many would rhyme off the Lea farmhouses, the Elgie house, Garden Court and the old Leaside Town Hall and ...more
Neuro Rehab Clinics set to close
Community
Hospital shutdowns in Ontario are no longer confined to rural communities – they’re happening right in our own backyard. The building that houses Neuro Rehab Clinics at the Toronto Rehabilitation Rumsey Centre, located near Sunnybrook ...more
Grace Main puts her best foot forward
Community
Ballerinas float across a stage. Their tutus bounce, every movement is precise, but their feet are often in excruciating pain. Ballet is a beautiful art, yet it can have a devastating impact on dancers’ feet, ...more
Celebrating Debora Kuchme and the Bayview Pixies
People
In her role as a member of the Bayview Leaside BIA in 2016, Debora Kuchme initiated a sustainable planting project to revitalize the neglected tree planters along Bayview. Debora recruited several retired environmentally-minded volunteers to ...more
Remembering Debora Kuchme, eco-warrior, green queen
People
I first heard of Debora Kuchme as the “Chief Pixie” of the Bayview Pixies, a group of passionate, formidable volunteers working to beautify Leaside’s main shopping area, nearly a decade ago. I had not yet ...more
Year-round pickleball and padel ready to serve in Leaside!
Business
With the opening of the Fairgrounds Public Racket Club at the old Mercedes-Benz dealership at 849 Eglinton Ave. East, Leasiders can now dive into Canada’s fastest growing sports – pickleball and padel – in an ...more
Mr. Trump comes to Leaside
Business
By the time you read this, Canada’s tariff relationship with the U.S. might have changed…several times! Given the fluid (nice term) nature of our tariff relationship with the U.S., and trade issues with China, I ...more
Kylee Raftis is top Canadian woman at Boston Marathon
Sports
This past spring marathoner Kylee Raftis became the fastest Canadian woman running the Boston Marathon with a blazing time of 2:34:41. Her path to hitting her personal best and making Canada proud should not come ...more
Leaside High’s Helen Panayiotou majors in marathons
Sports
This past March, Helen Panayiotou, curriculum leader for science and STEM at Leaside High School, joined a special, elite group of marathon runners when she completed her sixth and final race of the Abbott World ...more
Where’s the transition to our neighbourhood?
Development
The emerging residential tower community in Leaside East (from Laird to Brentcliffe on the south side of Eglinton) received another tall tower application recently. This one, for 39 storeys, is proposed for the northwest corner ...more
Canada counts! And Leaside is still a neighbourhood of neighbours!
Development
Stan Flemming’s call to action in the April 2025 issue of Leaside Life said it all: “Our country and our community are at a crossroads and it’s a good time to reflect on what makes ...more
Editor’s Welcome June 2025
Editor's Welcome
Last month we did something different: we literally wrapped Leaside Life in the Canadian flag. We put out the call to readers to show your true colours by displaying the maple leaf in your window. ...more
Leaside Rotary supports Leaside High School mental health initiative
Community
Leaside Rotary’s motto is “Passionately supporting Leaside since 1940.” We express this in different ways. One is providing funds to local initiatives focusing on supporting children. The most recent example of this was when Leaside ...more
From the Balkans to Bayview – Leasiders and the Holocaust
History
“You couldn’t live and work in Leaside in Toronto in the 1950s and ’60s and not know [Holocaust] survivors.” —Former Employment Minister Jason Kenney, on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s boyhood in Leaside and his hatred ...more
Let’s make a difference, together
Leaside Residents Association
Here we go again. Spring has definitely arrived, bringing with it a significant increase in commuter and recreational traffic. It’s also Toronto’s famed construction season, accompanied by a large number of heavy trucks on Leaside ...more
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“15 Minutes” The clock hands quicken their pace I think. As if they could escape the heat if they move even a little faster The scorching sun cause its heavy hands to droop. I wish ...more
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In response to the threat of American tariffs, we are doing our part at the City of Toronto to take action and protect our economy as part of the overall “Team Canada” approach. In March, ...more
