Leaside United Church 832 Millwood Rd. 416 425 1253 https://www.leasideunited.org/ Awesome Sale Dates – Fri., Oct. 13 (3-7 p.m.) and Sat., Oct 14 (10 a.m.-1 p.m.) Dropoff donations weekdays 9 a.m.-noon Monday to Friday …more
Leaside’s association with military activities is well known. During World War I, the town was home to the Leaside Munitions Company and the Leaside Aerodrome, where combat pilots trained before heading overseas. World War II …more
For the past decade, the Flemingdon Food Bank has been the beneficiary of fresh, organic crops, all grown and harvested by St Cuthbert’s community volunteer gardeners…the Gard’n Angels. I’ve watched this group struggle through the …more
A Walking Tour of South Leaside Welcome to the South Leaside heritage walk. This significant Leaside “zone” includes some of the grandest and oldest Leaside residences, curving “Garden City” streetscapes designed by Frederick Gage Todd …more
Last night I attended a community meeting that attracted 162 people to St. Augustine’s Church on Bayview. If, like me, you go to a lot of these meetings, you’ll know that 162 is an enormous …more
In this space in last February’s Leaside Life we described the influx of tall building applications at and within 500 metres of the intersection of Bayview north of Eglinton, and Eglinton west of Bayview. Guess …more
Over the years, I have written several Leaside Life articles about Toronto’s world-class ravine system – one of our city’s most important natural assets. The expansive Crothers Woods, located just south of Leaside, is an …more
Introduction This walk is the eastern half of a pair of Central Leaside walks, and as such shares the same Introduction as the Central-West Walk. Leaside is a designed cultural heritage landscape – it features …more
Veterinarian Larry Tung was not always a Leasider. But he has been one now for more than two decades, at the Laird-Eglinton Pet Hospital. The Toronto-born Tung initially headed for the Maritimes, and a while …more
In 1973, a group of Leaside girls approached a local boys’ hockey coach and asked if they could play in the arena. “We got tired of sitting around the arena watching the guys play. It …more
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