Curious Idler
The Curious Idler March 2024
Slow down, you move too fast Speeding through Leaside is easy to do. Recently the Idler was going down Rolph Road when he noticed a sign indicating that a new municipal speed camera will soon …more
Month: March 2024
Events
Leaside Events March 2024
Index of Event Advertisers Canadian Federation of University Women Leaside Curling Club Leaside Garden Society Leaside Library Leaside United Church Northlea United St. Augustine of Canterbury Anglican Church St. Cuthberts World Day of Prayer Friday, …more
People
Diane Gray remembers a quieter Leaside
Diane Gray’s maternal grandfather, W.T. Oliver, was a housebuilder in Leaside and East York. He would purchase a lot or two, build houses on them, move into one, buy another few lots… rinse and repeat. …more
Editor's Welcome
Our own Agnes Macphail Award recipient
One day, Leaside Life co-owner Jeff Hohner took me aside and said, “There’s someone I’d like you to meet. I think she’d be a great addition.” He told me that this writer had a particular …more
Sports
Leaside baseball pioneer honoured
This makes me very happy. Last month the man whom I always consider to be Mr. Baseball in Leaside – and has been for more than a half-century – Howard Birnie, was inducted into the …more
People
All in the (Goldhar) family
If the name Kathleen Goldhar rings a bell, it should: she is the daughter of the founders of Leaside Life, Ruth and Harry Goldhar. To say she has journalism in the blood would be an …more
Business
Meet the Marshalls, our new Canadian Tire owners
After nearly two decades, Jeff and Andrea Marshall, along with their two teenage children (Hope and John), can truly say they are finally home. As the new owners of the Canadian Tire store at Eglinton …more
Gardening
A gardener’s legacy blooms in Leaside
There’s a charming perennial border stretching along the northern fence of the St. Cuthbert’s vegetable patch. I saw it last fall when I was doing the Harvest Report there. It’s small, compared to the other …more
Business
Channel your inner culinary explorer in Leaside
The path to learning a new skill is seldom without twists, turns and detours. So, in a quest to stop fearing my own kitchen and to do right by my fancy pots and pans, I …more
Leaside Residents Association
News on the traffic front!
On Tues., April 2, after several months’ delay, North York Community Council will try to decide on a solution for what continues to be a safety problem in South Leaside. The location: Bayview Avenue at …more