Leaside Daily Updates
A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Leaside neighbourhoods.
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Neighbourhood: North Leaside
Part of historic Leaside, North Leaside is the defined as the part of the community north of Eglinton Avenue (between Bayview Avenue and Serena Gundy Park).
The many side streets here are lined with Tudor-style detached and semi-detached homes and bungalows with some new homes appearing recently. The neighbourhood is rather pretty owing to the nearby parks, including Serena Gundy Park and the large Sunnybrook Park, as well as the old oak trees that sit on nearly every generously sized property.
June 22: Leaside garden tour plus flower show
The Leaside Garden Society presents a self-guided garden tour. You can meet the gardeners, exchange horticultural notes or simply smell the flowers.
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June 22: Lemonade stand puts squeeze on diabetes
Diabetes Canada is hosting the Put a Squeeze on Diabetes lemonade stand at Lexus on the Park and Toyota on the Park, 1075 Leslie St., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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June 17: Public consultation on city council
A meeting is being held in North Toronto on June 17, a public session the city is holding to seek residents’ ideas about decision making in Toronto
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Eglinton East ranked worst road in Ontario: CAA poll
It’s official. Eglinton Avenue East, site of construction for the Eglinton Crosstown light-rail line, is now the most hated street in Ontario.
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Leaside storefronts smashed in rampage by car
At least 10 Leaside-area businesses and centres had their fronts smashed by a car driver on a rampage early Wednesday morning.
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Support for run and walk pours in despite rain
Even though the rain would not let up, but Spring into Action was anything but a wash-out. The 14th annual
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May 29: Cycle Don Valley Midtown club meets
The next meeting of the Cycle Don Valley Midtown club for Wards 15 and 16 is on May 29 at 7 p.m.
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Leaside’s Howard Birnie inducted into Toronto Sport Hall of Honour
The City of Toronto inducted Howard Birnie, 81, into the Toronto Sport Hall of Honour, under the category of Community Sport Volunteers, on April 5.
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May 25: Spring into action by walking or running in Leaside
On May 25, InsideOut Health & Wellness Studio and CAMH are hosting the 14th annual Spring Into Action! Walk or Run for Youth Mental Health.
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Am I addicted to my smartphone?
According to Dr. Nikola Grujich reaching for our smartphones throughout the day can be a normal response, a compulsion or an addiction.
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May 10–11: Open house for lawn bowling
The Leaside Lawn Bowling Club is holing an open house on May 10 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and on May 11 from 10 a.m. to noon.
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Four Leaside Wildcats alum on U Sports champion’s roster
Four former Leaside Wildcats are U Sports Women’s Hockey champions and one of them, Kaitlin Lowy, scored the the title-winning goal.
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How to avoid the common cold — and deal with it when you get it anyway
It seems winter is hanging on. But besides the cold weather, there’s another kind of cold that seems to be sticking around — the common cold.
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Volunteer work keeps marginalized from becoming victims: Macphail winner
Volunteer work gave her training to help get through the disaster that hit her life a year ago, Karen Fraser said in accepting the Agnes Macphail Award.
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