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North Leaside street sign
NEWS 

Province’s new rules allowing sky-blocking tower in North Leaside

May 4, 2022May 6, 2022 Brian Baker construction, development, Geoff Kettel, Jaye Robinson, Leaside Residents' Association, Midtown In Focus, Ontario Land Tribunal, Ontario Municipal Board

The provincial government’s rewrite of Toronto’s Midtown in Focus plan has left North Leaside residents potentially in the dark.

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Jon Burnside on election night
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Leaside uncertain about its prospects after recent election

November 5, 2018December 22, 2018 Brian Baker Alan Redway, Doug Ford, Eglinton Avenue East, Geoff Kettel, Jaye Robinson, John Burnside, Leaside Property Owners Association, municipal election

Leasiders appear split on the recent municipal election — with North Toronto incumbent Jaye Robinson ousting local favourite Jon Burnside.

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Laird-Eglinton development site
NEWS 

Fate of Laird-Eglinton development awaits planning study, consultations

April 6, 2018April 13, 2018 Brian Baker and Rodger Burnside Carol Burtin Fripp, development, Eglinton Avenue East, Geoff Kettel, Laird Avenue, Leaside Property Owners Association

It may be overlooked amid all the construction taking place on Eglinton Avenue for the Crosstown LRT stations. But there’s another potentially massive development waiting in the wings at the Laird-Eglinton intersection.

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Carol Burtin Fripp honoured for local activism
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Now it’s Burtin Fripp’s turn as Agnes Macphail Award winner

February 19, 2018February 19, 2018 Streeter staff Agnes Macphail, Agnes Macphail Award, Alan Redway, Carol Burtin Fripp, Geoff Kettel, Harry Goldhar, Norman Crone, Toronto and East York Community Council

Toronto and East York Community Council accepted the recommendation from the Agnes Macphail Recognition Committee on Feb. 5 to name Carol Burtin Fripp as the award winner.

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NEWS 

Leaside takes lead role in ward boundary review

February 4, 2017March 28, 2017 Eric Emin Wood Geoff Kettel, Jon Burnside, Leaside Property Owners Association

Keeping Leaside together is one of the key reasons city will have 47 wards instead of 44 when the boundary changes come into effect.

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NEWS 

Sunnybrook Plaza plan going to OMB

June 30, 2016May 4, 2017 Eric Emin Wood Geoff Kettel, Jon Burnside, Leaside Property Owners Association, RioCan, Sunnybrook Plaza

The plan to replace Sunnybrook Plaza with two mixed-use buildings is on its way to the Ontario Municipal Board.

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VIEWS 

A stroll through Eglinton’s LRT tunnels

February 29, 2016May 3, 2017 Geoff Kettel / Leaside Property Owners Association Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Geoff Kettel, Leaside Property Owners Association

On Feb. 9, a contingent of residents from Leaside and Davisville were privileged to take part in a tour of the tunnelling progress of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project underneath Eglinton Avenue East.

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NEWS 

Homeowner loses fight over 9 inches at OMB

February 27, 2016March 28, 2017 Eric Emin Wood development, Geoff Kettel, Jon Burnside, LPOA

A group of Leaside residents, used to seeing the Ontario Municipal Board side with developers, are pleased by a recent decision that took their side against a house they say is too high. The homeowner whose appeal was dismissed, however, says he wasn’t trying to exceed the height allowed for his original application.

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NEWS 

LPOA annual meeting calls community to action

December 8, 2015March 28, 2017 Eric Emin Wood Carol Burtin Fripp, development, Doug Obright, Geoff Kettel, Jon Burnside, Leaside Property Owners Association, Rob Oliphant

A common theme loomed over all the presentations at the Leaside Property Owners Association’s annual meeting on Nov. 25.

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NEWS 

HURD AROUND TOWN: From farms and racetracks to Canada’s ‘Arrivals City’

May 27, 2014June 8, 2014 Larry Hurd Geoff Kettel, Jane Jacobs, Jane's Walk, Sabina Ali

I brought along some comfy shoes to go with my pen and paper for this assignment.

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NEWS 

Community pulled together to survive blackout

January 11, 2014 Town Crier staff David Sparrow, Geoff Kettel, ice storm, John Parker

When the power went out at the height of the ice storm that walloped Toronto on Dec. 21, Dave Sparrow instinctively knew the blackout would be a significant one.

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NEWS 

DEVELOPMENT: Meeting to discuss townhouse proposal

January 9, 2014 Town Crier staff development, Geoff Kettel, Smartcentres

Leaside residents will have a chance to learn about a development proposed for the northeast corner of McRae and Sutherland drives, Jan. 8.

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NEWS 

LRT change means fewer stations

December 14, 2012May 4, 2017 Tristan Carter Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Ferrand Station, Geoff Kettel, Leslie Street Station, Metrolinx, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Tunnel, West Don River

Move would see more of the Eglinton line underground

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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