Laird Drive

DAILY UPDATES 

Leaside Daily Updates: March–April 2020

April 30, 2020November 22, 2020 Streeter staff Bayview Avenue, bike lanes, Butterfly Canoe, cancellations, coronavirus, Davisville Avenue, Distantly, essential workplaces, extreme weather, garbage, Laird Drive, Lake Leaside, Leaside Park, long-term care, Mabel's Fables, parks, Patrick Rocca, shutdowns, Toronto Police, traffic iights, yard waste

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Leaside neighbourhoods.

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Back for its fourth year, Lake Leaside offering a rest stop for the birds

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Rodger Burnside geese, Laird Drive, Lake Leaside, Vanderhoof Avenue

Lake Leaside, the annual flood that fills the excavation on Vanderhoof Avenue, east of Laird Drive, with water every spring has returned.

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DAILY UPDATES 

Leaside Daily Updates: January–February 2020

February 29, 2020November 27, 2020 Streeter staff Bayview Avenue, coronavirus, Eglinton Avenue East, Evergreen Brick Works, extreme weather, Laird Drive, Leaside Ladies Night Out, Maya Zibaie, pedestrian accident, rink, shooting, speeding, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, theft, Toronto Police, Winterlicious

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Leaside neighbourhoods.

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DAILY UPDATES 

Leaside Daily Updates: June–August 2019

August 31, 2019October 30, 2019 Streeter staff Bayview Avenue, Bennington Heights Day Care, Bennington Heights Drive, Bennington Heights Elementary School, bomb scare, Canadian Automobile Association, diabetes, Edna Beange, Edna Beange Lane, Eglinton Avenue East, InsideOut Studio, Jaye Robinson, John Tory, Kathleen Wynne, Laird Drive, Leaside High School, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Rob Oliphant, shooting, Spring Into Action, Sunnybrook Park, Sutherland Drive, Toronto Police

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Leaside neighbourhoods.

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Sports 

Black belt test day for karate students on Laird

June 18, 2019July 14, 2019 Rodger Burnside Don Rtter, karate, Laird Drive

Four students received black belts on June 13 at Don Ritter Karate Studio on Laird Drive, wioth Nicholas Short getting his adult level black belt.

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Leasiders upbeat in ‘Jurassic Park’ despite Raptors’ loss

June 3, 2019 Streeter staff Amsterdam Barrel House, Esandar Drive, Jurassic Park, Laird Drive, Patrick Rocca, Toronto Raptors

They may not have got the result they were hoping for. But about 200 Leasiders enjoyed cheering on the Raptors together last night from Jurassic Park.

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Leaside Daily Updates: May 2019

June 1, 2019July 11, 2019 Streeter staff Bayview Avenue, Bennington Heights Day Care, Bennington Heights Drive, Bennington Heights Elementary School, bomb scare, Canadian Automobile Association, diabetes, Edna Beange, Edna Beange Lane, Eglinton Avenue East, InsideOut Studio, Jaye Robinson, John Tory, Kathleen Wynne, Laird Drive, Leaside High School, Rob Oliphant, shooting, Spring Into Action, Sunnybrook Park, Sutherland Drive, Toronto Police

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Leaside neighbourhoods.

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Leaside storefronts smashed in rampage by car

May 30, 2019May 31, 2019 Jay Garak Brentcliffe Road, Eglinton Avenue East, Laird Drive, mischief, Stickney Avenue, Toronto Police, Wicksteed Avenue

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

May 30, 2019October 16, 2019 Andrea Freedman InsideOut Studio, John Tory, Laird Drive, Spring Into Action

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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Community Events THINGS TO DO 

May 25: Spring into action by walking or running in Leaside

May 11, 2019June 15, 2019 Streeter staff Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, InsideOut Studio, Laird Drive, Spring Into Action, Sutherland Drive

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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Robinson victorious in expanded Don Valley West

October 23, 2018December 22, 2018 Alexei Malakhov and Eric McMillan Don Valley West, Jaye Robinson, Jon Burnside, Laird Drive, municipal election, Uptown Pub, Yonge Street

Jaye Robinson is now councillor for a ward called Don Valley West that is almost twice as large as the ward she previously represented.

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On way to winning 5K run, he got lost

May 28, 2018June 15, 2019 Dennis Hanagan Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, InsideOut Studio, Laird Drive, run, Spring Into Action, Sunnybrook Park

Getting lost didn’t stop Shion Ramsay from finishing first in the 13th Annual Spring Into Action run that set out from InsideOut Health + Fitness studio on Laird Drive on May 26.

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Community Events THINGS TO DO 

May 26: Spring Into Action walk or run

May 12, 2018June 15, 2019 Streeter staff Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, InsideOut Studio, Laird Drive, Mental Health, Sunnybrook Park

Toronto’s 13th annual Spring Into Action! Walk or Run for Mental Health takes place on May 26 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.,  beginning at InsideOut Health + Fitness studio at 210 Laird Dr.

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THINGS TO DO 

May 6: Jane’s Walk on Leaside’s great divide

April 22, 2018May 4, 2018 Streeter staff Canada Wire, Jane's Walk, Laird Drive

The Jane’s Walk in Leaside on May 6 is Between Homes and Jobs: A Walk Down Laird Drive, focusing on the divide between the neighbourhood’s industrial and residential areas as laid out in 1912.

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NEWS 

Development sparks discussion at town hall

February 8, 2018February 12, 2018 Streeter staff Georgia Walsh, John Andreevsky, Jon Burnside, Laird Drive, Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, McRae Drive, Metrolinx, Millwood Road, Shane Baghai, Southvale Drive, town hall

The issue of development, as might be expected, provided the few sparks at Councillor Jon Burnside’s annual Leaside Town Hall on Feb. 5.

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