Lake Leaside Archives

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.

*FEATURED NEWS

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.

*FEATURED NEWS

Lake Leaside is back

March 8, 2018March 18, 2018 Rodger Burnside Jon Burnside, Lake Leaside, Vanderhoof Avenue

Lake Leaside has made its appearance again. The abandoned construction site on Vanderhoof Avenue, east of Laird Drive in Leaside, has started to fill with water again, as shown in the above photo in early March.

NEWS

The disappearance of Lake Leaside

September 12, 2017October 2, 2017 Streeter staff Jon Burnside, Lake Leaside

It was dubbed “Lake Leaside” by some local wags but others complained it was a danger, as kids or other sightseers could fall into the water.