Lights installed at Bayview-Davisville despite community split
Long-anticipated traffic lights have been installed on Bayview Avenue at the Davisville T-intersection, just one block south of the Millwood Road lights.
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Leaside Property Owners Association
Leaside uncertain about its prospects after recent election
Leasiders appear split on the recent municipal election — with North Toronto incumbent Jaye Robinson ousting local favourite Jon Burnside.
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Fate of Laird-Eglinton development awaits planning study, consultations
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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Remember your roots, Agnes Macphail Award-winner advises
“If you don’t have ceremonies like this, then people forget,” Agnes Macphail Award-winner Burtin Fripp told the audience Saturday at the East York Civic Centre.
Read MoreCould province finally be about to reform OMB?
Ward 22 councillor Josh Matlow believes the Ontario Municipal Board could be reformed after all.
Read MoreLeaside takes lead role in ward boundary review
Keeping Leaside together is one of the key reasons city will have 47 wards instead of 44 when the boundary changes come into effect.
Read MoreSunnybrook development height to be negotiated down: councillor
The developer behind the application to replace Sunnybrook Plaza with a pair of mixed-use condominium towers is eager to negotiate a final height for the project before its upcoming Ontario Municipal Board hearing, Ward 26 Councillor Jon Burnside says.
Read MoreSunnybrook Plaza plan going to OMB
The plan to replace Sunnybrook Plaza with two mixed-use buildings is on its way to the Ontario Municipal Board.
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Bayview development scaled back to please locals
Part of Bayview Avenue could eventually look quite a bit different if the latest development proposal by the Brown Group
Read MoreA stroll through Eglinton’s LRT tunnels
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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Southvale developer promises to collaborate — or sell
Near the end of a community consultation meeting on Dec. 2, luxury developer Shane Baghai promised the application-weary audience that if they truly believed his proposal for an eight-storey, 98-unit condominium at 3–5 Southvale Dr. would disrupt Leaside, he would sell the land.
Read MoreLPOA annual meeting calls community to action
A common theme loomed over all the presentations at the Leaside Property Owners Association’s annual meeting on Nov. 25.
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Costco approved despite local concerns
A Costco proposed for Thorncliffe Park that deeply divided residents in both the area and in neighbouring Leaside has been approved by the city.
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Ideas, not name-calling, main focus at Don Valley West debate
While much of the 2015 federal election has been defined by barbed exchanges between the three leading national party leaders, those who attended the Don Valley West all-candidates’ meeting at Leaside Memorial Gardens on Oct. 7 expecting similar fireworks probably left disappointed.
Read MoreTTC to close Bayview Avenue service gap
In 2016, South Leaside residents will finally be able to use transit all along Bayview Avenue without making a detour via Yonge Street, thanks to the efforts of Leaside Property Owners Association co-president Carol Burtin Fripp, Bennington Heights Residents Association president Hugh Grant, and Ward 26 councillor Jon Burnside.
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