Letters – February 2013
Do you know the right date? I always wait for a quiet time to enjoy Leaside Life, therefore it has taken me ages to read the December issue. The article on our growing flock of food stores was a good...
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Nice photo but… That’s an interesting photograph last month of the first airmail delivery in Canada to the Leaside aerodrome. But there’s something about it that doesn’t ring right. The date in the...
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I very much enjoyed reading the letter from Margo Holland in the March issue, and wholeheartedly agreed with her sentiments. Please let her know she is not alone! Following is the text of a letter I...
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We got a lot of complaints (RE: EG-BRENT 1280 condos in new plan, April, 2013) As LPOA President, I would like to take this opportunity to comment on the article by Will Ashworth in the previous issue...
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Send us your letters before the 10th of each month for the following month’s issue. An enclave for the rich I find the destruction of perfectly good homes in this area to be so immoral, but I can’t...
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Traffic study is too late I read in the weekly local paper that John Parker, our rep on Metro council, is trying to have a traffic study done in Leaside to see what can be done about the excessive...
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A thank you to good Samaritans A huge thank you to the good Samaritans that stopped to help me after a very bad fall on Bayview Ave. on July 2. When I finally raised my head and saw the warm smile on...
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Redway ‘out of touch’ about business park I am tired of reading Alan Redway’s monthly fret about the future of the Leaside industrial area. I find his description of the history of the area to be...
View ArticleLetters – December 2013
Is the wrong guy called out of touch? Reference Issue # 22, November, Redway Out Of Touch. Surely it is Barry Schneider who is Out Of Touch. Barry is correct in pointing out that Alan’s business park...
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Friday morning poop pick-up problem solved Throughout the month of October, a small pile of garbage — including dog poop baggies — kept appearing Friday mornings on Rumsey Rd. in the exact location the...
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A challenge to debate Leaside development Will Ashworth has it all wrong. To start with Yonge and Eglinton, there are more than 500 floors of condos in the process. The Yonge subway is beyond capacity....
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Oh Leaside, is every proposed change bad? Oh Leaside, is every proposed change something that will be objected to? Intensifying along transportation corridors is sensible planning. And two-storey...
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Our book club is committed to help Bayview The March 2014 cover piece by Patricia Phenix and the debate by Kettel vs Ashworth on pages 20-21, which focused on Bayview’s bleak business outlook,...
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Ashworth doesn’t get what’s best for Bayview Back in 2004 Councillor Jane Pitfield tried to get 1560 Bayview torn down for a parking structure. Fortunately the tenants at 1560 and the neighbourhood...
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The following is an exchange of letters about seeking heritage designation for South Leaside: I am pleased that steps have been taken to protect South Leaside as a heritage designation district but I...
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Two Gurkha films in the archives Lorna Krawchuk reports (July) that Gurkha Welfare Appeal (Canada) archives have been housed in the Tanager Ave. home of the late Major Michael Burke and his widow,...
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Low flying noisy aircraft make music to my ears Listening to aircraft flying into Pearson, I hear the sound of prosperity. I hear Canadian business travellers returning from other parts of Canada, the...
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We are not the paper roll company Thank you for the article on St. Anselm’s 75th anniversary. I have many fond memories of my days there. However, I want to point out that my surname is misspelled —...
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‘Let’s change our pink ribbons to red’ I wonder if the neighbourhood would like to switch the pink ribbons we have all around our trees and posts for Georgia Walsh to red ribbons? The new ribbons would...
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Epitomizing spirit of Leaside in the ‘50s Re: Leaside Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony I had the pleasure of attending the recent induction ceremony for the latest entrants. My family grew up in...
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