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THE BAYVIEW PIXIES: (left to right) Kerin Frye, Helen Godfrey, Maggie Rogers, Jo Ann Davis, Debora Kuchme, Hannelore Mohring, Janis Fertuck, Erica Van Loon & Carol Smith.
The Pixies work their magic on Bayview Dog doo, cigarette stubs, a diaper, coffee cups, wrapping paper and an old shoe – these carelessly discarded items have given heartburn to Bayview Pixies, the volunteers trying to beautify Leaside’s main shopping area. Pixies planted 750 plants under Bayview trees, then installed selfwatering planter boxes with cedar bushes and trailing foliage. But thoughtless people are making life hard for the “gardeners.” “I’ve given up on the tree pits (areas under trees),” said Chief Pixie Debora Kuchme. “You wouldn’t believe what we find. It’s heartbreaking. People tie dogs and bikes to trees. I even saw a woman pour coffee onto our new plants.”
While fearing some people “have lost their connection to nature,” Debora says more litter bins would mean less trash strewn among plants. “Beauty is for all to enjoy,” added Debora.
made offers. And after bids by five builders, a house on Millwood Rd., owned by the same family for 70 years, sold for $1,405,000. This was nearly half a million dollars above list price! (Note: it was probably built for $3,000.) Leaside property “is going crazy,” said real estate agent John Henry. (Also see Alan Redway’s column on Affordable Housing in this issue.)
Builders are driving much of the “crazy” property boom in Leaside. Two recently-sold homes drew offers from 16 builders. Prices? A MacNaughton Rd. bungalow – said to be uninhabitable – went for nearly $1.4 million. Eleven builders
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Will seniors flock to 1625 Bayview Ave. to get marijuana prescriptions filled? The owners of Eden store – billed as “Canada’s leading dispensary” for medical weed – clearly hope so. A clerk at the former What Lola Wants shop told The Idler that dispensary owners expect to have “lots of clients over 60.” The future of such pop-up dispensaries is in question, however. Ottawa is in the midst of drawing up guidelines for regulating the sale of medical pot. And Toronto Mayor John Tory has worried aloud about the “Wild West rush” of dispensaries springing up, and has said they may need to be curbed until laws are clarified in 2017. Some Toronto dispensaries closed following police raids. Look who’s 100? Leaside fixture Lincoln Electric celebrated its centenary on July 13, 2016. The firm is a leading industrial welding service
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and is still on Wicksteed Ave., the location which opened in the summer of 1940. Finally - The time has come for The (original) Curious Idler to bid adieu to the loyal readers of Leaside Life. Your “mystery” columnist has decided to bow out and let a new “mystery” writer “pull on the oars.” It has been a pleasure to share my meagre scratching with you as together we skimmed the froth and foam of life in Leaside. With best wishes to all, The Curious Idler Also known as Michael Pieri
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Turning half of a beer store into a tasty pizza place
Pictured: Kathleen Murphy, Greg Morton and son Raif. Not pictured: Sarah and Ross Wave and son Davis. We give $100 to help pay for a meal for three Leasiders at any restaurant in our area, the M4G postal code, which includes Leaside, Bennington Heights and the Leaside Business Park. Tosto is a collaboration between chef Nicolas Wong and MTY Food Group, a Montreal-based restaurant conglomerate. Our critics, two families, each brought a young son and made up a
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When the Beer Store at Bayview and Eglinton closed in August 2014, many Leasiders probably took their empties to the LCBO on Laird and never came back. But as our latest group of dining critics found out, if you were one of those, you’d be missing out on some pretty good food in an interesting place. The Beer Store beside the Metro supermarket is back, in smaller quarters, but with some of the old space now home to Tosto Quickfire Pizza Pasta, open since last November. It is clean, bright and airy, decorated in an industrial cantina style where everything is self-serve. You order at the front, receive a buzzer and pick up your food when the order is ready.
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I arrived a few minutes before our friends so I was able to set the table with cutlery, napkins, and water. We ordered the Caesar salad for everyone to share. Thumbs up! Their version includes arugula, which is a great addition. The kids loved it as well. The charcuterie plate was fresh, tasty and presented nicely on a wood cutting board for us to nibble on. We love that the pizza and pasta are all made from scratch on premise in their open kitchen. You don’t find that in many pricier restaurants, and the quality of the fresh food is reflected in all the dishes we tried. I ordered the carbonara, which I usually don’t because of the high calories, but I have to say it was definitely worth every bite and I will absolutely be going back for it again! My husband, Greg, and Sarah ordered the brasato pasta. It’s a rigatoni, with braised beef, green pea, pecorino, ragu sauce. They both loved it and were very happy with their choice even though they found it hard to choose from a selection of 10 different pastas. Ross ordered the affumicata (smoked) pizza, with tomato sauce, mozzarella, bacon, wild mushroom and green onion. When it arrived on its wood board it looked like a piece of art. Beautiful. (There was definitely a bit of pizza envy going on.) The affumicata did not disappoint. Ross had ordered the share size, which is a very generous portion, and was impressed with it all around. The kids ordered a single size pizza each. Raif had the affumicata pizza and thought it was awesome. He especially liked the big pieces of bacon and ate the whole thing. Davis ordered the margherita pizza and gave it a 10 out of 10 after eating his whole portion. We (the ladies) had a nice bottle of white wine, reasonably priced at $24, and the guys enjoyed their $5 Peroni beer. Our only complaint is that although the food was all ordered at the same time, Ross’s pizza arrived first, followed by the kids’ food, and by the time we got our pastas they had all finished their meal. That lack of timing made the dinner feel a bit disjointed and made it harder for us just to relax and enjoy it. We all agreed that overall the food is great, we appreciated the quality and enjoyed the atmosphere, and would be happy to go back again…although maybe in a smaller group. Tosto Quickfire Pizza Pasta is definitely worth putting on your neighbourhood list of places to try. ■
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LEASIDE LIBRARY, 165 McRae, 416-396-3835 ADULT and TEEN PROGRAMMING: – Adult Colour Party. Experience the latest trend in relaxation! Colouring sheets, crayons, markers and relaxing music. Recurring Tuesdays: Sept 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th, 7pm – 8:15pm. For all teens and adults. – Leaside Needleworx Group. Knitting and Crocheting at the library. Bring your own projects or start something new. Recurring Fridays: Sept 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th, 10am – 11:45AM. Everyone welcome. – Leaside Writer’s Group. Creative place to meet other like-minded individuals. Saturdays, Sept 3rd & 17th, 10am – 11:45am. Everyone welcome. – Life After Debt. Save thousands on credit card interest. Take years off your mortgage. Keep more money in your pocket. A presentation by Clint and Sharon Kimchand. Wednesday, Sept 28th, 7pm – 8pm. Everyone welcome. – Managing Stress: Foods to Support and Nourish. A presentation by The Big Carrot. Wednesday, Sept 7th, 7pm – 8pm. Everyone welcome. – Older Caregiver Cafes. Includes enlightening and entertaining presentations, refreshments and a ton of educational and support resources to take away. Thursday, Sept 15th, 1pm – 3:30pm. Please RSVP by calling 1-905-939-2931. – Play Reading Group. Join us in reading a thoughtprovoking play each month, from comedy to award winning drama. Saturday, Sept 24th, 10am – 12pm. Call to register. Limited Space. – Planners in Public Spaces. Meet with City of Toronto Planners to learn about plans for our neighbourhood and “Laird in Focus” study. Thursday, Sept 15th, 4pm – 7pm. Everyone welcome. – Puzzles/Games Night! Enjoy solving/completing jigsaw puzzles or playing games. Recurring Mondays, Sept 12th, 19, 26th, 7pm – 8:15pm. Everyone Welcome. – Shameless: The Fight for Adoption Disclosure and the Search for My Son. Author M Churley speaks about her personal and political battles to reform adoption laws and find her son. Wednesday, Sept 14th, 7pm – 8pm. Everyone welcome. CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING: – Maker Mondays. Drop in and create something unique. Recurring Mondays: Sept 12th, 19th, 26th, 4pm – 5pm. *Ages 7 and up ONLY* No Registration. – LEGO Club. Let`s build something awesome together! Thursday, Sept 29th, 3:30pm – 5pm. No Registration. OUTSIDE GROUP: – Leaside: Discover Your Heritage. Explore Ontario of Yesterday and today with Barry Penhale and some special guests. For more information please contact Marjorie McLeod at 416-425-1392. Tuesday, Sept 27th, 2pm – 4pm. Leaside Library. – Leaside Garden Society. The Leaside Garden Society meets nine times a year for friendly and informative garden topics. For more information call 416-422-0538. Thursday Sept 8th 7:30pm – 9:30pm (Meeting) and Saturday (Annual Flower Show) Sept 10th, 1:30pm – 3:30pm. Leaside Library. — St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church – 125th Anniversary. As part of the celebrations ministers who have served in this church will be with us. – Sept 11th – The Ven. Dr. Michael Thompson – Sept 18th – The Rev. Canon Beth Benson – Sunday Sept 25th will also be a special day – Welcome back Sunday with special Family Service – Friday, Sept 30th 7:30pm Homecoming Concert and Reception, led by Gary Forbes the Director of Music at St. Cuthbert`s with special guests. – Saturday, Oct. 1 – A Celebration Dinner – tickets must be reserved in advance. – Sunday, Oct. 2 – An old-fashioned hymn sing at 9:30 am, worship at 10:00 am, parish photo and reception to follow Canadian Federation of University Women Leaside-East York – September Meeting. Thursday, Sept 15th, 7:30pm at Northlea United Church, 125 Brencliffe Ave. Our speaker will be Mandy Deeves, RN, MPH, CIC speaking about “Ebola Virus Disease” A tale of Two Worlds. Visitors and new members welcome. For more information visit www.cfuwleasideeastyork.ca St. Augustine's Church, 1847 Bayview Ave Listen to great live music by local artists and have a coffee and dessert with friends. The Groove Room Coffee House, Sat Sept 10th, 7:00-8:30 pm featuring Mimi. Cost is $5 with all proceeds towards our Syrian refugee family. Contact Augustine@bellnet.ca
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All our new developments put a strain on sewer system As we know, Leaside is ground zero for major intensification. Every new development puts a heavy additional strain on the existing sewer system, which was already insufficient to deal with current neighbourhood usage. At the LPOA’s July board meeting, we heard an important presentation from Debra Satok, a resident of the North York neighbourhood of Armour Heights, who has spent years investigating the causes of basement flooding. If you’ve ever had a flooded basement after a heavy rainstorm, you know just how disastrous and costly the experience can be. Insurance may or may not cover the damage and (after the deductible) some of the cost, but it never erases the experience. Our sanitary sewers were not designed for excessive groundwater, which collects during heavy rainstorms. They are connected to each home by a sanitary sewer ‘lateral’, or pipe, which – under normal rainfalls – allows waste water to flow away from each house into the sewer. But when the rain is particularly heavy,
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and the soil saturated, waste water may instead flow into the basement through basement floor drains, sinks, or toilets. This can occur even if you have a disconnected downspout, backflow preventer, or sump pump. Satok has discovered that one key cause of this overflow is uncapped lateral pipes. When homes are demolished or rebuilt, new connections to the sewer may be installed. The old ones may just be abandoned, often uncapped. During a sewer surge, these open laterals allow wastewater to escape from the sewers and into the ground…and into your home’s basement. Why are these laterals abandoned? Detailed records showing the locations of these pipes when houses were originally built 50 or more years ago may never have existed. Finding and
Put this in your calendar! LPOA’s next board meeting is at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 7th in the Trace Manes building. We will hear a deputation from Steve Diamond regarding his major development proposal for 939 Eglinton Ave. East at Brentcliffe Rd. (See Geoff Kettel’s feature on this development elsewhere in this issue.) This is the property about which the LPOA and Councillor Burnside jointly distributed a detailed survey in the spring, for your opinions and concerns. Almost 2,200 of you took part – a very strong response. Councillor Burnside will also be holding an informational meeting in the near future. (Watch the LL and LPOA website for details). Both of these meetings are important: what is permitted at 939 Eglinton East will be a precedent for other proposed and potential developments along Eglinton Ave., including Sunnybrook Plaza and RioCan's current Canadian Tire site. Please try to attend at least one of these meetings! ■
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capping them can be expensive. Significantly, and unlike many other jurisdictions, Toronto does not require them to be capped. While some bylaws exist to eliminate excess water from entering the sewer system, noncompliance is rarely punished. City bylaws to reduce sewage infiltration need to be enacted and enforced. A thorough search needs to be made to identify and inventory the number of uncapped abandoned laterals, then to cap them. Before demolition of a property is permitted, the city should require builders to disconnect all pre-existing laterals on that property, and provide improvements to the area’s sanitary and storm systems. The LPOA board has voted to support a new bylaw to that effect. And, importantly, a significant contribution of this infrastructure cost should come from developers. The insurance industry is very supportive of Ms. Satok’s bylaw initiative. Reported water damage resulting solely from Toronto’s July 2013 megastorm cost at least $850 million. Basement flooding represents a huge challenge to their bottom line and subsequently to homeowners’ insurance premiums. Let our councillor know if you favour such a bylaw by dropping him a line (Councillor_Burnside@toronto.ca). The LPOA will also be glad to hear from you (info@lpoa.ca). â–
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By KEN MALLETT Leasider Ivar Liepins is 88 and can do something many of his younger friends cannot – play tennis for two hours without difficulty, thanks to excellent reflexes and limberness. Which is what he does twice a week at the seniors’ round robin social at Trace Manes Park, because, as the sports world says, “tennis is the game for a lifetime”. Liepins plays with 15 others in the group, the youngest a relative youngster of 55, and he is still able to give them a run for their money. “Many of the others,” says Pat Hynes, Trace Manes’ court supervisor, “are also doing something that a lot of their friends can't do. It also provides them with exercise, a chance to meet socially with other members and a friendly competitive opportunity that boosts self-esteem.” You could say that Liepins has tennis in the blood. “Both my parents played in Europe and I started lessons at age eight,” Liepins says of his early interest in the sport. “Soon
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came the Soviet occupation and no more tennis after that. We emigrated to Canada, and 18 years later I started again from scratch. “Singles allows me to give vent to my competitive spirit, but doubles are more forgiving at my age: I can easily play for two hours while enjoying the experience of different partners with their strengths and weaknesses. There is a nice camaraderie in our clubhouse, and I always go home after a morning's play feeling good. Tennis keeps me young, hones my reflexes, and helps me keep my weight in check…. It is truly a game for all ages.” Another player in her 80s is Rosemary Elmer of Hanna Rd. who has been a Leasider for more than 50 years. She plays Tuesdays and Thursday mornings to keep active physically and socially. “I started playing tennis when I was 11 years old in England, and when I came to Canada 60 years ago I joined Victoria College Tennis Club to meet and make friends, one of whom I married!” Would that be 30-love? ■
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Cover Story – Meet a new neighbour The bird in the picture of the above article is not a peregrine falcon but a merlin. My husband and I are bird watchers (very amateur), but when looking at the picture we knew the bird in it is not a peregrine. (They usually nest on very tall buildings in TO.) We sent the pic to our zoologist friend who confirmed our suspicion. Merlin. Still pretty cool as they have also made a remarkable expansion in the last 30 years. Used to think of them as a bird of northern forests, but now they are nesting in urban areas where there are tall conifers. Dana Armstrong, Manor Rd. East
Cover Story – Meet a new neighbour I enjoyed your lead story in the most recent issue of Leaside Life;
however, the photo featured with the story is of a merlin falcon, not a peregrine. “Peterson's Field Guide to Birds of North America” says that peregrines may be identified by their very distinctive dark patches on their cheeks. The bird in the photo does not have these patches. Doneve Tobin, McRae Dr.
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We live at Leaside Gate. Our daily walk takes us past a building site on Randolph Rd. There is a tree, protected by an enclosure that serves as a garbage dump. Among the garbage is an old toilet. We fear for the survival of the tree. What can be done, what can we do? We contacted 311 some time ago and got the enclosure, but it seems it is not enough. John and Ursula Buzacott, Leaside Gate
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process, paid the deposit to the city, retained an arborist, etc., etc. Imagine my chagrin when I walked to the next block and found 3 TPZs that weren't even close to code. Calling 9 the city was pointless as it turned out. So, yes, I will happily endorse the concept of a Leaside Builders' Seal of Approval. And thank you Carol Burtin Fripp for highlighting an ongoing safety issue in the neighbourhood. Not only do the majority of drivers ignore posted limits, most seem blissfully unaware of the need to actually stop at a STOP sign. TPS appears equally indifferent as multiple reports filed online have been ignored. It is only a matter of time before another pedestrian is injured or worse. Jamie Coulter, Bayview Ave.
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By JETHRO SEYMOUR As we head back to school, we will see the usual increase in home inventory. The fall market, while a busy one, is not quite as robust as the spring. Those thinking of taking advantage of this year’s market appreciation would be advised to list their homes before the snow flies in November. We may also see a pop as foreign investors start to look beyond British Columbia due to the 15% additional land transfer tax that has recently been added by the BC provincial government. The average price of the 188 homes sold in Leaside-Bennington Heights over the past 12 months (July 2015 – July 2016) has increased by 13.5% to $1,542,789. While the average price for detached homes is now approaching the $1.7 million mark, semi-detached homes continue to hover well over $1.1 million. During the month of July 2016, 16 homes changed hands in Leaside & Bennington Heights which was exactly the same as the year before. There were 12 detached home sales in July, representing a 140% increase from the past year’s 5 sales. The average dollar values of those July detached home transactions were up 17.7% to $1,526,958. The value of 2016’s year-to-date 100 detached homes was up slightly by 8.6% or $1,682,024 compared to the 81 detached homes that sold in the first seven months of 2015. The 23 semi-detached homes saw a 23.5% gain in average value over the 23 semi-detached homes that traded in the first seven months of 2015. So far this year, homes have been selling 12 percent above the listed asking price. The average size frontage of the 133 sold homes was 31 feet. The widest measure in at a very generous 53 feet and the longest was 200 feet - a ravine lot on Leacrest. As of August 15th 2016, there were 10 homes available for purchase in Leaside, down from last August’s 13 homes. The low supply coupled with the high demand equals a positive return on your investment, whether you choose to sell or stay. Economics 101. Class dismissed. __ Jethro Seymour is a broker at Johnston & Daniel. All figures are from the Toronto Real Estate Board’s Multiple Listing Service. ■
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By TIM SHORT Tim Short, 5 Randolph Rd., invites you to visit his home on Sept. 10, 9 a.m to 3 p.m., for a free sun-energy tour during the Green Energy Doors Open event. I became personally interested in solar energy a decade ago when I first started hearing about climate change. Digging into the subject on my own, I became convinced that change was coming to all of our lives whether we believed in it or not. Always one to be mindful of energy and water consumption (i.e. I didn’t want to pay any more than I had to!), I wanted to do even more than I was already doing. Right then, I also committed myself to sharing my learnings along the way with my family and local community. That brought me to harnessing solar energy, something that I thought many of my fellow Leasiders could also take up given the 100s of acres of asphaltcovered roofs that occupy our village. In 2007, my first real foray into solar, I installed a solar hot water
heater on my roof. Like clockwork, it has performed flawlessly and reduced my consumption of natural gas for water heating by about half. I love the notion of squeezing some of the sun’s energy hitting my roof into my hot water tank down in the basement. Then in 2009, after the government announced the passing of new legislation to transition Ontario to a more sustainable future, I took advantage of incentives and installed a PV (photo-voltaic) solar array on another part of my roof. This time, the system wouldn’t heat up my water. Instead, it would generate electricity. Although my house doesn’t actually use the electricity generated, because it goes onto Toronto Hydro’s wire running along our streets, it’s kind of cool to think that many of neighbours living closest to me have been running some of their lights, flat screens TVs, laptops, etc. off my solar array. And they don’t even know! My most recent initiative for harvesting solar energy was installing a smaller PV system on the very back
Tim Short at his energy efficient home on Randolph Rd. of my house’s roof earlier this summer. Without getting too technical, on very sunny days, this system actually either slows down my Toronto Hydro electric meter or often even runs it backwards. Yes, that’s right. Backwards. The electric meter goes negative. And before anyone accuses me, it’s legal. It’s called net metering,
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The future of Leaside? Readers of Leaside Life will remember that City Council made no decision, this past spring, on the redesign of Toronto’s ward boundaries. Instead, they sent the matter back to their consultants. The controversy continues! There is no guarantee that the final map of the city will place Leaside in one ward, as opposed to splitting the community into two separate wards, with separate councillors. The consultants will be holding four public consultation meetings to gather additional public opinion: – SEPTEMBER 14 (Toronto City Hall – Committee Room 3, 7 – 9 pm) – SEPTEMBER 15 (Scarborough Civic Centre – Committee Room 2, 7 – 9 pm) – SEPTEMBER 19 (North York Civic Centre – Committee Room 1, 7 – 9 pm) – SEPTEMBER 21 (Etobicoke Civic Centre – Meeting Room 1, 7 – 9 pm). Please go to drawthelines.ca for further details. The final report, with recommendations, will be sent to Executive Committee on October 26, and then to Council as a whole. ■
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continues to do so), and has also massively improved in performance. On an annual basis, the combined output of the two PV systems generates the equivalent of close to 70 per cent of my household’s total electrical needs. I could go on, but for anyone interested to learn more, please drop me a line at tim.short99@gmail.com. In the meantime, I’m off to catch a few rays. ■
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and you can expect to hear a lot more about it in the near future, because an increasing number of countries (e.g. U.S.) are doing it big-time. So after 10 years, what have I learned? A lot! More and more people are starting to ask me questions about solar, in particular people walking or driving by in Leaside. The cost of the technology has dropped by over 50 per cent in 10 years (and
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By ALLAN WILLIAMS It’s back to school time for the 2,000 or so students who attend one of Leaside’s five elementary schools and Anika Brophy has a message for each of them: “Walk or ride your bike to school and stay safe.” The twelve-year-old, who lives on MacNaughton Rd. and is entering grade seven at St. Anselm’s, is part of her school’s Eco Team. The team came up with three goals last school year. The first two concerned reducing waste. “We noticed that a lot of stuff wasn’t going in the right bins, either garbage or recycling,” said Anika, “so we had a competition to try to change that. We also raised money for a water bottle filler to reduce the number of plastic bottles. In the end we cut the school’s waste in half.” Their third goal was to get more kids walking or riding their bikes to school more often. Everyone agrees that more active kids are healthier kids. But why is this also an “eco” goal? “Because when more kids walk or ride to school that means there are fewer cars on the road and less pollution,” Anika explains. “Also, less traffic around the school means it’s safer for the kids who are walking or riding their bikes.” Anika and the Eco Team are not the only ones promoting this message in Leaside schools. Canada Walks, in partnership with MetroLinx, has been working with area schools to get more kids walking, cycling or taking public transit to school for child health and environmental reasons. Toronto’s school boards only bus students living more than about 1.5 kilometres from their school, so very few Leaside students are bused. An informal survey conducted by Canada Walks found that more than half of area students are still driven to school by a parent some or most of the time. They’re hoping to reduce that number. Jillian Walsh has been delivering the same message with a focus on safety. She is the mother of seven-year old Georgia Walsh who was struck and killed at Millwood and McRae in July 2014. “Our fear after the accident was that the message to parents would be your children can’t walk a block,” says Walsh, “but we want children to be able to have the independence to grow and develop. We want more kids to walk and ride to school and to do so safely.”
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Anika Brophy reminds a driver near Bessborough school to slow down and stop. Walsh says she wanted to honour Georgia by doing something that would combine fundraising for a tangible community project (see Playground Update, page 21) with promoting road and pedestrian safety awareness. “I partnered with Valerie Wood, who is immersed in the world of preventing accidents – and together we made safety presentations in 14 area schools this past June.” The schools included Bennington Heights, Bessborough, Northlea, Rolph Road and St. Anselm’s, and three local nursery schools. “We tailored the presentation to the age of the students, and the focus was twofold: our story of loss, combined with a message of hope. Sometimes the safety message alone, when not tied to a story like Georgia’s loss, doesn’t resonate. We wanted to ensure that this kind of loss doesn’t happen to other children, and to say it doesn’t have to because Georgia’s accident was preventable.” Walsh says that Wood’s part of the presentations “was aimed at empowering the kids; we’ve got to start the conversation about distracted driving and a child can be the most effective, impactful voice.” This means speaking up when a child sees a parent reach for the phone while driving. “At each school we asked, ‘how many of you have been in the car when someone has been texting or emailing?’” Walsh relates. “And at every school, almost every single hand has gone up. It’s an epidemic. In a world where adults are supposed to
be the mentors and role models, when they get called out by their kids, the likelihood of a change in behaviour increases exponentially.” Anika Brophy heard the presentation by Walsh and Wood at St. Anselm’s: “It was very helpful,” she says. “By the end everyone was ready to stand up to dangerous situations – not just drivers in cars, but also pedestrians who are using phones or earbuds. They are a huge part of the problem too. They can’t hear if a car is honking or they don’t pay attention to what’s around them and someone could get hurt again.” Anika added that “after the presentation we felt ready to speak out against people creating dangerous situations.” Anika and others from St. Anselm school will get a chance to do just that in an organised way later this fall. School principal Richard Walo confirms that his students will be assisting Toronto Police in conducting a safety blitz targeting bad driver behaviour in Leaside. “An officer will stop the vehicles for a chat, they may or may not issue a warning about an infraction, and then the safety message will come from a grade seven or eight student. We’re working with the police liaison officer on the date – it will probably be in late September.” “Coming from a child, adults are more likely to listen and to change their behaviour,” says Walsh. “We would love the same stigma that’s associated with drinking and driving to be associated with distracted driving – and clearly we’re not there yet – but it’s an evolution.” ■
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This is what LBSA might have prevented
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My previous S EA L O F A P P R O V A L column in July suggested that Leaside should come up with some kind of builders’ seal of approval as a way to ensure residents aren't bullied by badly behaved builders who care little about the people who live here and only about lining their pockets. The LBSA (Leaside Builders Seal of Approval), I thought, could be a combined database and ratings site that would ferret out the bad apples operating in the neighbourhood by chronicling resident experiences, both good and bad, when dealing with building contractors and the like. Little did I know that my story would strike a little too close to home for one Leaside resident who also happens to keep the neighbourhood safe working out of Station 321 on McRae Dr. A firefighter for 16 years, Dave Roynon grew up in Leaside. It's always been his home, and God willing, will remain his home for the rest of his life. Roynon contacted me by email shortly after the July issue was distributed to homes in the area. He wanted to let me know he thought my LBSA idea was bang on. He then proceeded to tell me his personal story of contractor hell, one that's cost him a lot of money, time, frustration, not to mention led to significant contempt for renovation and building professionals operating in the area. With homes worth considerable sums and seemingly appreciating on a daily basis, busy Leasiders interested in adding value to their homes are easy prey for sloppy contractors who
Will Ashworth The business of Leaside know people here have neither the time nor the inclination to supervise a job site from start to finish. As a result, many contractors charge top dollar for work done here, with absolutely no qualms about doing so. As P.T. Barnum is reputed to have said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Dave Roynon's tale is one that could happen to anyone, anywhere. It's relevant to Leaside, I believe, because those living in the M4G postal code tend to pride themselves on being very community-minded; detractors might call it hyper-NIMBYism, but there's no denying Leasiders are passionate about their neighbourhood. I believe that if a non-profit version of Angie's List can succeed anywhere, it’s in wonderfully old-school Leaside where resistance to development is alive and well. Roynon's story is a cautionary one. A single dad living on Fleming Cres., raising a son, and working as a firefighter, Roynon thought he'd convert the basement into a nice, incomeproducing rental property which would help provide him with the time and funds to support his son and home. A former colleague suggested Roynon contact his brother, who was, the colleague attested, a very capable builder. He did. More than two years later, Roynon’s spent more than $80,000 for a basement and deck
that's only about 60 percent complete. When I visited his house in July to discuss the matter, I happened to comment on the nice deck off the master bedroom on the second floor. He said, “I did that.” It's a shame that Roynon, who has little time to use his considerable carpentry skills because of his obligations to both his son and job, had to rely on a referral from a self-interested party who ultimately sent him down a twoyear-long rabbit hole. Roynon accepts that the money’s gone and he should have done a better job checking the contractor’s previous work but felt his former colleague's recommendation was the only assurance he needed. At this point he simply wants to make sure others don't make the same mistake he did. “For most, someone's home is the biggest investment in their life,” says Roynon. "Are people aware just how much damage contractors can do to your home once you let them in?" If you do let a contractor into your home, he advises, make sure you have a rock solid contract in place, because in his experience, without one, there is NO protection from the courts or the city, which tend to side with contractors. In Roynon's opinion, one I happen to share, Leaside residents can and must do something to protect themselves from unscrupulous builders and renovation specialists working in the area. The LBSA, along with an online tutorial for prospective homeowners looking to make physical or even cosmetic changes to their homes, would be a very good start. His loss doesn't need to be yours. ■
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A hidden river makes RioCan change plans 16 The Sunnybrook Plaza redevelopment proposal includes obvious planning issues, such as massing, height and shadowing, raised by a proposed residential building with twin towers of 19 and 12 storeys. But did you know that the site also features natural heritage interest because it is part of the Lake Iroquois shoreline and it includes the (now piped) route of the Walmsley Brook, the so-called “lost river” that crosses Bayview just north of the Eglinton intersection on its way to join the Don River in Thorncliffe Park? Residents of 1801 Bayview, the condo on the north edge of the site, have voiced their concern based on their experience of periodic flooding issues in their building. The City’s response to the high water table to be encountered by the redevelopment was that these are engineering issues dealt with in detailed site and construction approvals. On the west side of Bessborough, residents adjacent to the site began to realize that the heavily treed ravine slope starting at the back of their properties and continuing onto the plaza site would be replaced with a retaining wall a foot away from their property line, presumably resulting in a loss of infiltration and increased runoff. After some nudging by residents, who hoped to preserve the heavily treed slope, City Planning did agree to require the applicant to conduct a “Scoped Natural Heritage Impact Study.” The study, produced by a consultant for the applicant, confirms that “the site is likely located within the extent of the former Lake Iroquois.” Comments from Urban Forestry, the City department that required the study, offer important details: “Borehole information indicates that fill was placed onsite to raise and level the site for development (ca. 1950s) on land that would have been a valley. However the Study does not provide an indication of how much the slope face itself may have been altered in the past, whether the slope above the on-site retaining wall has been degraded, or in fact if any of the existing slope on-site and adjacent properties is natural. Further, the Study does not indicate the extent of alteration or impact to the slope that would be expected if the development were built. Where the proposed development requires modification
to the existing slope, the Official Plan requires that measures be identified to mitigate negative impact of development, on the natural heritage system and/or improve the natural heritage system. This could involve, for example, avoidance of the slope and/or providing more than an equivalent area of planting adjacent to the slope.” John Naulls, local historian and cartographer, has produced a map of the site showing the changes brought by the plaza development based on aerial photos. He also found evidence of land filling on the site in the 1940s, he thinks likely emanating from the excavations of Leaside homes under construction at the time.
subject property having greater than the regulated minimum size, and therefore protected by the City of Toronto bylaw. Of the 44 trees, 17 are proposed to be removed, including two on adjacent properties! And the report also notes that “tree protection measures will have to be implemented prior to demolition and construction to ensure tree resources designated for retention are not impacted by the development.” Although the city encourages the planting of native species, nowhere does it mandate destroying healthy, mature non-native trees. The LPOA and residents will continue to press with all their efforts to ensure that the Lake Iroquois ravine slope and its tree cover are main-
The other impacts relate to removal of a number of trees. The City in its comments on the study states: “The canopy loss is comprised mainly of non-native, invasive species such as black locust, Norway and Manitoba maples, and very few native species. Regardless, it is tree canopy on a protected feature, and it contributes benefits to residents of the city, as well as its wildlife….. With respect to mitigating or offsetting the loss due to proposed tree removals, replacement planting area and species have not been identified by the study, so the long-term impact to the site is unknown.” An arborist report, submitted by the applicant, indicates that there are 44 trees on and within 6 metres of the
tained and continue to bring “benefits to residents of the city, as well as its wildlife” for years to come.
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Update on the OMB appeals At a pre-hearing conference on July 26 the LPOA requested and was granted Party status and can therefore play a full role in the proceedings. In addition, Adam Brueckner and Linda Martin, residents of Bessborough Drive; Marney Charles, resident of the condominium building at 1801 Bayview; David Sprague, resident of Hanna Road; and Heather Mitchell, resident of Cleveland Street, requested and were granted Participant status. HIDDEN, Page 18
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The Chair refused to allow a request from RioCan and the City for a mediation, as the Board procedures for establishing mediation had not been followed. The date of October 12 was set for another pre-hearing conference when the Chair will decide the Issues List and the Procedural Rules for the Hearing. The next step for the LPOA and the residents is to prepare for the November-December hearing, including submitting what we see to be the key issues for the Issues List, and working with our lawyer and planner on our case. ■
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Terence M. Green
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Sci-fi right in the heart of Leaside By SIMON DAY If you’ve been living in Leaside all your life you may know about him, but for those who haven’t been, allow me to introduce you to Terence M. Green, Randolph Rd. Terence is an accomplished science fiction writer, with eight books published in his 40-year writing career – a huge accomplishment, and for anyone who knows about getting published, extremely difficult to achieve. The 69-year-old author is also a devoted family man, who loves spending time with his wife and three kids in Leaside. He moved to his current home in 2002, but he would describe it as returning home to Leaside, since he lived here from 1978-1985 as well. Terence started thinking of moving back to Leaside when his son, Daniel, was born. “I had fond memories of living in the Leaside area and wanted my son to grow up in a family-oriented neighbourhood,” he says. “It was the small town atmosphere in the middle of the big city and the great schools that led me to believe that Leaside would be the perfect place for my growing family.” Much of his writing is inspired by the area. He has frequently mentioned well-known spots around Leaside in his books. Laird Dr., Commercial Rd. and residential Leaside factor in early chapters of his novel “Blue Limbo,” published in 1997. “My own experience and my family history (going back for generations) have been my inspiration. There are stories there aplenty,” he notes. Terence uses his rich family background and his own memories of the neighbourhood that any Leasider will recognize.
Less recognizable, though, may be some of his sci-fi themes. Many of his novels deal with complex theories of time travel. “Shadow of Ashland,” for instance, which he wrote as a series of three books, incorporates elaborate time travel plot lines. Others, like “Blue Limbo,” deal with bringing the dead back to life. His most recent novel, “Sailing Time’s Ocean,” tells of a man sent back in time from the future to a 19th century prison. Over the course of his career in writing, Terence has been in the running numerous times for some of the most prestigious awards in the science fiction world – twice for the World Fantasy Award, multiple times for the Prix Aurora Awards. Now, with the advent of digital technology, all his works have been transferred to ebooks and are available for download on various formats. As he says, “The world clearly is changing in an almost revolutionary way; I’m changing with it.” These days you can find Terence imparting his wisdom to the next generation of writers as he teaches creative writing part-time at Western University in London, Ont. He has also taught at Mohawk College as a writer-in-residence and as an English teacher at East York Collegiate. As a member of the East York Board of Education, he collaborated with teachers in Leaside by editing community works like the “Cornucopia,” the East York student anthology of student art and writing. Any sci-fi fan – indeed any resident of Leaside – should try his novels. Terence left me with a final thought: “Writing, teaching, parenting…and a house in Leaside. How lucky can a guy get?” ■ www.tmgreen.com
Leaside is full of authors we don’t hear much about, but would probably like to. If you have recently had a new book published, get in touch: leasidelife@gmail.com.
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By DANIEL GIRARD Lee Melymick has thrown many pitches but never one this inspiring. Little more than a year since sustaining a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down, Melymick was back at Talbot Park, throwing out the ceremonial first pitch of a Greater Toronto-Leaside Junior League baseball game between his Leaside Leafs and the Oshawa Legionaires. “It was pretty special,” the 21year-old said after capping the pregame ceremony by steering his wheelchair to the mound and firing a strike on the outside corner to cheers from dozens of fans. “It meant a lot that my team cared so much to do this.” Lee Melymick Night at Leaside Baseball was just the latest example of the team – and community – supporting their teammate. A group of friends had the military expression “Leave No Man Behind” emblazoned on t-shirts. There were also scores of cards and letters sent to Lee to offer encouragement and inspiration. At the start of this baseball season, the players had “LM” stitched onto the arms of their jerseys in tribute to Lee. Then came the idea of having him come and throw out a ceremonial first pitch before one of their games, which grew into an evening complete with special gifts to Lee, speeches, a raffle and a donation from the Leaside Baseball Camp to the “Stand By Lee” fund to help pay for ongoing expenses, such as a specialized vehicle, possible out-ofcountry stem cell surgery, and research. While working a summer job cleaning windows and eaves to help pay for engineering studies at Ryerson University, Melymick fell more than 20 feet and severed his spinal cord on June 23, 2015. He endured three surgeries, suffered infections and other complications, and lost more than 70 pounds from his 6foot-4, 210 lb. frame. “What Lee has gone through and what the family has gone through, I wouldn't wish on anyone,” his older brother, Luke Melymick, 24, told the crowd at Talbot Park. “But what the Leaside organization has done for Lee...has helped him through the
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Lee Melymick throws out ceremonial first pitch at Talbot Park. whole process. “And, I would like to thank every single person here today for showing love and support.” Leafs Assistant Coach Howard Binstock isn’t surprised by the response Melymick has received. “This is not just a team, but a family,” Binstock said. “This has been a total life lesson for these young men with their future ahead of them, understanding that in a moment their whole life can change.” Nigel Eyton, 20, a teammate of Melymick’s for two seasons, said the accident “came as a huge shock out of nowhere.” But to see him back at the ballpark, smiling and joking with the guys was “thrilling.” “It’s great to see him on the up,” Eyton said. “It takes a tremendous amount of willpower and strength to do what he’s done to get to the stage he’s at now. It’s heart-warming.” And inspiring. A former high school baseball, basketball and football player, Melymick, who has completed two years in chemical engineering at Ryerson, has used sports as a key part PITCHING, Page 23
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Buckingham Palace congratulates Leaside Garden Society
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Buckingham Palace has taken note of the good work done by the Leaside Garden Society. Congratulatory greetings from Her Majesty the Queen, along with messages from Governor General David Johnston, Justin Trudeau, Premier Kathleen Wynne, and Mayor John Tory are now on display in the Leaside Library where the Society holds it monthly meetings. The Society is celebrating 30 years of beautifying our neighbourhood and has much to be proud of!
LGS plants and maintains several gardens in the community, in some cases with the enthusiastic help of Grade 3 classes from local schools. Each year there is a roster of fascinating speakers with topics ranging from vegetable gardening to pruning trees. Not to be missed are the flower shows, a plant sale and a garden tour. As you are walking around the neighbourhood, take notice of the “Gardens of Distinction” that were recently recognized by the Leaside
$900,000 to go for Trace Manes children’s playground project By ALLAN WILLIAMS “We wanted to take Georgia’s loss and turn it into something positive to unite the community,” says Jillian Walsh, “something to celebrate play and also celebrate her life.” That something is the planned renovation to the children’s playground at Trace Manes Park. “Our goal is a safe and inclusive park, one that is fully fenced in, with an accessible, rubberised surface and new special-needs equipment; changing
the wading pool to a splash pad and adding a shaded seating area under a trellis.” It’s a $1.2 million project and Walsh says about $300,000 has been raised so far, “through the generosity of local families and businesses.” And that’s not including funds raised at the second annual Remembering Georgia Baseball Tournament that was held on August 27. Anyone wishing to contribute can donate online at www.rememberinggeorgiawalsh.com ■ A note from St. Anselm's Principal Richard Walo: "At St. Anselm Catholic School there has always been an emphasis on the Catholic social teachings and on nurturing a strong home, school and parish connection. Parents and students attend monthly masses together and students receive their sacraments with their peers. This coming 'Year of the Parish' will include a number of community events focusing on the partnership between the church, home and school."
Garden Society. This year eight front gardens received awards that are a tribute to the loving care that Leasiders provide in creating interesting, beautiful, and welcoming gardens for all to enjoy. You can spot the gardens by the sign in front of each one. Among this year’s winners are 98 Parklea Dr., 33 Heather Rd., 87 Airdrie Rd., 11 Divadale Dr., 559 Broadway Ave., and 6 Fairland Rd. We encourage everyone to have a look, enjoy and be inspired! ■
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THE CHURCHES OF LEASIDE
Two churches merge to find success
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The Rev. Nick Athanasiadis of Leaside Presbyterian and the Memorial Window from the former Glebe church. By ALLAN WILLIAMS When Glebe Presbyterian Church amalgamated with Leaside Presbyterian Church three years ago, it wasn’t just a sign of the times – a propertyrich but cash-poor congregation with declining membership merging with another congregation in order to survive – although it was that to some extent. It was also a family reunion of sorts, with parent and child coming back together after decades apart. The Leaside church began life in 1942 as a mission or daughter church of Glebe Presbyterian which had already been a thriving congregation for thirty years. [See excerpt from Jane Pitfield’s Leaside, published in 2000]. “It was a different era then, when churches were expanding, as opposed to today when they’re contracting,” says Paul Kocher of Laird Dr. in North Leaside, “and the Glebe was a more established neighbourhood [near Manor Rd. between Yonge and Mt. Pleasant] than Leaside at the
time.” But sixty years later circumstances had changed. “Our biggest issue at Glebe was one of human capital,” says Kocher, who was part of his church’s leadership team throughout the amalgamation process that began in 2009. “The same people were circulating through the various leadership roles; the ability to sustain a vibrancy wasn’t there. We went through a process of discernment that provided the members the chance to shape their own future as well as sufficient time to let go of their past, which was critical. For a lot of people who had been a part of the church all their lives, letting go was not easy, but the discernment process made it a lot more manageable for them.” Peter Gordon has been part of the Leaside congregation for many years and currently chairs the board of trustees. “In the Amalgamation Agreement, which had to be approved by Presbytery [the denomination’s regional governing body], both churches agreed on a formal plan
covering four areas: our ministry, our people, renovations to our physical plant, and our legacy. And we did that recognising that we could be more effective together than apart.” The two congregations merged as of 1 January 2013. The Glebe building was sold and the assets transferred to the new entity. “The Leaside building is 65 years old,” says Gordon, “and was in need of fairly extensive renovations, which began in 2014 and are now nearing completion.” By the agreement, both senior ministers remained on staff although the Glebe’s Bill Elliott has since retired and the Rev. Nick Athanasiadis, who has been at Leaside since 1999, continues as the senior minister. “Both ministers did everything they could to ensure a smooth transition,” says Kocher. “Nick has been very welcoming to those of us from GPC and flexible too; a great combination. He was open to changes to accommodate the Glebe people and their sensibilities. He was deliberately open to the idea of changing the LPC name if that would have been helpful.” Kocher recommended they not change the name. “There’s value in the brand when it’s been around for a long time; changing the brand can hurt; the ties to the legacy brand are very important. But the fact that Nick was open to the idea was a meaningful gesture and appreciated by the GPC people.” With respect to the church’s outreach programs, Athanasiadis says, “We try not to spread ourselves too thin by doing too many things; instead we want to do a few things well and commit for the long term.” The congregation focuses its outreach efforts in four main areas. First is a “Kids Club”, for children up to 13 years of age from the wider community. “It’s an organised program on PD days, Christmas holidays, March Break and the last week of the summer before Labour Day; everyone is welcome and people who might not be able to afford it can come anyway.” Second is a long-standing relationship with Evangel Hall, a Presbyterian agency in downtown Toronto for the underhoused and homeless, that the congregation supports financially and with volunteers. Athanasiadis’s colleague, the Rev. Angela Cluney, says, “the young people TWO CHURCHES, Page 23
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From Leaside, edited by Jane Pitfield In the Spring of 1942, the students of Knox College, Toronto, conducted a survey of homes in the Leaside area. The official organization of a congregation began as a result of a meeting of interested people on October 28, 1942. Services of worship under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church of Canada were first held in the Bayview Theatre. Later, the congregation met in Bessborough Public School. Rev. W. T. McCrea was appointed the interim moderator and Glebe Presbyterian Church, located on the west side of Bayview, oversaw the congregation. By December 1942, the name of Leaside Presbyterian Church was chosen. Officers and committees were appointed to organize the church and Rev. G. W. MacKay conducted worship. Mrs. MacKay and Mrs. John Fernie directed the Sunday School. In March 1943, Mr. J. C. Hay, a student of Knox College, was called to be the minister. Ordained in April 1945, Reverend Hay served his congregation for ten years. Four lots were purchased from the York Land Company on the
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of the church are especially committed to this; they prepare and serve dinners at ‘the Hall’ five or six times a year. It’s a tremendous outreach providing homeless seniors with a support network, dental care and other needed services.” Third is ARISE, which stands for Advocacy and Reclaiming Individuals Involved in the Sex Trade through Empowerment. “This was a very deliberate move by the congregation to find something specific in the community that we could take ownership of and do some good outside our doors,” says Athanasiadis. And fourth is Refugees. “We are currently working with two other churches (Rosedale and Morningside) to sponsor a family from Syria. We know the family but they’re not
north-west corner of the intersection of Hanna Road and Eglinton Avenue in January 1944. Later the same year, a lot from the Fleming Estate that would allow for 193 ft. frontage on Eglinton, was acquired. Because of wartime regulations, special permission from the government was required in order to erect a church with a basement. James Wilson, a church member, was con-
here yet, unfortunately – the Feds have dropped the ball.” Today Leaside Presbyterian Church has approximately 175 members, another 50 adherents, “and many others from the community who are associated with the church informally.” Athanasiadis says that the amalgamation of the two congregations “has enabled us to do things together we never would have been able to do alone. It’s like a marriage, you don’t know how it’s going to go until you’re in it. But now, three years later, it’s a gift.” Paul Kocher, the former Glebe member agrees. “I have some experience with M&As [mergers and acquisitions] in my professional life: if you come in with an attitude that it’s going to be successful, it will be – that mindset is very important. The people from both legacy churches came into this with that mindset; and things have gone smoothly.” ■
tracted as the architect. The building, costing $19,000.00 and accommodating 225 people, was formally opened by Rev. A. O. Stewart, the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, on April 1, 1945. The first two elected elders, F. A. Willett and J. T. Carlyle, began the Kirk Session. At this time, Eglinton was unpaved and only two homes existed east of Bayview Avenue. In 1947, while Leaside High School was being built, it became necessary to hold classes in the basement of the church, located across the street. This accommodation was reciprocated in 1952 when the church congregation met at the high school while Leaside Presbyterian, now with a capacity of 500, was expanded. Bruce Brown and Brisley were the architects for this building which cost $160,000.00 When Reverend J. C. Hay left in 1955, Reverend Douglas G. Seaton arrived as the new minister. In October 1961, the new Christian Education Wing was built for $120,000.00. This addition included a chapel, several classrooms, a boardroom and a parlour. Today, the Leaside Presbyterian Church continues to serve the community and shares the church building with a Korean congregation. ■
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of his rehabilitation. He’s on the Ontario junior men’s wheelchair basketball team and recently tried out for Team Canada. “The reconnection with sports has been very important to me,” Melymick said. “It’s opened doors and given me a team atmosphere, which is great for my mental and physical well-being.” And, he said, that’s what was so special about returning to the ballpark with the Leaside Leafs. “It’s about being part of a team, belonging to something, not just playing the game but being part of the community. And, even though I’m not playing anymore, it reinforces my love of the game.” Donations can be made at: www.gofundme.com/standbylee ■
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By KARLI VEZINA Four-year old Brooke Beales may be Leaside’s tiniest little helper this Halloween. With the help of her mother Meredith Ashton Beales, Brooke has put together the Little Pumpkins Inaugural Halloween Kids Costume Drive for young families in need. When asked what inspired her to become a Halloween helper, Brooke said that when her mother told her there were kids without costumes, she said, “It kinda made me sad that some children don’t have any.” Her mother Meredith added, “It's never too early to start instilling in kids the importance of giving back to the community.” Halloween is special to the Beales family as they’ve had wonderful Halloween experiences in Leaside since moving here two years ago. Given that Brooke enjoys playing dress-up and loves Halloween, a kids’ costume drive
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Brooke Beales seemed like a natural way to give back. Mom was right because Brooke is having fun and hopes to participate every year. The Little Pumpkins Kids Costume Drive will be accepting new or gently used costumes and accessories in all children’s sizes until October 1st. Donated costumes go to New Circles (newcircles.ca), Massey Centre (massey.ca) and Jessie’s Centre (jessiescentre.org), which will oversee the distribution of the spooky threads. Costumes will be given to families at no charge. A collection box will be on hand at the Leaside Rotary Club Annual Corn Roast at Trace Manes Park on September 18th for new and gently used kids’ costumes. The Leaside Presbyterian Church at 670 Eglinton Ave. and GymKats at 1659 Bayview Ave. will also be accepting donations. To say thank you, Whittamore’s Farm will donate a small pumpkin to the little helpers in exchange for each costume donation. How can families find just the right spooky costume? According to
Poppy Phioukham of New Circles, “We set up all of our donated costumes in a room, we put them on hangers and they are displayed on rolling racks – essentially it looks like a kids’ costume department. Our client families who have children 12 years and under make an appointment and come to choose their costume at that time. We have volunteers who assist families with choosing the costumes and any accessories. When they sign the costumes out, we also give some treats and a new backpack with school supplies. The kids get to keep everything they take.” Last year’s Halloween costume drive garnered around 100 eager recipients at New Circles alone. This year, New Circles, Massey Centre and Jessie’s Centre hope to brighten up Halloween for even more trick-ortreaters. If you have a costume donation and would like more information, email Brooke or Meredith at littlepumpkinsdrive@gmail.com before October 1st. ■
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By GERRI GERSHON Our neighborhood schools have a “HUGE- really huge” quality rating. And I say this not because I am partial to hyperbole like Donald Trump, but because I am a long-time trustee and I have had some unique experiences. As former president of both the Ontario and Canadian School Boards Associations, I have visited schools across Canada and around the world. The reputations of our local schools are true. They are innovative, comprehensive and tuned-in to learning in the 21st century. Here are some small examples: Shams Mehdi, a Leaside High School student, has been chosen from all the schools in the city (about 600) to represent students as a TDSB Student Trustee. Along with one other student, and adult trustees, he’ll debate important educational issues. It’s a tremendous accomplishment and we wish him well. When I speak of Leaside to others, social justice learning comes to mind. Leaside is a leader in LBTGQ issues and has an effective and active Gay Straight Alliance Committee. Students can also choose a course on genocide where they learn about hatred and discrimination so they might better serve the world. Parents would also be impressed at the mock United Nations assembly held yearly, through which
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students demonstrate their high levels of global awareness. When I think of Northlea Elementary and Middle School the first thing that comes to mind is music. Northlea students have consistently won acclaim in the Kiwanis Festivals competing against hundreds of schools. Of course the school has many other accomplishments, among them the magnifique French Immersion program, parent involvement leadership, intramural sports and special education programs. Rolph Road Elementary School has a strong focus on environmental issues. Its walk-to-school initiatives (originally led by Danny and Ayeh Dubiner) have attracted the attention of schools across the city. A water filling station was installed in the school so students can keep hydrated and forgo plastic bottles. The kids support all sorts of important causes, such as Cuts for Cancer and The Heart and Stroke Foundation, and locally-initiated campaigns like Jump for Georgia and Sarah’s Food Drive. Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle School is renowned for its STEM initiatives. For those not familiar with STEM, it is a highly effective approach to teaching, which integrates science, technology, engineering and math. At the middle school level, outstanding teachers such as Neil Casey lead the way. Lest you think that Bessborough is all computers and pulleys, did you see the boot camp taking place in their fields? As a parent-sponsored enrichment initiative, all students were out on the artificial turf, jogging, sprinting, leaping and making their way through obstacle courses. Not a piece of cake! Along with strong academic scores, Bennington Height Elementary School students enjoy a variety of programs
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At its July meeting Toronto City Council voted to approve the proposal of Leaside’s arena board to convert the existing billboard located on arena property at the intersection of Millwood and Laird to an electronic sign. The proposal called for advertising on the southeast side only – facing away from Leaside, while the northwest side would display community-related public service messages at the discretion of the arena board, and include identifying graphics of Leaside Memorial Community Gardens. The rent to be paid by Outfront Media will put $60,000 a year into the arena board’s coffers which will help offset ice rental costs for the community user groups like the Leaside Hockey Association, Leaside Skating Club and the Toronto Leaside Girls Hockey League. Councillor Jon Burnside supported the proposal and told Council that he had received over 300 signatures on a petition in favour of the plan, as well as 45 emails in support, as compared to just five opposed, one of which was from the LPOA. Has a precedent now been set for more digital billboards in Leaside? â–
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The Diamondcorp proposal for 939 Eglinton East (at Brentcliffe), the largest development application ever in Leaside, has been revised. The original plans for 1,500 residential units has been reduced to a now proposed 981 residential units. What would have been, four towers, two with heights of 19 and 24 storeys connected by an 8-storey mid-rise building, and two with 31 and 34 storeys, connected by an 8-storey mid-rise building is now proposed as three towers of 14, 19 and 31 storeys connected by a 9-storey podium fronting Eglinton and Brentcliffe, representing 800,000 sq. ft. of density. The south portion of the existing building is retained as commercial with the addition of a new 0.2 acre mini-park. The revised proposal has somewhat reduced density, and the design is improved and this has apparently impressed most of the working group members. However, in parallel to the deliberations of the working group, the LPOA, in conjunction with Councillor Burnside, conducted a comprehensive resident survey with respect to 939 Eglinton East (see Leaside Life June 2016). An overwhelming majority (92.7 per cent) of the almost 2,200 respondents didn’t think the earlier development proposal which included buildings over 11 storeys was appropriate for Leaside. Only 5.5 percent indicated that they supported the original Diamondcorp proposal. In a June 15 letter to City Planning regarding the revised proposal, the LPOA concluded that “the proposed massing of 1,000 units, and tower heights ranging from 14 to 31 storeys, is inappropriate for this property and contrary to Official Plan policies for Mixed Use areas. A mid-rise form of development and density would be more appropriate for the subject property.” We are now in Year 3 of Diamondcorp’s development application for 939 Eglinton East. Back in 2013, when they first applied for their OP amendment, City staff should have told them that the application represented a proposal for a major new community within Leaside, and that a secondary plan or detailed set of planning policies, developed with input from the com-
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Saving old Leaside munity, would be needed to guide such a development, as required by section 3.3 of the Official Plan. They didn’t. What Diamondcorp is permitted to build is not only important in itself, but it represents an important precedent, influencing RioCan’s pending residential development application for the nearby Canadian Tire site, and future redevelopment of the adjacent Hyde Park Plaza. The much delayed Laird Focus Area Study (which includes the several large land parcels between Laird and Aerodrome Cres.), which is intended to “guide future development by providing direction on building heights, massing, transition” and many other variables, is finally set to begin. (See LPOA website for details on Open Houses.) Such an important policy commitment
should be honoured and completed before this critical development proposal is reviewed. What happens next? The concepts presented to the working group are not yet reflected in a revised application to the City, and as such have no official status. Diamondcorp has appealed to the OMB regarding the failure of the City to make a decision within the time limits set out. On Wednesday September 7 at the LPOA’s monthly directors’ meeting Stephen Diamond will be attending to present his revised proposal. All are welcome. Councillor Jon Burnside is planning a meeting in the near future – watch the LL and LPOA websites for more information. These meetings represents YOUR opportunity to have your say on the 939 Eglinton development. Please plan to attend one or both meetings. The presentation to the working group and some detailed drawings are available on the North York Planning website: www1.toronto.ca/ (search 939 Eglinton). ■
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Take a flyer on those flyers!
One of the perks of my litter walkabouts is the opportunity to catch up with neighbours and friends. Our conversations traditionally span a wide range of topics and end, of course, with a discussion of their personal litter pet peeve. Today I was doing my morning cleanup at the Trace Manes Children’s Park (not too bad‌two Starbucks plastic iced tea cups with Mark’s name on them and a pile of dog poop by the wading pool) when I ran into a neighbour. As usual we bounced from topic to topic and finally landed on her husband’s litter pet peeve: flyers which get posted on their front yard lamp post. “The only ones I leave up are for lost dogs.â€? I must admit that this is also one of my litter pet peeves. Earlier in the week, as I was removing a flyer for
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dog walking, I was actually approached by a woman on a bike who asked me why I was removing her poster. She said “I use it as a free way to advertise my services and build my business.â€? To all the local small businesses – I admire your entrepreneurial spirit and wish you every success. Unfortunately, your flyers end up creating a mess. Inevitably, these pages get ripped, or rained on and left scattered on the ground, shredded or soggy. Or, your poster may get papered over and over by other small business owners. There is also a little known city bylaw created by Municipal Licensing and Standards that says posters taped or glued on hydro poles, bus shelters, and parking meters can result in a fine up to $500 per poster. So they may not be free after all. Rather than spending time and money creating and posting flyers, why not reach over 3,000 Leasiders with a quick post to the Leaside Community or Leaside Moms Buy/Sell Facebook sites? It’s time to let lamp posts do their real job lighting our way at night. â–
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Leaside’s free spirits Some have said that all Leasiders are law-abiding and hard-working conformists. The evidence that presents itself in front of our house is distinctly to the contrary. Judging by what we see out our windows every day, Leaside is visited almost entirely by free spirits: free spirits of all kinds, ranging from the stupid and dangerous to this generation's unchained avant-garde. The stupid and dangerous free spirits are the hundreds of motorists and bicyclists who every day ignore the Stop signs at our corner of Broadway and Bessborough. This very busy intersection, processing huge volumes of traffic of all kinds, including pedestrian, is a kind of every-driver-for-herself circus, with cars turning left, turning right, turning around, heading straight through, getting stacked up
and angry waiting for the Bayview lights, almost never actually coming to a full stop in the right place. The bicyclists, most of them heading east down what the city has designated as a major bike route, generally seem not to notice the Stop signs at all, or, if they do, assume bikes are exempt. Already gathering speed on the long downslope of Broadway, they just cruise right on through, trusting that the cars will miss them, and hoping that the silly pedestrians will get out of the way. When I'm one of those pedestrians, I sometimes feel like I'm taking my life in my hands crossing what used to be a quiet little crossroads. It's no longer quiet, lives are being put at risk every day at Broadway and Bessborough, and someday the worst consequences of freedom from traffic laws are going to happen here. Lightening up a little, the Bessborough parade always features a pleasing variety of street people of all shapes, sizes, and states of dress. Actually multiple states of dress one afternoon we observed. A young male construction worker had parked his car in front of our house, came back from work, opened his trunk, and proceeded to change his clothes. We admired his torso as he stripped to the waist, were bemused at the viewing when he went on to change his pants, noted his application of underarm deodorant, and guessed
there was no need to brush his teeth. Having given himself a sponge bath from his water bottle, changed into his good clothes, combed his hair, presumably done his other business at the construction site, the worker got in his car and drove off for a night on the town. Too bad we couldn't invite him to a Bessborough block party. And of course there is a permanent floating party on Bessborough, as on most Leaside blocks, as the freeest of all spirits, the beautiful little children of our community, toddle, waddle, wander, run, and whiz their ways up and down, in and around, the homes and streets where we live. Isn't it wonderful to watch 2-year old Suzie or Sammy exploring the world? Why shouldn't he or she turn up our walk, maybe to come to visit us? Why not enjoy our lawn? Why not walk on our driveway walls? To toddlers in a state of nature there's no such thing as private property, nothing so fascinating as a single dandelion or a lump of bird poo. You feel for the poor hovering parents, struggling to inculcate law and order, frustrated at every turn by little ones' total impulsiveness, torn between their own sense of propriety and their certain knowledge that spontaneity is beautiful. Oh go on, Mom, let them run, let them play, let them knock on strangers' doors. But for God's sake, be careful at that intersection. ■
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Why Leaside home prices keep rising Have you ever wondered why the price of a single family detached home in Leaside and elsewhere in Toronto is going through the roof? I often wonder whether my children and grandchildren will ever be able to afford to buy a house. I know, however, that I could never have afforded to buy the house we live in today if I had to buy at the present prices. The real estate agents will tell us that the reason for the high prices is location, location, location. But that doesn’t explain why the price of houses in the outer suburbs are also going sky high. The bankers tell us it is all the fault of the low, low, low mortgage interest rates. That is what is driving prices up they say. Those things may play a part but the real answer is just supply and demand. In 2005 the provincial government of Dalton McGuinty passed “The Places to Grow Act” aimed at restricting detached home building in order to preserve farm land and contain urban sprawl by requiring the city to increase its housing density. Since then the vast majority of new home construction within Toronto has been townhouses and high rise apartment condominiums. Since then additional single family houses are constructed only, when a builder buys an existing detached home, tears it down and builds two houses on the same property. Thus with new young families coming into the market wanting to buy a house and with the total population of the city increasing demand for detached houses has gone up by leaps and bounds, while the supply of detached homes is virtually the same as it was in 2005. According to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in the second quarter of this year in the entire GTA there were 46,152 condominium apartments under construction but only 39 detached homes. The result according to Economics 101 has been the enormous rise in the price of a
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house in Leaside and elsewhere in Toronto. So what about affordable housing? Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation tells us in a recent report that a condominium apartment is the affordable home for both the present and the future. The ever increasing high rise density will keep the purchase price of a condo apartment unit affordable, they say. But what if you and your family want to live in a detached house? It wasn’t very long ago that the “Garden City” concept of large lots and reasonably sized detached houses was considered “the Canadian family dream.” Apparently it still is. According to a recent Ipsos poll more than half of those intending to buy a home in the near future want to buy a detached home while only one quarter want to buy an apartment condominium. Good luck, unless both you and your spouse have very high paying jobs to meet the mortgage payments, even with these low, low, low interest rates your future lies in a condo unit whether or not that’s what you want. Years ago we thought of Montrealers as apartment dwellers and East Yorkers and other Torontonians as detached home owners. Not so any more, the times they are a changing! ■
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Leaside funny man Terry Fallis, author of The Best Laid Plans, will be the guest speaker at the 4th annual Leaside Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and reception on November 18th at Leaside Arena, organisers have announced. “Terry Fallis was born and raised in Leaside, he was a Leaside hockey coach, his sons played sports here, and he’s a very funny guy, so we thought he’d be the perfect choice,” said Hall of Fame co-chair Tim Wright, of Hanna Road. “This will be a great opportunity for the community to hear him speak.” The Leaside Sports Hall of Fame was set up in 2013 to celebrate sport in Leaside. For more information and tickets visit www.LeasideSports.com. ■
Kiss the Jack LEASIDE LAWN BOWLING TO HOST PROVINCIALS Interested in seeing Ontario’s very best Lawn Bowlers take to the Green? Then, come on down to Talbot Park on Sept. 17th & 18th and watch 32 men and women from across the province battle to earn the title of Ontario Provincial Champion. Need more info? www.leasidebowls.ca
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If you’ve been at Bathurst and Lawrence or at the Ferry Docks, you’ve likely seen some of Cristina Delago’s mosaic work. And come September, you’ll be able to admire her latest mosaic project at the Coxwell TTC and Toronto Parking Authority properties on the Danforth. Cristina grew up in a small village in the Italian Alps. She came to Toronto to attend the Ontario College of Art & Design…and never left. She and her husband originally lived in Cabbagetown, but when they decided to start a family, they moved to Leaside, 27 years ago. They wanted to move to a safe neighbourhood with good schools. Cristina and her husband found a bungalow on Parkhurst in the block between Hanna and Rumsey, which her husband then turned into the twostorey house they now enjoy. Their son attended Northlea, Bessborough and Leaside High. “I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the city,” says Cristina, who enjoys being able to walk in the neighbourhood. Cristina’s original artistic love was handcrafted tiles and architectural elements. Over the past nine years, she’s also become enamoured of mosaic work. She has a huge collection of tiles, broken china and other recycled pieces that she uses to “create something beautiful.” For the Danforth project, spearheaded by East End Arts, she will be supervising 10 young people with artistic skills. Half come from the neighbourhood, and she has recruited the others from other parts of the city. This mural is 8 feet tall and 180 feet long, with three walls with themes representing the past, present and future. The Leaside Aerodrome will be featured, as well as a quote by Agnes Macphail: “We face all our trouble alone.” She feels that “art brings healing,” especially “in little neighbourhoods that have issues.” For this NEIGHBOUR, Page 38
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“We kept experimenting with various ways of doing barbecue, and we took time to travel, especially in the southern U.S., where we found many different ways of cooking meat. What appealed to us most was Texas barbecue, a 24-hour process from brining to smoking with an oak wood fire, with no gas and no electricity.� At the Wicksteed location, Adam has really upped his game from running the food truck to operating a full-blown retail location. He serves lunch only, because that’s the way it’s done in Texas, and it’s the way he can make sure the brisket, spare ribs, sausage (customized flavour combos are made three times a week), pulled pork and turkey breast are cooked to perfection as the customers arrive. And arrive they do. The day I visited, there were any number of hungry diners, from construction workers and men in business suits to
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moms and elegant Holt Renfrew types. Each weekday at least 120 people show up starting before 11 a.m. to ensure they get their BBQ fix before Adamson’s closes two or three hours later. This limited lunch schedule allows Adam to continue his catering business. He’ll often hitch up a smoker to his truck and provide the same sort of experience as at his restaurant. “I love what I do,â€? he proclaims. “I work 16-hour days and don’t really enjoy time off. When we opened in April, there were four of us working at the business, including one parttime. Now we’re up to seven, and we want to hire two more.â€? In the meantime, there’s just one meat supplier, who delivers as needed for a good customer. There’s also a wood supplier, who delivers a bush cord of dried, split oak every week, and three portable smokers, as well as a big one in the restaurant itself. Adam and Alison are doing so well with Adamson’s that now they’re glad they decided to open the business in, of all places, Leaside. â–
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When you think cool, hip and happening, Leaside may not be the first place that springs to mind. Ossington, Corktown, Distillery District, definitely. But Leaside? Yet that’s exactly where Leasider Adam Skelly chose to set up a barbecue business in April that is attracting notice well beyond the neighbourhood. Adam’s family are Leasiders through and through. His father owned a business in the Leaside industrial area, and Adam and his life and business partner, Alison Hunt, live just over the Leaside Bridge in East York. “I grew up in Leaside, but it isn’t where I wanted to locate my barbecue,� says the 29-year-old. His father had offered him generous industrial space at 176 Wicksteed, but Adam had other ideas. After a year of futile searching for the perfect location, Adam decided to take his dad up on his offer. Over the past four years Adam has grown from being a person who did some barbecuing and smoking meat in his back yard, to the coowner with Alison of a small business, Stoke Stack BBQ Catering Company and food truck.
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