Here is your Toronto Leaside news for March 22 – April 4.
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Ontario Municipal Board okays old PO plans
A proposal to permit the building of a seven-storey (plus mechanical penthouse) at the corner of Malcolm and Millwood (the site of the former post office) has been approved. Click here to read more.
Request to demolish Elgie House
Renaissance Fine Homes is asking for permission to demolish the the heritage Elgie House on Bessborough. The city planning department has already asked city council to refuse the demolition request. Click here to read more
Upcoming Walks And Races In Midtown Toronto
Sporting Life – 10 K Race
Cause: A camp and in-hospital programming for kids with cancer.
Location: Starts at Yonge Street and Roselawn Avenue, and takes place along Yonge Street.
Date: May 11
Color Me Rad – 5 K Run
Participants get pelted and sprayed with a fresh colour every kilometre along the way.
Location: Downsview Park
Date: May 31
Meagan’s Walk
Cause: 13th annual fundraising event to increase public awareness about brain tumours
Date: May 10
Spring Into Action
Cause: walk and run for diabetes, Organized by Leaside’s Insideout Health and Fitness
Location: Sunnybrook Park
Date: May 3, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m
Laugh Out Loud in Leaside event raises $30,000
Laugh Out Loud in Leaside had it’s fifth annual event in March, which raised over $30,000 for the Flemingdon Park New Circles charity. Click here to read more.
Hear from North Toronto Residents – “What, if anything, do you think is missing from a complete retail experience in Forest Hill?”
Click here to read what local residents had to say.
Hear from Leaside Residents – “Are you concerned about the trend of local shops being replaced by chain stores?”
Click here to read what local residents had to say.
Leaside’s oldest home subject of dispute
Leaside’s oldest home, the Thomas G. Elgie farmhouse, might be moving. Developer Matthew Garnett took plans to use a hydraulic lifting system to divide the land into three lots. The Leaside Property Owner’s Association (LPOA) has opposed the move, and the City of Toronto’s committee of adjustment rejected the application in January. Click here to read more.
Midtown Toronto’s Art Shoppe debate reaching final stage
The conflict over a large, two-tower development in the place of the Art Shoppe in midtown may become a full-blown battle at the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). Click here to read more.
North Toronto arena rumour quashed
It turns out that recent reports that the ice rink located on Eglinton Avenue West just west of Yonge Street in Eglinton Park might soon be taken out are untrue. Click here to read more.
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