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No. 17 • May 2013
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RioCan considering changing Laird plaza Councillor John Parker says RioCan is looking at the possibility of changing its development at Eglinton and Laird, where the Canada Tire store is now. That will depend on the results of a 2013-2014 city review of the Official Plan, which will consider the effect of the Eglinton LRT. The construction of the LRT has already brought forward a proposal by Diamond Corporation for a huge office-condo development at Eglinton and Brentcliffe. Parker said the province and city have a common view for Eglinton of mid-range development of four- to six-storey buildings. I
ONE OF THESE peewee minor bantam hockey players is our Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, in this photo of the Leaside Lions team in the early 1970s. To find him, see Page 6. At left in the middle row is manager Tom Poole, at right coach Chuck Thornton, both past presidents of the Lions.
Last chance to get back the Leaside Lions club Unfortunately, the best days of local service clubs appear to be behind us. But from the 1940s into the 1980s the Leaside Lions Club was a major force in our community, with nearly 200 members at one time. It was organized in 1938 by then Leaside Mayor Howard Talbot with the help, among others, of town solicitor Stan Schatz, later the Honourable Mr. Justice Schatz of the Supreme Court of Ontario. In 1938 Leaside had only 3,000 residents, one school, muddy streets, very few side-
Alan Redway Former East York mayor and federal cabinet minister
walks and no organized recreational activities for kids. The next year the Lions opened the town’s first playground at MillLAST CHANCE, Page 6