LeasideLife issue 41 final use this_LeasideLifev1 15-08-21 9:03 AM Page 1
No. 41 • September 2015 leasidelifenews.com
The fun Moose on Moore Page 17
NOW WHAT?
Will Leaside be split up? FIVE CITY PROPOSALS WOULD DO JUST THAT By ALLAN WILLIAMS Leaside is in danger of being split apart by ward boundary changes. In August the Toronto Ward Boundary Review, set up by City Council in 2014, came out with its first report outlining five options for redrawing Toronto’s ward boundaries in time for the next municipal election in 2018. The proposed options vary from as few as 38 “large” wards of about 75,000 people each to as many as 58 “small” wards of about 50,000 people each, but all five options would see Leaside split up. How does each proposal effect Leaside? The following is an outline only. For the detailed boundary maps associated with each proposal visit www.drawthelines.ca. Under Options 1, 2, 3 and 5 Leaside would be split in two along Eglinton. Option 1: North Leaside stays with Thorncliffe Park, Flemingdon Park and Wynford-Concorde (as currently) while South Leaside joins Old East York across the Leaside Bridge as far east as Coxwell. Option 2: North Leaside joins neighbourhoods to the north as far as the 401, west to Avenue Rd. and east as far as Don Mills, while South Leaside goes west all the way to Yonge St. joining Davisville, Moore Park and the north half of Rosedale. SPLIT, Page 10
Jon Burnside Councillor, Toronto Ward 26 Don Valley West
Can we trust Metrolinx? The benefits of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT to our city have been mentioned many times over, but what is less clear and even less welcome are the consequences to our community. The biggest issue we currently face is intensification along Eglinton, namely, enormous condominium development. Developers are naturally pointing to BURNSIDE, Page 10