Earlier Story
This year marks the centennial of the Town of Leaside. The still largely unbuilt community was established by an act of the Provincial Legislature on April 23, 1913. The railways were instrumental in the creation of the town. Well known streets like Laird, Hanna, Wicksteed and many others carry the names of executives of the Canadian Northern Railway, prime movers in the plan. See Wikipedia for more of this type of information. To help spearhead the commemoration the Leaside One Hundred Committee has been convened by Councillor John Parker and is co-chaired by Virginia Evoy and John Piper. Other members are Lorna Krawchuk, Geoff Kettel, John Parker, Charlene Kalia, and Muhammed Wani. An interesting undertaking will be the production of a documentary 100 Years Inside Leaside devoted to telling the “then and now” vignettes of a proud community. The producers are asking anyone with archival material or a story to tell to contact them at Lea100Productions@gmail.com.
