Upper left, Toronto’s Natalie Spooner and colleagues in Canada’s women’s hockey elite met members of the Toronto Leaside Wildcats at Westwood Arena last weekend. Spooner, Olympic medalist Nancy Marie-Poulin and national champion Loren Gabel were kicking off the Dream Gap Tour at Westwood Arena in Etobicoke. Etobicoke. Spooner said they drew strength from the Atom AA girls in the struggle to establish a professional hockey league in Canada.
Alison Jane
Upper right, Alison Jane has returned to Leaside United Church following an exciting tour to the UK with the choir of the Church of St. Peter and St. Simon on Bloor St. East. The choir visited both Gloucester and Chichester Cathedrals and joined in the services. “It was a remarkable experience to play the organs and sing in such beautiful spiritual spaces,” Alison has told her friends at LUC. Centre-right, the new storefront has been unveiled at 688 Mt. Pleasant, former location for so many years of DiSantis Men’s Hair Salon.
Leaside Station
Centre-left, a revealing new picture from Crosstown LRT of two new bridge cranes in the spacious Leaside Station as work continues. Lower-left, is an enormous Chrysler sedan from the early 60s seen in a Leaside lane by Rudy Limeback. Finally, make sure October 5 is marked on your calendar. The Bayview BIA Apple Fest is coming.
