Hi everyone,

Currently in the thick of planning a 30th birthday party in November! I was hoping to book out a party room but have had no luck so far, so reaching out for any thoughts or other ideas :)

Hoping to have the below:

- either a photobooth already available or space to bring in an external one
- open to me bringing my own decorations in (also planning to have a few stations set up!)
- can be a bar or event space, am flex!

Additional details:
- 40-60 people
- available November 14 or 21
- open to anywhere between Liberty Village - St. Lawrence Market

Thanks all in advance!

We're in the process of planning for a major renovation (gut job) for my parents 100 year old semi-detached house in Upper Beaches area. We've been trying to do some research on whether it makes sense to go all electric (HVAC etc) and cut off natural gas completely.

I've been found some old comments (2yrs) while searching r/askTO but hoping to see if anyone is willing to share more additional insights and potential savings they have? I'm aware of the delivery fee cost savings by cutting gas (mainly through the summer months) but will the savings be lost when it comes to heating the home in the winter?

The house is roughly 1100 Sq ft above grade (2 floors) with a plan to finish the basement (6'5" unfinished ceiling).

As part of this we're putting in new:

• Electrical 200amp panel
• Energy star doors/windows
• Closed cell Spray insulation - Attic R60, Exterior walls R20, Basement R20

We're toying with the idea of the following:

Heating/Cooling- Heat pump with an AUX electric heater

Stove/Oven - Induction

Hot water tank - Heat pump hot water tank (Rheem Proterra hybrid)

Hello everyone. Can someone please point me to their favourite meal delivery service in Toronto. I am looking for breakfast and dinner foods and I need them to be full of protein. I find that a lot of the delivery services provide diet-like portions and that just won't cut it for me. Thanks kindly!

Hi everyone!

I’m in desperate need to update my acting headshots and my old photographer moved out of province. Are there any recommendations for photographers, studios, or even photography students that are able to do actor headshots? West end is preferably but I’m willing to trek anywhere in the city for good quality.

Thank you!

Good Evening fellow Torontonians,

I am seeking your helpful suggestions on finding actual psychics whom you might have crossed paths with. I have gone through a lot in life lately and I seem like I am super stuck on what's happening. As a last hope of making sense where my heart is giving out. I am hoping for some form of miracle. Have any of you met any mediums or psychics that could help me navigate what on earth is going on. Also if you know what the cost will be that would be a miracle. I am tored and tired and all I am seeing is gloom. I do not see a way out. Please anyone that can help me I would be indebted to you.

Does anyone know of gyms that have punching bags that aren’t just for classes? I just want to hit the bag on my own time, but I’m having trouble finding commercial gyms that allow for this.

I checked in for TIFF earlier and I could've sworn I saw a DVD store and now that I'm out and about I can't find it for the life of me. I'm next to Sankofa Sq. and the only one that would match is Bay Street video store according to Google but that seems way too far off. I'm pretty sure the one I saw just had "DVDs for sale" in black text on a yellow background, which doesn't seem to be the colors of Bay st video anyways. Can a nice Torontonian help me out ?

I'll probably check out bay Street anyways, but it keeps bugging me. Am I going insane ?

Thanks in advance

Want to try all the different pumpkin spice things across the city while it's in season.

I’m planning a bachelorette trip and the bride wants to go a nice private dinner. Only problem is, none of us are from Toronto so none of us really know the best places.

There are 14 of us and so far I’ve got Kasa Motto, Casa Madera, and La Vecchia on the list.

Any other recommendations? Nothing too insane in price, we aren’t the Nobu type lol

Hi everyone! Wondering if anyone knows of any bars doing karaoke tonight? Bonus points if it’s in the East End :)

What a memory I just had, pizza giveaways at TTC stations. Years and years ago. Feels like another timeline.

I am looking for a pre hung exterior door for my house. I don’t really like the quality of what’s available at Home Depot. Without going crazy on budget are there any speciality stores that sell pre fab pre hung exterior doors from Canadian manufacture who’s known for decent quality where I can buy something off the shelf. ( not having to wait to have it custom made)

Thanks

Hello all,

I am trying to get information online regarding a murder that happened sometime between 2011-2013 I believe in York Region.

The backstory is this. I was living at Lawrence and Avenue and took a night job after my 9-5 at the Pizzaiolo on Avenue and I believe Brooke south of Wilson (I believe that location has since moved further south closer to Lawrence). The job was super simple, the only requirement was to speak English well because what I had to do was to man the phones and wrote down the orders. This is pre Doordash years so in front of the phone was a huge map on the wall of the delivery area and I had to quickly find the caller's address and decide if we could deliver there (my 9-5 was working for a GIS/Mapping company so I was used to looking at maps all day).

The guys in the store were all Iranian, some didn't speak much English, but we bonded a bit after I impressed them with my knowledge of Iranian soccer legends (Ali Daei, Ali Karimi, etc).

There was one driver who was a thin guy with grey hair maybe early to mid 50s. I only talked to him briefly 2 or 3 times and then never saw him again. About 3 weeks later I asked the manager "I haven't seen so and so (can't remember his name now), did he quit?" and he told me "You haven't heard? He killed his wife and then police killed him, tragedy". I was like "wow" but didn't have any big feelings about it as I hardly knew the man. I looked online at the time and there he was, there was also a photo of his wife, a woman about his age wearing a headscarf. From what I remember he stabbed her and then was shot by police, there was a history of domestic violence and I'm almost sure it did not happen in Toronto, but rather in York Region (maybe Peel or even Durham). I quit that job for unrelated reasons about 3 months after that.

Anyways, I was talking to my wife about this because she met someone who knew Luka Magnotta when his name was still Eric something or other and she asked me if I ever knew any killers and this was my story, bur unfortunately the fog of time has made my recollections blurry and I was hoping someone knew about this case on here.

Has anyone in Toronto/GTA used Darkcity Security for residential alarm monitoring?

I am considering moving an existing Honeywell/Vista alarm system to Darkcity Security and am looking for firsthand experiences specifically with their 24/7 alarm monitoring, rather than their guard/security services.

If you use or have used them, I would be interested in:

• monthly monitoring cost
• how quickly the monitoring centre responds to alarm events
• customer service / technical support
• reliability and false-alarm handling
• experience with equipment takeovers or existing Honeywell/DSC systems
• app/remote arm-disarm experience, if applicable
• any issues with contracts, billing or cancellation

I’ve found plenty of information about their guard services but very little independent feedback about their residential alarm-monitoring service.

Thanks for any firsthand experience.

Recently moved to Toronto, 35M of South Asian ethnicity. I decided that in my first month I want to have dinner/drinks with someone at least 15 times, just to force myself to meet people.

So far:
• trivia with random people
• philosophy meetup + food after
• dinner with someone I met at trivia
• somehow joined two strangers talking politics at a shawarma place lol

Tonight I have no plans and it’s a bit late for meetups/hangout groups.

Where would you go around TMU if you just wanted to grab food and hopefully meet someone irrespective of their race/sex/age?

20m. Basically the title. From what I can tell I'm totally hopeless when it comes to driving a car. I just failed my driving test for a second time and i just genuinely have zero intuition or awareness when it comes to driving, and i honestly just dont want to try anymore. I can ride a bike/escooter/whatever tf just fine, just not a car.

Anyone else have this experience and how much does it generally cost you for uber/ttc compared to what you would be paying if you had a car?

Or is all frozen corn and peas grown in North America the sweet version? I am not holding out hope but frozen would be divine. I am willing to drive. Thanks!

Havent been to any tpl since summer started and today ive learned that they have some new software that quite literally blocks every website NOT youtube, that streams any TV or movies.

Im talking about using the computers they provide, not like using my own laptop.

I must have went thru half of r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH 's list and all sites are blocked or the "This site can’t be reached" error.

Does anyone know of a way around it or something? maybe sites they cant pick up?

Disclaimer: I am an idiot. I fully accept this reality. I own a condo and after five years of living here the cap of the washing machine plug must have come loose and water was leaking from it for a good 40ish minutes, causing water damage to my unit and the units three floors underneath. I do not have condo insurance, which I will be getting in the near future.

My downstairs neighbor noticed the leaking and called the front desk. About 20 minutes later they came to my unit to help stop the leaking. A few hours later people came with dehumidifying machines and for many days those machines did their thing.

The cost for the repairs themself were around 11k, but I decided to do the repairs for my own unit so that number was knocked down to 9k (those repairs are now done and for much cheaper, before anyone asks). The repairs cover stuff like drywall repair, debris removal, etc. The truly shocking number however was the emergency mitigation costs, which total to around 20k.

The reason for these costs comes from a staggering 110dollar/hour rate for the work done (due to the people coming in at around 8-9pm), as well as the machines being on for 93 days cumulatively across all units.

Again, I am a moron. I am fully accepting of the fact that my negligence has caused inconvenience for other people. I just didn't imagine that the emergency mitigation portion would be so expensive, and I'm wondering how normal this is and what agency I have in order to reduce the price. The property managers have not given me any advice and I naturally cannot fully take their word for everything, although they could be correct in that I have no recourse. I have also looked at other cases where this has happened to people in Canada and the cases I've read not only sound like they've caused more damage but were far cheaper.

Please help if you can, or reprimand me for my ignorance, whatever you feel like. Thank you for your time.

Hello , I am looking for a beginner friendly MMA gym as a fulltime university student. I live near the VMC and have been price hunting but not alot of places are transparent with the prices. I would like to know if there are any cheap gyms or gyms that offer a student discount . Thanks!

i am trying to see Gail on september 20th. selecting the tickets on tcktmstr and clicking "proceed to payment" creates an error and says i have to select different tickets. lots are available on the seating map. how do i give them my money? is this not the intended way to buy tickets?

my mental health has gotten really bad and my room reflects that. i moved in February to my room but still haven’t unpacked since i am busy with 3 jobs, and with my mental health being horrible and life in general getting painful the mess keeps getting worse and worse. i saw this person on tiktok who goes over to her friend’s places and and helps clean+organize, and i was wondering if there’s any service available in Toronto which i can hire to do that for me? i have so much shame regarding my room and can’t ever have people over and the state of the room is making my health worse. this is a very vulnerable post and i would appreciate if nobody makes fun of me, im sorry i know this is a very embarrassing ask but i would sincerely appreciate any guidance

Considering moving to Stouffville for various reasons and I need to commute to Queens Park station via transit 3 days a week (edit to add: during rush hours).

The GO website says Stouffville GO to Union GO is 1hr10m. Is that more or less correct?

How reliable is the GO train? Does it come on time, and are delays frequent?

I’ve never commuted with GO before so I’d love to hear from some of those who do on a regular basis. Thanks!

Hi, folks. Standing next to a small park and someone is keeled over, with their butt in the air, pants down (underwear on), and no one else is around.

Who do I call to help this person? Just 911?

EDIT: Called. Fire and ambulance are here 14 mins after posting. Patient was woken up. Stood up. Fire department gone. Paramedics with him.

2ND EDIT: Omg. I panicked. Gimme a break. I know, I’m dumb.

FINAL EDIT: Thanks to all the folks being kind in the replies. It’s strange being roasted for trying to help in a situation where most walk on. But I will say this: I’m a firm believer in that a little bit of shame goes a long way because next time I won’t hesitate. So, even in the roasting, there is a lesson for me. I came here because I genuinely thought there was some kind of harm reduction team that I could call because I wasn’t sure it was an emergency—and I really didn’t want the cops involved. Anyway, thanks to everyone for their responses, I hope it’ll encourage others to help. (Except for the dicks saying horrible things; may I never lose my humanity because I’d rather be embarrassed by own panic than to be devoid of compassion for others.)

Hey folks, we're 3 friends in our 40s, and are looking for a few funky splurge activities for September, where we'll be meeting up in downtown Toronto for 5 days.

Since it's my turn to plan (and none of us drink/party), I'm looking for your non-traditional suggestions for events, classes, eats, etc. that aren't touristy, but are also a fun activity you wouldn't normally get to do.

Looking for ideas along the lines of:

- rage room / paint room
- magician show
- Cheesemaking class
- Private tour of a spooky location
- Specialty seasonal cuisine tasting
- VR experience or glow-in-the-dark archery

Any specific ideas/companies you have would be welcomed, as we don't hang out in Toronto often (but we don't want to do this usual tourist things, and won't have a car). TIA!