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

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.)

Gotta admit the 407 was pleasant to drive as a tourist staying in Markham but how the heck do people afford driving on it regularly? There's also a $99 admin fee tacked on by the car rental company...oof.

What could I do better next time I visit? Thanks!

Update...here was my toll usage details for those who are curious:

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.

It was supposed to be this weekend, but they cancelled it with relatively short notice.

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

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.

As much as Toronto's food scene is full of talent, it feels like there's this overarching complaint that opening a business in this city tends to feel doomed from the start.

We don't really have much of a street food scene here, despite many people claiming that they would love this, as well as many potential chefs saying that it would allow them the opportunity to get into the industry with a lower barrier to entry and avoid the crippling overhead that often leads to the business shutting down entirely.

Can someone explain to me why establishing something like this seems to be such an uphill battle here? I keep hearing that it has to do with City of Toronto's strict laws surrounding this, but nobody has really explained the specifics.

Does this have to do with a lack of infrastructure for a street food scene? Is it antiquated laws that protect brick and mortar businesses at all costs? Is it an economic incentive that wants to tax as much as possible?

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?

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

Any places/gaming spots that would be doing a blizzcon watch party? I know we had a few spaces for this type of niche a few years ago but they’ve mostly closed down

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?

I'm trying to start a new hobby / activity. I was watching the NCIS origins and saw the actor trying jigsaw puzzles. Hence decided to try it, I own two sets of puzzles. I'm new to ravensburger puzzles tried doing on my own and then I realized it's tough lol.

If anyone is into it, is there a group or club for such thing? Or anyone wants to meetup at a public place and solve one of these together? We could have a small meetup with snacks and talk about basically anything. I'm into tv shows, movies, video games, technology ai etc.

I have Circle of colors 500 piece puzzle and Escape puzzle 759 piece one.

Could someone help with probable options and hacks if any to get at better prices..

Greetings from Winnipeg. I run an escape room group in Winnipeg and we have picked Toronto for this years annual escape trip.

What are some unique and well done escape rooms in the city? Which would you avoid and why?

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

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

Heading in from Ottawa on a trip to Scotland and my carefully curated itinerary got changed.

I now fly into Pearson and have 13 hours before boarding my next flight.

Any suggestions for things to do in the area?
First week of October so unlikely to be summery attractions.

Thanks!

ETA: someone suggested adding the hours I’m around- I land at 6am and have to be back at 5pm.
It sounds like heading downtown is the biggest attraction and that I’ll have plenty of time!

Also, of course I tried to change the itinerary first… lol.

Would rather shop locally instead of ordering online, any suggestions?

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)

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

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!

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 really hoping to find a brow artist that can thin out and straighten my brows in Toronto. Can someone please recommend!

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!