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Welcome to r/Ontario, the largest and oldest online community dedicated to the lovely people of Ontario, Canada! We strive to be the best place to talk and discuss all things Ontario. Have a question you want to ask about Ontario? Need opinions about employment? Have an issue with your landlord/tenant? Ask your question here!

Welcome to r/Ontario, the largest and oldest online community dedicated to the lovely people of Ontario! We strive to be the best place to talk and discuss all things Ontario.

Have a question you want to ask about Ontario? Need opinions about employment? Have an issue with your landlord/tenant? Ask your question here!


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🔥 Support Violent Heart - An Art House Action Thriller Like No Other! 🔥

Violent Heart thrusts you into a toxic, future Earth where memories are commodities, and survival means isolation. Our protagonist, haunted by his late wife’s ghostly memories, faces marauders in his underground refuge, torn between vengeance and a fragmented mind. We’re Bad Radical Films, a team of seven who poured everything into this intense, 6-day shoot. No script—just scene guidelines—and practical effects that build a brutal, gritty world. Our lead, Owen Fawcett, improvised each scene to capture raw authenticity, drawing inspiration from films like The Road and Stalker.

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Let’s bring Violent Heart to the big screen!

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2024/11/02
21:43 UTC

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Bought a car with G1 but I can't insure it. What could I do?

I just bought a car yesterday with my G1 license. However, the car sales require me to provide the insurance info before they can give me my car. My family is in BC and I'm in ON, so I can't list myself as a secondary driver, and all of my friends do not have 4 years of driving experience to be listed as my co-insurers. What could I do now? There is no way of returning the car at this point........

19 Comments
2024/11/02
21:07 UTC

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Ontario Traffic Council (OTM book 7 Exam)

Hey all, have anyone completed the OTC OTM book 7 exam which is related to construction? I will be doing it soon and I am very nervous about it. The only thing I know about is that it has 32 multiple choice questions.

Also is it easy?

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2024/11/02
20:50 UTC

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Moving to Ontario from BC

Advice on what cities outside the GTA would be suitable/ relatively affordable for a family of 4. ( I’m aware that housing cost is somewhat similar to the greater Vancouver and surrounding areas)

My husband has a possible job opportunity in St.Thomas, so we have been exploring the idea of moving to Ontario although nothing is set in stone yet…

We have two young school aged kids. So we are really seeking a family friendly area but close enough to a transit system for when we want to explore downtown. (We drive and are used to traffic so not a big deal for us).

Also how’s St Thomas in general? lol

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2024/11/02
20:42 UTC

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LCBO Options for Chartreuse

So, now that the monks in Grenoble have flipped off the rest of us, what is everyone using for a substitute for chartreuse in cocktails?

We were in the States for vacation in August where I hoped I would find some (thinking it may just have been LCBO having issues), but was met with sighs and side-eyes there too.

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2024/11/02
19:40 UTC

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A reminder about the importance of bike lanes

An Ontario MPP’s views on the need for cycle lanes.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAV_NkJxi7J/

3 Comments
2024/11/02
19:02 UTC

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When will Ontario vote on med school legislation?

When will the Ontario government officially vote on the proposal for barring international students from applying to med schools? They claimed the change would take effect in 2026 but I haven’t seen any official voting on this yet.

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2024/11/02
17:25 UTC

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Strangers measuring utility poles, masked up, no hydro one affliation and walking to remote areas on foot - weird situation?

Hey, not sure how to phrase this question, and hydro one is closed to call now, but last night just before sun down there were two men that came down my road. My road is a dead end dirt road where I see the same 2 families, and not really anyone new ever comes this way. It's in a more isolated area on the coast of the bruce peninsula.

Two men stood at the utility poles opposite my house, fully masked up and I peered through my trees at them because I was already outside doing yard work.

The one guy with only his eyes visible due to mask held up maybe a 12ft long white measurement stick flapping in the breeze. It looked like he was roughly measuring the distance between the ground and the electrical transmission line or pole transformer, I'm not sure. The other guy in plain clothes stood near him/ opposite and didn't have anything visible to record measurements or any kind of equipment meaning if it was a bizarre measurement, it was not precise at all and therefore pointless. (I studied electrical engineering in school and cannot fathom a need to do this).

They kind of snooped around the utility poles and maybe checked out my neighbors house? Idk, he was not home when I walked by. Even stranger, these dudes had no logos, company insignia, they were in plain clothes and WALKED there lol. They heard me make noise through the bush and maybe it was coincidence but they started walking back towards the "main road" and looked back over their shoulders but didn't see me. I watched them walk as far as I could see, they walked at least 1km assuming their car was right beyond my line of sight, but still makes no sense.

I asked in more detail on my local Facebook gossip group, people said things that it was for fiber (still doesn't make sense to me) or hydro one, but no markings and no car and no precision for a measurement that doesn't make much sense? Someone else said "they're doing a study on the poles" he's heard.

Others said they've seen them in the area and are suspicious too.

Idk, makes no sense to me, I live 20 minutes from the nearest town and the whole thing rubbed me the wrong way when usually there's no strangers around, and by usually I mean always. They only stopped at that one pole, where the three of us families live at the end of the road.

Anyone have an idea on wtf they could possibly be doing since I don't have a convincing answer. Casing the remote neighborhood/region for... organized crime? Something innocent? Trunk slammer outfit somehow hydro one hired?!?! The more I think about it the less it makes sense.

I told my wife about it and she told me to lock our driveway gate up.

Edit: I was going to ask them, but they started leaving and I'd have to walk to my driveway about 400 ft but, by that time they were already walking far back to the start of the road.

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2024/11/02
16:03 UTC

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Getting Rid of Bike Lanes is Absurd

42 Comments
2024/11/02
14:27 UTC

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Does anyone know how I can get my landlords mailing address

My landlord has been overcharging me rent for years, I don’t have a mailing address for them so I can’t fill out a tribunal form and I feel hopeless they have overcharged me over 40,000 in the last few years and refuse to give me me their mailing address I’ve been trying to look under my municipal to find their information but to no avail please help

22 Comments
2024/11/02
14:24 UTC

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Best Way to Get Back to Niagara from Toronto After 10 p.m.?

Hey everyone! I’m going to a friend’s party in Toronto this weekend and planning to head back to Niagara Falls after. I don’t want to leave too early but also don’t want to crash overnight. Does anyone know the latest schedule for the trains back to Niagara? Or any tips on the best way to get home if it’s after 10 p.m.?

I’ve checked GO Transit, but schedules can be tricky to read, and I want to make sure I don’t miss any options! Any suggestions for late-night transportation? I’d really appreciate it—thanks in advance!

5 Comments
2024/11/02
14:20 UTC

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Why are Ontarians so passive about government?

When I lived in France, during periods that the government added legislation that was unpopular either broadly or with specific groups, people would protest. And not protest where a handful of people stood in the central square, but hundreds, thousands, of people marched through the street day after day after day. Trains would be shut down, traffic blocked, and Macron effigies would burn in the street.

Although Canada in general seems passive in the face of government doing egregious things, I have seen both British Columbians and Quebecers protest fairly vigorously. I didn’t agree with the convoy and certainly didn’t agree with their tactic of using trucks to take over Ottawa, but they at least took a stand for what they believe in (what the internet told them was true at least).

So why is it that as Ontarians complain about Doug Ford’s egregious policies meant to either enrich his own buddies, as he did during the greenbelt scandal, or now to settle a personal grudge, as he seems bent on doing with bike lanes, are protests fairly minimal? Why do people seem so uninterested in the direction of their province? Even the last provincial election only had 43.5% voter turnout. So what is going on here?

356 Comments
2024/11/02
13:49 UTC

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Data for grocery

Hello guys, So basically am trying to look for a website which is updated daily based on user feedback or input about grocery prices in ontario, whether its a store or even food terminal. Is there a website that generates these reports? On a daily or weekly basis? The canada agri one doesn’t seem to work

3 Comments
2024/11/02
13:03 UTC

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Nursing Careers

Hi all,

I am Registered Nurse working in the Emergency Department in Alberta and am interested in moving to Toronto early next year. I was hoping to get some insight as to how the hospital system works in Ontario as it is quite different from Alberta which is overseen by AHS. I had a few questions and would really appreciate any insight?

  1. Has anyone worked at the Peter Munk Cardiac Center at Toronto General? How is the hospital and more specially critical care areas? How are the ratios and the workload? Are there lots of opportunities?

  2. Has anyone worked in Sickkids and could you give me some more information about the hospital? Similarly about nursing in the PICU and PCCCU. How is the training and opportunities? Do they follow the ONA wage grid?

  3. What are the trauma hospitals? What do different hospitals specialize in, specifically regarding critical care?

  4. Which is a hospital you would recommend joining or staying away from in teams of critical care? Can you elaborate?

If anyone has worked at Toronto General or Sickkids I would really appreciate any information and would love to chat further. Thanks!

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2024/11/02
08:46 UTC

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Bugs that look like Cockroaches?

Any insect enthusiasts in the house?

Just saw what I truly hope is not a cockroach in the kitchen no less then 30min ago. Searched for bugs in Ontario that look like cockroaches and all I got was crickets, June bugs and some Beatles but this definitely isn't that...

We killed it an flushed it so I didn't get a picture; but it looked like a German cockroach, or an immature American or possibly a Turkish roach (downstairs neighbors just came back from Turkey so that could be it) so I'm hoping someone that knows native bugs can chime in with else it could be to ease my nerves.

It was light golden brownish, approximately an inch with antenna. Slender body, flat and I didn't count the legs but I've seen roaches it looked very similar.

This is the 1st we've seen.

Could this be anything else or should we call the exterminator?

TiA. Gonna cross post this for further feedback.

45 Comments
2024/11/02
04:19 UTC

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Something to put between balcony....noise reduction and sometimes a bad smell

Sometimes there is a bad smell from my next door neighbours balcony.

I could just go to Home Depot and ask for suggestions.....

but anyone have any ideas on a type of wrap or something that I could put on the "divider" the is between our balconies? It could help with reducing the smell and with noise reduction.

Thanks

2 Comments
2024/11/02
01:57 UTC

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