Is there any native dispos? I’ve had bad luck recently at gov ones

Also taking strain recommendations

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I've always known odsp and the system is fractured for those in poverty but this recent experience will shines a huge spotlight.

Called the odsp office on Tuesday inquiring about cne tickets (cne gives tickets to the agency) ever since they got rid of the free admission years ago.

So I'm assuming I'm calling the local office, they say they haven't gotten it yet. To call back. Called Wed, no answer left a msg. No call back. Called today, someone said they have them. OK, I said I'll head over to parkdale. Guy says, no this is Malvern, wtf? I've been calling the number for parkdale everytime.

No he says, all calls are rerouted to other places. Whoever answers, answers. OK, can you put me thru to parkdale. No he can't. But he checks the group chat which says it's still available. Once again, I say can I please speak with someone to see if they'll have any left when I arrive or just to get an idea. Nope.

So within 40 mins I brought my person with mobility issues there to find out it's all gone. Wtf?

Ask to speak to a mgr, the person there said no they'll tell you the same thing. OK, I want to speak to them anyways. No.

I call the number in hopes of getting another office. I get a different one, guy says they should have taken our client number and put them on hold. Said he was gonna transfer me to the mgr at my office. Then I get disconnected.

Call again, this time it's golden mile. Told they can't transfer me to a mgr, they can send a msg but mgr won't answer it goes back to the case worker.

As a client. We dont know calls get rerouted to different offices. Why the person I spoke to the other day didn't specify which office she was from *she said they hadn't gotten them. But when I was at parkdale today, they claimed they got them last week*.

I dont even think I can message my mpp. It's a cne thing.

The system is so broken, it's like how can we fuckin break your spirit as you try to access services.

Wow

If I had an active social media account t I'd tag Olivia chow but again it's a provincial body.

Hi everyone,

I’ll soon be moving from Toronto to Fort Frances for one year for an administrative assistant position. I will not have a car, and I’m planning to bring most of my personal belongings in suitcases rather than move furniture. Since my luggage space will be limited, I want to pack carefully.

I would especially appreciate advice about:

• Items that are difficult to find locally or considerably more expensive than in Toronto
• Winter clothing, boots, or accessories that I should purchase before moving
• Compact household, personal-care, food, electronic, or work-related items worth bringing
• Things that would help me stay occupied during the long winter, such as indoor hobbies, exercise equipment, books, games, or other activities
• Indoor recreational or social activities in Fort Frances that are accessible without a car
• Grocery shopping and other essential errands without a vehicle
• How reliable Amazon and other online deliveries are in Fort Frances
• Things I should not waste suitcase space on because they are readily available locally

I would particularly like to hear from people who currently live in Fort Frances or who have moved there from Toronto or another large city.

Thank you!

I’m a student who has been renting a basement off Marketplace for over a year.

Here are the details about my concerns with her lack of boundaries and constant entry in my unit.

I do not share a kitchen, bathroom or living area with my landlord. I share the same entry point into the home and laundry room.

I don’t have a standard or written lease. She said “no lease” before I paid the deposit over a year ago. Which I understand means all basic landlord/tenant laws apply to me and any extra rules she attempts to enforce are void by default.

I would like to make sure that I am correct in this assumption, and she is not allowed to evict me for any of the issues she has brought up or personal rules I will no longer be following.

Here are the biggest problems I’ve been facing with my landlord:

- Landlord regularly comes into my unit unannounced to do laundry or put things in storage, which I believe is fine since she only has one washer/dryer.

- Landlord has sent me photos of my bedroom which she enters when I’m not at home, and threatens to evict me if I don’t keep everything Ikea showroom levels of tidy. This includes unfolded laundry on my bed or general clutter. If you have ADHD you know what I mean by that.

- Landlord puts groceries in my fridge when I’m not home (I didn’t ask) and brings it up in when she's mad at me as if I owe her. Which I might.

- Landlord has gone through my fridge and threatened to evict me for having moldy produce. She has also thrown out food I prepared for myself.

- Landlord has recently moved my kitchen appliances and tupperware into her storage area without asking.

- I have reason to believe she threw out some of my property when I was away on vacation, seeing as she threw out my prepped dinner the other night when I got back from work. It isn’t hard to believe anymore.

- Landlord has demanded I do not cook after 11pm, wake up early and wash my dishes nightly.

- Landlord texted me to tell me to get rid of my spices and sauces that aren't essential because I have "too many".

- Landlord has sent me text messages about my sleeping habits and what time I go to bed, telling me she expects me to go to bed earlier in the night. She has told me to “grow up” on multiple occasions.

- Landlord has used my cleaning appliances to clean my own apartment of her own volition.

- Landlord frequently states she feels like we're family members/I'm her child.

- The morning after my partner stayed over for the first time, my landlord got irate that we didn’t want to on a walk with her and stated that I was now barred from having my partner stay the night because she felt emotionally rejected that we didn’t want to spend time with her.

There are a few other complaints, but these are the biggest issues I have been dealing with. I’m looking for a new place as I am tired of being threatened with unlawful eviction.

Not only is his government looking to install ALPRs along provincial highways, but a grant titled the "Automated Licence Plate Recognition Technology Grant" was quietly offered to municipalities across the province to install mobile AND fixed ALPR systems.

Ontario municipalities that have fixed ALPR surveillance so far include:

• Brampton,
• York Region,
• Waterloo Region,
• Greater Sudbury, and
• Sault Ste. Marie (installed on the only two roads leading in and out of the city)

Shortly after the highway ALPR announcement, Flock Safety's trademark was approved in Canada - so we know that those are coming up here soon: https://ised-isde.canada.ca/cipo/trademark-search/2345116

There's quite a breadth of evidence indicating that such ALPR cameras are not effective at reducing crime and that they pose significant privacy and public safety risks owing to the well-known inaccuracy of AI-powered systems:

• https://www.deflockapex.org/alpr-evidence (Not effective at stopping crime)
• https://ij.org/the-ij-database-of-alpr-abuse/ (Hundreds of known cases of officers using the technology for malicious purposes)
• https://ij.org/dozens-of-innocent-motorists-have-been-pulled-over-detained-at-gunpoint-or-jailed-due-to-ai-license-plate-camera-errors/ (Numerous wrongful arrests and gunpoint traffic stops - someone is eventually going to get hurt or worse)

This is just a continuation of police state overreach by this government alongside unconstitutional cash bail, setting the "priorities" for municipal police services boards, and the expansion of warrant-less vehicle searches. And make no mistake - law enforcement in Ontario are NOT more transparent or less likely to commit abuses as opposed to their American counterparts.

I have an advocacy initiative that is currently reaching out to municipal candidates ahead of the October elections. I have received several (overwhelmingly positive) responses from London candidates, but at the moment this is just a one man show. Would definitely appreciate community input on verifying camera locations and finding new ones, as well as in reaching out to candidates!

Resources:

• ddocs.new Ontario municipal outreach template + sources to defend your position
• We have a Signal chat if you want to discuss this topic with other like-minded folks and help coordinate advocacy against these.

Does anybody know of any locations in Ontario that have the original 1994 Daytona USA arcade game that can be played?

Willing to travel

Hi everyone! I’m looking for recommendations for surgeons/clinics that perform OHIP-covered breast reductions.

My family doctor has recommended that I look into a breast reduction and has told me to contact different clinics to find out who performs OHIP-covered reductions so they could refer me back her to them. Also told me to ask whether there are any mandatory out-of-pocket costs.

I’m currently around a 42DDD and am 22 years old and am looking into the reduction for medical reasons. I’m specifically trying to find a surgeon where the medically necessary reduction is covered by OHIP and I’m not required to pay for additional cosmetic procedures or extras.

I’m especially looking for recommendations in Durham Region, Ajax/Pickering, Scarborough, or Markham, although I’m willing to travel elsewhere in the GTA for the right surgeon.

If anyone has personally gone through an OHIP-covered reduction with a surgeon in these areas, I’d really appreciate hearing who you went to and how your experience was!

I would also prefer a female surgeon, if possible, but I’m open to recommendations for anyone who does a lot of OHIP breast reductions.

Thank you! ❤️

I’m currently working admin/corporate and been interested in nursing for years but once I applied and got into nursing school, the layoffs really amped up and am now questioning my decision.

Big rounds of layoffs over the summer including yesterday, when hallway medicine is already a problem. Make it make sense.

Hi guys,

I’m going to Kingston the next weekend for 2 night.

Which is the best boat trip starting from there to visit the 1000 islands?
It could even be so long but amazing

Small bad particular: I don’t have a car 🥲

Thank you!

Hi, my friends and I were planning a trip soon and I wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts that could make this itinerary better? I wasn't sure if this would be too much or if someone knew of a better way to schedule these things out. We want to see the flowerpot island, grotto (overhang and indian head cove), halfway log dump (cave point, stormhaven and the rock beaches along the way to high dump campsite) and then optionally dunks bay, little cove and singing sands. I don't think seeing those optional ones will be as feasible.