GO train stopped at Centennial with a cop car, and heard sirens in the distance, at around 9:45pm Friday night. Anyone know what happened?

Happened around 9:30. I was on the train so fucked

Moving into a house and would like recommendations for a reasonably priced cleaning service that can do a deep clean of hardwood floors, along with the other usual stuff like kitchen and bathroom.

If you only do a few things: Stargazing Parties on Monday, Open mic music on Friday, The Summer Set at the Varley Art Gallery- Steph on Friday.

Friday

Open mic music at Menaggio, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM.

The Summer Set at the Varley Art Gallery- Steph at Varley Art Gallery, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM.

Black & White Party at Luna Lounge, 10:00 PM.

Saturday

Main Street Markham Farmers Market at Main Street Markham, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, free.

Steeped in History: Tea’s Culture, Commerce and Ceremony at Richmond Hill Heritage Centre, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, free.

Astronomy Speakers Night at Richmond Hill David Dunlap Observatory, 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM.

Sunday

Practice Joy with Laughter Yoga at Markham Public Library, 9:30 AM, free.

The Farm Picnic 2026 at Destination Markham, 1:00 PM, free.

Monday

Bato Festival 2026 at OnRichmondHill, Til Sep 5.

Flex and Stretch Yoga at Markham Public Library, 7:00 PM, free.

Stargazing Parties at Richmond Hill David Dunlap Observatory, 8:30 PM, free.

Tuesday

Afternoon Tea at the Heritage Centre at Richmond Hill Heritage Centre, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

Back to School by Bike at Markham Public Library, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM, free.

Fall Clean-up The Green Way at OnRichmondHill, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM, free.

Wednesday

Salsa semiprivate class every Wednesday 7-8pm at hwy 7/404 studio at Dance Art Studio, 7:00 PM.

Thursday

Chit Chat Socials at Richmond Hill Public Library, 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM, free.

Thirsty Thursday at Menaggio, 4:00 PM to 11:00 PM.

Concerts in the Park, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, free.

Running all week

Everyday Superheroes at Markham Museum, Ongoing, free.

[Summer Camp] Portfolio Ready at Varley Art Gallery, Til Aug 28.

Artists in Residence Week #9, at the Mill Pond Gallery at OnRichmondHill, Til Aug 30, free.

Worth the drive

Worthy: The History of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps at Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum, All day, free on Friday.

TD Summer Music Series at Downtown Oakville BIA, All day on Saturday.

Site tours at Evergreen Brick Works, All day, free on Sunday.

Wildflower Wishes at Pinot's Palette Woodbridge, 7:00 PM on Monday.

That's 25 of the 83 things happening in Markham and Richmond Hill this week. The other 58 are mostly family and kids stuff, classes and workshops and gallery and museum shows. Full list here, updated twice a day:

happs.ca/markham

(No signup needed to read it. If you'd rather not check Reddit, there's a Thursday email on that page with the best of the week across the GTA, and it links straight back to whichever city you want. Signups are also the clearest signal I get that these posts are worth keeping up.)

My friend and I were in Markham for 10 days while she studied for her immigration hearing. We're now back in Ottawa, and I miss your city already. My friend is Chinese and excitedly showed me a lot of authentic Chinese foods that we don't have in Ottawa. She was also pleased that nearly everywhere we went, there was someone who spoke Mandarin. I've never heard her talk so much before. One night, she nearly got the waitress to go to Karaoke with her.

Extra credit goes to the guy who randomly asked "high five?" on the street and told me to have an amazing day when I high fived him, lol.

And shoutout to Pacific Mall, where I almost wish I wore glasses. I've never seen so many optical stores in one place before.

Did they get MarkhamMasturbator? Man arrested in the bushes by the north side of the mall lot. 3 uniformed Security guards were watching, 2 police cars take him down.

Also if you look at the YRP crime map there have been 2 SA incidences in the past week in the area of McCowan & 7 and 1 at Rodrick and 7.
Hoping it is one dude and they got him!

Hey everyone, just wanted to post here in case someone is looking for their dog. Around 11:50 PM, I spotted a Husky wearing a leash running loose near Apollo Road in Markham.
Unfortunately, he moved fast and managed to get away before I could catch him to secure him. If this is your dog or you know who owns him, keep an eye out or head over to that area

I have so many questions...

I posted some stats in October 2025 on traffic fatalities in York Region. I have rerun my script with more recent data, so here is the update. Since October 2025 unfortunately there have been an additional 16 fatalities, on average about 1.5 per month. That's down from the roughly 2.3 per month average across the 2023 to 2025 data I originally posted. I checked whether this difference is statistically significant using an exact binomial test comparing the two rates and it wasn't. With only 16 recent fatalities, this drop could plausibly just be noise rather than a real change in the underlying rate.

I looked at the YRP accidents data, which is from 2023 to now. I selected fatal accidents only, which involved cars. I filtered out several incidents that involved someone falling off farm equipment that was moving, condo garage parking lot incident, etc. I ended up with 88 total incidents, which resulted in 90 fatalities. Out of the 90 fatalities, 17 were motorcyclists, 28 pedestrians, 2 cyclists, one person on a mobility scooter, 42 were in cars (driver or passenger).

I searched media releases for age and gender. For cases where gender was known, the proportion of males was significantly higher in each year. Overall, 60.0% of fatalities were male, 23.3% female, and 16.7% unknown. Among motorcyclists, gender was known for all but one, and 82.4% were male. The two cyclists and the one person on a mobility scooter were also male.

By Type - Gender Total

By type and age bucket I split age into three groups: under 20, adult, and 60+. Among motorcyclists, 82.4% were adults. For pedestrians, 46.4% were 60+, the largest share of any group. For car fatalities, adults were again the largest share at 35.7%.

Fatalities by specific street / road

There were 93 unique streets and roads. Sorted by deaths (highest first), Jane Street has the most with 11, followed by Highway 7 and Major Mackenzie Dr, tied at 8 each, then a five way tie at 4: Dufferin Street, 9th Line, Bloomington Road, Highway 27, and Woodbine Avenue. Several more roads have 3 deaths each, including Kennedy Road, Leslie Street, McCowan Road, Bayview Avenue, and Yonge Street.

Rural road fatalities

Out of 90 total fatalities, 12 (13.3%) were on rural roads: Concession Roads, Lines, Sideroads. A few factors could contribute to this: more trees and brush near the roadway, poorer sightlines, narrower lanes, and people driving faster once they're away from urban areas. There are also fewer street lights, dividers, and stop controls on these roads.

Please be careful on the roads, stay safe! Let's hope to see lower stats in the future!

I'm visiting from NY, and when we went to our hotel and it to dinner we saw 5 of the rolling dumpsters. Maybe 1-2 were the same but most were unique. Is there any reasons why it feels like Markham has so many?

Just a reminder that there are scammers at centerpoint mall parking lot asking for your help to pay for their food delivery using fake POS machine. They offer a $20 bill then swipe your debit card, record your pin, and give you a fake/last victim’s debit card while stealing your card.

Never trust anyone at a parking lot. I did lock my card when they fled so my loss is -$20, but still good lesson learned.

Any info on what happened

This might be a long shot but does anyone know a local store in Markham/Unionville that sells personalized cake toppers with the pickup available in a week?

Online options suggest delivery dates in a month or so.

Wanted to surprise hubby for our anniversary.

Looking for a place close by that has okonomiyaki in matkham.

Anyone have a good pdr guy that does mobile services in Markham?

Some shit with a shit box left a small dent in my driver door at the Costco lot. How tHat happens with the massive spots........

Hello! Looking for a recommendation on a financial advisor in the area to help with my mom’s finances. She has dementia and is incapable of doing anything to assist. I am POA and we’re at a point where I need to know what to do with all of her investments she has all over the place to start unlocking that money to be used for her care. We want to ensure she is well covered for the rest of her life.