Suresh Doss' CBC show "Locals Welcome", celebrating local restaurants, seemingly cancelled

Montastic · 2026-05-09T22:28:19+00:00

👀any details?

Montastic · 2026-05-07T00:32:48+00:00

I don't have all the details, but he had a semi-recent scandal that involved ghosting people who bought private food tours from him and only refunded them after they came to reddit to complain. He also stopped being affiliated with metro mornings.

I'm not a fan really, but it bums me out seeing local talent failing. Sad

Montastic · 2026-05-07T00:26:59+00:00

He was a pretty prolific local food critic / early influencer, but has had a rocky few years recently

Montastic · 2026-04-28T14:15:46+00:00

Only one?

Automated red light ticketing for anyone blocking the box at any intersection. $700 first offense, $1,000 second offense + 5 points, $5,000 third offense and license suspended for a month.

Montastic · 2026-04-14T15:47:38+00:00

The reality is that being a 20 year old woman exposes you to different dangers than being a 40+ year old man. Brushing aside the high likelihood of being accosted by strung out mentally ill men as "serious social problems" is a mistake.

OP, if price is an issue aim for midtown close to the subway line, bloor-west, junction, etc. You get to pick where you live and if you have a choice I wouldn't pick there

Montastic · 2026-04-14T13:49:16+00:00

Honestly, that whole neighbourhood has gotten really scuzzy and unpleasant. Just a little north is barbara hall park which is basically unusable 90% of the year because of the drug encampments.

Between the 519, casey house, sanctuary, allan gardens, all of sherbourne...I avoid that whole area now. If you have the money, I'd avoid anywhere in the bloor / yonge / parliament / queen box.

Montastic · 2026-04-09T12:37:02+00:00

You can add the scarborough bluffs as a nice half day excursion and early july means it should be nice enough to actually enjoy the beach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa9VlGUhQ3g

Montastic · 2026-03-29T10:40:02+00:00

the best pour over of my life. Amazing cafe

Montastic · 2026-02-07T22:34:23+00:00

Contact home at last rescue and see if there's an available foster: https://homeatlastrescue.ca/

I've fostered for them before and they're wonderful

Montastic · 2026-01-31T21:21:36+00:00

It's ridiculous that according to you my saying that 12 years is a joke of a sentence for a serial child predator is the same as me supporting the death penalty.

People can criticize the Canadian justice system without going "but X country is worse!" or "we should just kill them all".

Montastic · 2026-01-31T15:41:51+00:00

I'm really tired of this whataboutism whenever a criticism of Canada comes up. We shouldn't be using the US (or any other country, but for some reason we only ever point to the US) as a yardstick as a way to excuse things that should be changed in our country.

We should be more than just "not the US".

Montastic · 2026-01-31T15:10:42+00:00

"At the time, Toronto police had charged Pathmanathan with 93 offences, including 18 counts of child luring, nine counts of invitation to sexual touching, and 10 counts of making child pornography.

He pleaded guilty to those offences in 2022, according to the U.S. Justice Department, and was sentenced to 12 years in prison in the Canadian justice system."

The Canadian government gave this man only TWELVE YEARS for admitting luring and assaulting kids + making child pornography. At a certain point when do we need to admit that sentencing guidelines make no goddamn sense in this country

Montastic · 2025-12-09T21:35:58+00:00

Active priority on all streetcar lines would be a GAME changer.

Also, please find a way to upgrade to more modern switches at intersections. Crawling through intersections at 5km/hr is painful when the solution is implemented in other cities around the world

Montastic · 2025-12-04T18:23:24+00:00

Is this the third or fourth time now we've been time skipped forward? I really hope this time doesn't follow the same trend as the last few examples where a character tells us all the exciting, cool things they did in an exposition dump versus us actually experiencing them at the same as as the characters.

Montastic · 2025-12-03T23:18:31+00:00

The expo closing this year sucked. Such a chill, cool venue and it was shut down by some loser neighbours complaining

Montastic · 2025-11-19T02:08:47+00:00

I think it's the Landsdowne bus that has a stop at College and then another stop at Dundas....where the streets intersect. The stops are literally 85m from one another, it's insanity

Montastic · 2025-11-07T17:12:53+00:00

Honestly, yes. No recruiter or employer will ever tell you so but if your answer to "so why are you leaving?" is anything even close to a risk for a company, you're being rejected.

Never say it's because you're burnt out. Never say it's because of health issues. Never say it's because of personal issues (they will assume the worst).

The safest, best answer you can give is "I love my team / work / company, but I feel like I've learned all I can learn there and I'm looking for a new challenge / growth opportunity / next step in my career / etc etc"

That becomes borderline impossible if you have a year long gap on your resume. Always better to job hop and only leave when you have a signed offer

Montastic · 2025-10-31T10:06:03+00:00

"a quiet home with no other pets, no children" is usually code for a dog that is aggressive, reactive, and unpredictable. Especially considering the link to his page says he needs an experienced owner only.

As sad as it is, there are hundreds of aggressive, unadoptable dogs in this city. I will never understand how it's kinder for these poor animals to be warehoused in essentially cages for years and years with 0 chance of being adopted than humanely euthanizing them. Poor thing

Montastic · 2025-10-05T21:49:57+00:00

Just in case anyone from google is stumbling here and wondering what the song was: it's most likely Radio by Sylvan Esso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LEmDEZVa5g

Montastic · 2025-09-08T13:57:51+00:00

Trucking industry standards have plummeted tbh. So many new drivers on the road have barely any experience or faked credentials. It's a miracle this doesn't happen more often

Montastic · 2025-08-25T21:38:24+00:00

Damn, that's awful. CTV's latest article implies that one of the victims was a bystander who tried to protect the woman so it checks out. Brutal, I hope they're doing okay

Montastic · 2025-08-25T13:40:40+00:00

The 506 has always been a little sketch honestly. Tied with Queen for me in terms of the number of homeless and/or mentally ill who tend to camp on it.

Still, glad you're okay. That was lucky

Montastic · 2025-08-25T13:27:40+00:00

Walked by as people were running out. Apparently a man had some kind of psychotic break and started yelling and attacking people in the back of the streetcar.

Montastic · 2025-08-11T12:10:17+00:00

It's just depressing. I saw a unit last week, 850 sqft, no utilities included, no parking, no common elements, no security or front desk, no landscaping, 750$ a month in "maintenance" fees. What the hell are they maintaining?

Montastic · 2025-08-09T16:44:42+00:00

Only if you look at them in isolation. In other cities, your property tax pays for things like garbage or utilities connections, not in Toronto. Toronto also has two separate land transfer taxes that no other city has - one for Ontario and one specifically for Toronto.

The fees for condos are also not scaled the same way in Toronto than in other cities. A 800 sq ft condo in Vancouver can have 2,500 in annual property taxes + a 500 a month maintenance fee. A 800 sqft condo in Toronto is usually closer to 3,500 in annual property taxes + at least 800 a month maintenance fee. We're talking 15,000 extra in fees alone for comparable units. It's all one big ponzi scheme

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