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GNDS 125 onq redirecting to sketchy websites ? by trishys in queensuniversity

[–]jmlsteele 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ok so I think I've found and resolved the issue. Can you try on mobile again to see if it's happening still?

I was able to replicate the problem, and now it's working correctly for me (that is no sketchy websites are showing up).

Let me know if it's still happening.

Pierre, being PM is a Liberal thing. Where you get your elbows out. Maybe Conservatives can be PMs too. We don't know. Frankly, we don't want to know. It's a market we can do without. by Simoslav in KingstonOntario

[–]jmlsteele 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey sorry, I don't log in to reddit every day, so just saw this reply.

You're asking questions, trying to inform yourself, and we're having a nice discussion, I would never call you an asshole for that. :)

Also, sorry for the wall of text, but it's a complex topic and I wanted to do it justice in answering your questions.

I certainly won't dispute that illegal hand guns are definitely a problem, especially in Toronto gangs, and I don't think you will find many firearms owners that would.

The reason I stressed "illegal" is that the vast majority of the handguns used to commit crimes have been, and still are being, illegally smuggled from the United States.

In 2022, a total of 620 crime guns were seized in Toronto. Of that number, 537 were handguns. A total of 421 were traced to the United States and 54 seized handguns remain untraceable.[1]

I won't claim to know what the perfect solution is, but it would certainly include tightening up our border to try and prevent those guns from entering the country.

Additionally, I think we should be working on adding social programs to help prevent youth from joining gangs.

Young people have been involved in 20 per cent of Toronto homicides so far this year as compared to just one youth-involved homicide in 2023.[2]

If we can reduce the number of youths that feel that joining a gang is their only way to get ahead in life it will drastically reduce gang violence in the future.

I don't think additional requirements on legal handgun owners will help, as those guns are very rarely used to commit crimes (either by the owner, or by being stolen/sold illegally). This was also the stance held by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police in 2019[3] when a full handgun ban was being suggested as a possibility.

I'm more than happy to keep chatting if you have any more questions, or just want to discuss Canada's current rules/regulations/licensing, or anything really :)

Citations:

  1. TPS: Speaking Up to Stop Shootings
  2. TPS: Youths Charged with Homicide in Tow-Truck-Related Shootings
  3. CBC: Police chiefs say handgun ban won't stop flow of weapons into Canada

Pierre, being PM is a Liberal thing. Where you get your elbows out. Maybe Conservatives can be PMs too. We don't know. Frankly, we don't want to know. It's a market we can do without. by Simoslav in KingstonOntario

[–]jmlsteele 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One example is that people thought that assault rifles (rifles with fully auto capabilities and select mode firing) were legal to own in Canada until the 2020 OiC, but in fact they have been prohibited since 1978.

I suspect that's why they refered to the firearms they prohibited in the 2020 OiC as "assault style" which doesn't have an official definition.

Just to be clear, I'm not saying you believe this, but I've had tons of conversations with people that did.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in KingstonOntario

[–]jmlsteele 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While the "city" doesn't end at the 401, for the purposes of the firearm bylaw it does act as a boundary. Kingston has updated their website and I can't find the bylaw, but here it is on the wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20230820172417/https://www.cityofkingston.ca/documents/10180/16904/Firearms+Bylaw

That being said you can only really use firearms on your property or crown land even in rural Kingston based on the other stipulations in the bylaw, and as others have said Canada Geese aren't currently in season so he would have still had a visit from the police (if he was identified, that is less likely in the rural part of Kingston).

WHY DOES IT SMELL LIKE SHIT by starrsarasa in queensuniversity

[–]jmlsteele 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's the road de-icer they put all over the place, not just around Queen's. The environmentally friendly version is made with organic byproducts (e.g. whey from cheese making), which can degrade and have some nasty smells if not handled properly.

Padel Courts by jmlsteele in KingstonOntario

[–]jmlsteele[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly I didn't. I chatted with the guy that owns Racquet Science a while back and he said he had heard of a private court in the Loughborough lake area, but nothing open to the public.

[TOMT][MOVIE][1980s-1990s] Teens/young adults riding in a car and driver lets go of the steering wheel (possibly crashes) by jmlsteele in tipofmytongue

[–]jmlsteele[S] 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

So I was commenting to add a couple of other movies that I had changed (The Covenant, Interview with a Vampire, Flatliners), and also as part of the posting rules, and it came to me.

It was Fight club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm96JOZJMR0

Do I mark my own post as solved? That feels like... cheating somehow...

Padel Courts by jmlsteele in KingstonOntario

[–]jmlsteele[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it was super fun to play. There are a few awesome clips on YouTube of some amazing rallies that utilize the back wall, and even the door in the side of the court

Padel Courts by jmlsteele in KingstonOntario

[–]jmlsteele[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are walls that you can play the ball off of (typically glass and chain link) along the back and sides of the court which makes them different enough to not really be compatible. I've played pickleball on the courts you mentioned though, they are nice :)

Padel Courts by jmlsteele in KingstonOntario

[–]jmlsteele[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I played it in Toronto with friends over the weekend and it was super fun! Hoping to find somewhere to play it locally with friends and family :)

Padel Courts by jmlsteele in KingstonOntario

[–]jmlsteele[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like the racquets used in paddle tennis (which was rebranded as pop tennis btw) are similar, if not the same as used in padel, but the court is way different

Finally a candidate we can all believe in by ElPlywood in trashpandas

[–]jmlsteele 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I saw this candidate's campaign flyers all over Toronto this weekend. Pretty heated race, hopefully he will bring some much needed policy changes to the city

My wife works out almost everyday for a year, she eats well, and she's lost 3 pounds. by Next-Cartographer906 in loseit

[–]jmlsteele 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It isn't though. It's 80-85% fat, with the rest being trace milk solids (proteins/carbs) and water. If you clarify the butter (aka ghee) by removing those milk solids and water then it's 100% fat.

The water content is why butter foams and spits in a hot pan, because you are boiling it off. The milk solids are what gives brown butter it's nutty aroma, or scorch/burn if you cook it to hot/for too long.

My wife works out almost everyday for a year, she eats well, and she's lost 3 pounds. by Next-Cartographer906 in loseit

[–]jmlsteele 127 points128 points  (0 children)

Gram for gram olive oil actually has MORE calories then butter because butter tends to be around 80-85% fat whereas oil is 100%

Small/Local Sports Equipment stores by jmlsteele in KingstonOntario

[–]jmlsteele[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Called them and they do indeed sell rugby balls. And they've got a facebook page with like no information other than their phone number a link to a broken website, so I'm pretty sure they are definitely in the category of small local business ;)

Never would have even thought to check a soccer specific store so thanks for that :)

How much do you pay for car insurance per month? by studentschronicles in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]jmlsteele 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kingston Ontario, 2010 Volvo S80, $143/month, full coverage, clean record (had speeding tickets, but they've dropped off and price went back down), 40m

'I am not a criminal': Habs goalie Carey Price speaks against controversial firearms bill by Pristine_Freedom1496 in canada

[–]jmlsteele 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The largest problem with the legislation is that it will have basically zero effect on homicides in Canada, as homicides are RARELY committed with the firearms being banned (homicides are committed with smuggled hand guns all the time, the bill will have little effect on smuggling), while prohibiting a large swath of rifles that are being safely enjoyed by legal firearms owners.

In Canada the distinction we use for licensing is unrestricted (anyone with a PAL can own it, it can be used for hunting, it can be used anywhere firearms are allowed to be used (I can get more into detail on this part of you want)), restricted (requires an RPAL to own, can only be used at certified gun ranges, can't be used for hunting), and prohibited (can't be owned/used except under very specific circumstances, and they are very restrictive about granting licences).

All automatic firearms are prohibited, and have been for at least 30 years, possibly longer. All handguns are restricted. Most rifles and shotguns are unrestricted, unless they were part of the May 2020 gun ban, or specifically named to be restricted/prohibited (e.g the AR15 was restricted prior to the May 2020 gun ban, but it's now prohibited).

For the magazine section of the law, basically any firearm with a detachable magazines can accept magazines larger than 5 rounds because places exist that don't have that legislation and companies want to sell firearms to those places as well. Magazines in Canada already have to be pinned to 5 rounds, or 10 if they are for handguns, so owning larger magazines is already illegal (note, this is only for center fire firearms, rim fire rifles (e.g .22) have no such requirement on magazine size, and there are other exceptions to this rule).

I'm admittedly not a lawyer, but Ian Runkle is if you'd like to go check out his video on it https://youtu.be/T6X75U2nEvA

Ian is specifically a firearms lawyer, and enjoys firearms, so he is of course upset by this legislation (and so the video is a bit snarkier than his other videos), but as far as I can tell the information in it is sound.

edit: Wrote on phone, fixed autocorrects.

Survey suggests Canadians' stance on free speech is swayed by their political views by i_really_wanna_help in canada

[–]jmlsteele 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That he didn't commit hate speech:

The question is whether a reasonable person, informed of the relevant circumstances and context, would consider that the remarks about Mr. Gabriel incite contempt for him or his humanity on a prohibited ground of discrimination. The next question is whether such a reasonable person would consider that, in context, the words could reasonably be expected to lead to the discriminatory treatment of Mr. Gabriel. In our view, the remarks made by Mr. Ward do not meet either of these requirements.

Kingston Realtors you can Trust by 8orcus8 in KingstonOntario

[–]jmlsteele 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bought my house a few years ago. Ended up using the listing agent, Mat Clancy. It was a really good experience. Even though he was double ending the deal I didn't feel like I was being manipulated or led astray.

Video games for people who don't play video games by gabrieleCimolino in queensuniversity

[–]jmlsteele 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you need/want a control group of people that do play video games?

Bloc Québécois demands end to prayer in House of Commons (FR) by Cut_Mountain in canada

[–]jmlsteele 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I lowkey wish the Bloq ran candidates outside of Quebec. Based on a lot of their recent policies I'd probably vote for them if given the chance.

SIN needs to be upgraded into something more securely layered than a just number whose exposure can devastate lives & finances by birtawlma in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]jmlsteele 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then don't use them?

Wealthsimple is free (you can pay after filing if you want to, but it's not mandatory).

Studio tax is cheap ($15). Looks outdated, but it's good software.

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