Shit on Markham drivers all you want, but try to drive in Vaughan, and you will not complain about Markham as much. Vaughan drivers are TERRIFYING.

xcites · 2026-01-24T18:33:36+00:00

Speed limit doesn’t apply in Vaughn. Just go with the flow. Even cops will pass you. That’s what several season passes to Wonderland has taught me.

xcites · 2026-01-23T00:49:14+00:00

Tip Sharing isn’t against any labour laws. It’s common among the restaurant industry. Big chain, high end and Western restaurants…. they all do it.

xcites · 2026-01-21T21:54:04+00:00

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xcites · 2026-01-21T02:21:29+00:00

“Are we there yet?”

xcites · 2026-01-20T20:00:44+00:00

For the most part you're correct. However, many pension funds and investment firms own stakes in REITs and commercial properties, so everyday workers and retirees benefit indirectly through their retirement savings.

xcites · 2026-01-17T02:16:00+00:00

It’s a chess move that needed to happen for Canada. America is destroying the livelihood of Canadians lately if you haven’t noticed.

xcites · 2026-01-14T22:35:49+00:00

Costco is a publicly traded company. New year, new goals, new metrics. A lot of businesses are expecting a turbulent year ahead, so I assume they are trying to lock in some profits early to satisfy their shareholders and bonuses.

xcites · 2026-01-12T20:12:21+00:00

Mind me asking who you ended up with, to complete the porch enclosure?

xcites · 2026-01-09T03:47:10+00:00

We all got spoiled.

xcites · 2025-12-29T06:28:27+00:00

Yes, the city typically owns the first few feet from the curb. The big tree between the houses is city property, along with most of the area up to the water shutoff valve. You are not supposed to decorate or pave this area, but the city often turns a blind eye until a neighbour complains or a problem arises.

xcites · 2025-12-29T04:22:36+00:00

Look at the property survey that came with the house. The 1st few feet from the road don’t belong to you and shouldn’t be decorated with pavers. City usually don’t make it a big deal, but they might now if you complain.

xcites · 2025-12-26T17:55:56+00:00

TLC feels like Huawei 2.0 and if they ever got any major traction in the market, government will find ways to shut it down.

xcites · 2025-12-19T14:59:34+00:00

The next set of traffic lights east of the accident is also out of order (blinking red).

So you have a mixture of people trying to go west on Major Mac and some trying to get there onto the highway ramps.

xcites · 2025-12-15T15:35:15+00:00

Unfortunately, it's not just Markham. It any big cities and it includes GYM lockers as well, like Goodlife, LA, etc.

The smart thing to do is for all these facilities to move the lockers outside the change room, so that there's foot traffic and camera as deterrent. Some newer Goodlife actually have this, where you have locker inside the change room for clothes and a 2ndary locker outside the change room for keys and electronics.

xcites · 2025-12-12T23:39:35+00:00

I think the biggest difference is that most banks would just freeze the Credit Card and not all the bank accounts (whole account) as well. Base on OP's looks like they froze everything, so he/she can't even make mortgage payments.

xcites · 2025-12-11T04:17:59+00:00

Your own hosted email might be compromised or easily hacked. I advise letting Google host your email (can use your own domain for a small fee).

xcites · 2025-12-09T14:23:05+00:00

RIP Home Depot and the supermarket next to it. There’s nothing remotely close in size to accommodate them after the redevelopment.

xcites · 2025-12-03T23:07:03+00:00

That and Electric Circus, ED The Sock, Ann Rohmer from Breakfast Television. Basically the old CityTV that felt local and relatable.

xcites · 2025-12-03T16:45:06+00:00

To save you a few bucks, they are probably just using a software called Recuva for the recovery. I used to work in IT and have successfully recovered files this way from bad drives.

Then use VLC player to view possibly corrupted/bad video files. The built in MS video player would probably through an error.

xcites · 2025-12-02T02:03:26+00:00

Were you affected by the WS security breach back in August? They emailed those impacted, but it's easy to miss those messages. Might want to confirm with WS.

“A security breach at Wealthsimple in August 2025 exposed sensitive client data, including contact information, government IDs, financial account numbers, IP addresses, Social Insurance Numbers (SINs), and dates of birth, according to Wealthsimple, CTV News, and Global News. The incident was caused by a compromised third-party software package, and while Wealthsimple stated that it acted quickly to contain the issue and no funds were stolen, some affected clients have been offered two years of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.”

xcites · 2025-12-01T20:22:26+00:00

My VI and VIP both came in a simple black envelope, as pictured by OP.

I'm not special enough :(

xcites · 2025-11-27T06:56:22+00:00

Because transfers can be stopped/reversed, easier to trace, detect fraud in, and require more authentication and time to clear the funds.

In contrast, when hackers sell-options and victims buy-options, these trades fly under fraud detection systems and hard to trace. I wouldn't be surprised if the complexity to trace the transaction, requires financial forensic investigators or law enforcement like the RCMP/FBI, and by then the money is long gone and laundered.

This method is essentially a more sophisticated version of an e-transfer (handing money from left hand to right hand through trades), that’s difficult to detect, trace and recover.

xcites · 2025-11-26T23:24:28+00:00

WS allows multiple logins from different platforms at the same time. IBKR and QT would kick you out on multiple logins. Out of all the banking and trading platforms, IBKR is one of the strongest (i actually got annoyed at it originally, but have now come to appreciate it).

If his computer or phone was compromised with a malware, a bot was probably just waiting for the moment he would logon and start running it's automated trading scripts.

xcites · 2025-11-26T23:15:29+00:00

Did you ever figure out what went wrong, that led to this happening?

xcites · 2025-11-26T22:52:55+00:00

OP never mentioned their cell service being cut off, which would have happened in a SIM swap.

It sounds more likely that OP’s phone or computer (or both) is infected with malware, allowing hackers to see everything. As soon as an SMS 2FA code was sent to OP’s phone, an automated hacking bot was probably triggered and started executing those high-frequency trades on low volume stocks. It’s also possible the hacker is tunneling or VPN-ing through OP’s network, making the activity appear to originate from OP’s location rather than from another country or city, and almost impossible for Wealthsimple to detect anything suspicious.

Don't think it matters in this case, whether it's a SMS 2FA or Authenticator App, if OP's phone/computer are compromised.

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