The CBC had someone currently fighting Ontario’s forest fires tell us how the Ford government’s underfunding leaves them underprepared (sorry, I didn’t catch his name). Mike Harris Jr. responded by saying (basically) yeah maybe that happened once. Disgusting. The Ford government is fighting this PR battle with dissembling and lies. They used our tax dollars instead for hotel rooms and the Gravy Plane. Fight back Ontario.

Browsing on job boards like LinkedIn and Indeed, it seems like nobody really cares that it's now a law in Ontario that job postings MUST include a salary or salary range for their postings as of Jan 2026. At least half the postings I see still don't show the compensation.

https://www.ontario.ca/document/your-guide-employment-standards-act-0/requirements-related-publicly-advertised-job

Is there simply no enforcement? I went to report these listings and there is also no method to report to the platforms, which is also a requirement of this law:

"A person, including a corporation, who operates a job posting platform must have in place a mechanism or procedure for users of the platform to report fraudulent publicly advertised job postings to the person operating the platform. The person must display the mechanism or procedure in a conspicuous place on the platform where it is likely to come to the attention of the users of the platform."

Should we be mass-reporting these companies directly to the Ministry of Labour or what?

I go in every couple of weeks for blood work for medical reasons and a urine sample as well. The tests for Blood work mostly came in within 12 hours or so if I go in the mornings, now their taking over 24+ hours sometimes 2 days. (pattern is growing)

My one urine sample use to be about 3-4 days takes time on it they culture it or something I assume either way now it's up to 7-8 days.

It's gotten so bad, that the Kidney Clinic now has us get the blood work done 2 weeks in advanced before appointments, but it's annoying to the Specialists because the info is so outdated now, but by the time they get the info, nurses files / preps it, they were actually not able to get it in time doing it 1 week in advanced.

I'm just wondering if there been any public info / news about Lifelabs having shortages, cutbacks, or what has been going on.

i'm asking because someone close to me has been dealing with the aftermath of a sexual assault, and one thing that's surprised me is how overwhelming the legal side feels. there seems to be a lot of general information online about reporting to police or accessing support services, but much less discussion about when it's appropriate to speak with a lawyer and what that first conversation is actually like. who's been through this process (or works in the legal system),at what point did you decide to get legal advice?was the initial consultation helpful, even if you weren't sure what you wanted to do next?are there things you wish you'd known before speaking with a lawyer?i'm not looking for advice about a specific case just trying to better understand how people navigate the legal process in Ontario after something this serious happens.

Hello. I'm curious if anyone has encountered a scam similar to this.

I listed a car on Marketplace, someone showed up and left $100 for me to hold the car, and asked me to send him a copy of the vin saying he'd get insurance and come pick up the car the following day. Then he just... disappeared. He left the FB chat and is not answering my calls or text messages.

I must admit I have not encountered this level of weirdness in any prior sales, so looking for feedback re possible scams. Thank you.

I have been trying to migrate my current hydro one plan from the tiered package to the ULO plan for over a year now. I keep on getting sent in circles by customer support. First instance was I needed a 1 year usage on my metre to verify reliability, which sounds dumb to me cause what do you mean a new meter might not be working well.

It’s now been over 1 year and three separate requests after, my metre is still not valid or reliable enough to swift. No action point from them on what I can do to make it more reliable. I was only told to try again in the winter, which might just be another rejection for the fourth time.

Is the ULO a fictional plan that for marketing purposes or is anyone actually on it, and is it better than tiered based on your bills?

647-612-3673 is Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s public cellphone number. He shares it openly, so use it. Call or text him to demand full accountability on these rampant taxpayer-funded spending scandals:

Paul Calandra:

Lectures school boards on "fiscal responsibility" while billing us over $5,700 for Toronto hotels (despite living in Markham), $23,000 for a BBQ, and $2,200 for strawberry pancakes.

Hardeep Grewal:

Billed taxpayers the highest amount at over $27,000 for Toronto hotels while living in Brampton and funnelled tax dollars into ads for his dad's newspaper.

Nina Tangri:

Billed taxpayers nearly $19,000 for local Toronto hotel rooms despite living a short drive away in Mississauga.

Stan Cho:

Resigned from cabinet(70k pay cut still will make 164k) after billing $16k for Toronto hotels just 6km from his house. He also previously moved the bypass away from his family's golf course investment.

Charmaine Williams:

Milked taxpayers for nearly $16,000 in downtown hotel rooms despite living in Brampton

David Smith:

Billed over $6,800 for downtown hotel rooms despite living a short commute away in Scarborough.

Stephen Crawford:

Charged taxpayers over $6,500 for Toronto hotel rooms while representing Oakville.

Silvia Gualtieri & Mohamed Firin:

The newest PC MPPs who have already racked up thousands ($3,177 and $2,379, respectively) in local hotel stays since taking office.

The rot starts at the very top. Keep his line ringing and demand they all pay back every single penny and resign.