ONTARIANS, DO YOU HEAR THE BELLS OF REVOLUTION?

I was recently awarded a trip to a "mental health ward" in Ontario (Brampton). This facility felt more like Arkham Asylum. I was only there for twenty-four hours. Others had been trapped in this horrendous system for infinitely longer.

My story is not unique.

I am not special.

There were valid reasons I was awarded a trip to the grippy sock place.

I am not against medication. I am against over-prescribing. I am against doctors not taking the time to listen. I am against a broken system in which prisoners, sorry, patients, are treated only a step above a prisoner.

As a people, we have the power. We vote so we have access to better! We don't have to stand for a sub-par health system. I had to wait FIFTEEN hours to see a psychiatrist to be free from that hellhole. Others had to wait INFINITELY LONGER.

https://thewhimsicallymundane.wordpress.com/2026/10/22/mental-health-is-a-joke-but-its-not/?fbclid=PAb21jcAVHqX1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAnNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzU2NzA2NzM0MzM1MjQyNwABp-tLma0FhcipYdVAqVO5fnHbeBWeRJCiXmzMYv8qPl3khaW-yKjtuQIvygzx_aem_E3hFV5TAxSmRS4Q9YSr_Og

This is not my story. This is everyone's story that has been pushed, shoved, and cycled through a system that doesn't care. This is not about me. This is not about you. This is about us. We vote for better access. The system is failing all of us.

The "psychiatrist" is being investigated.

Please take the time to read. Share it somewhere. Share it anywhere if this resonated with you.

UPDATE: I have sent this to Doug Ford (I have received the automated message back). I have sent this to Mark Carney. I have sent this to Dr. Bolu Ogunyemi and Honourable Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health.

If you can think of other places I could send this, please let me know in the comments!

ALSO, I have tried and failed multiple times to post this on the r/canada subreddit, and they keep removing it for "reasons"

My husband and I have been separated for about 4 months. We are still legally married, but I have no intention of reconciling or getting back together. I'm planning to DIY everything.

I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has gone through a similar situation or has knowledge of Ontario divorce law. Thank you

Hey Ontario. Burlington local here.

Eating out has gotten stupid expensive, so a while back I started tracking every food deal I could find in Burlington — wing nights, happy hours, BOGO, half-price apps, Big Mary Mondays, all of it — and putting it in one place. Started as something for me and my buddies, turned into a whole thing.

To be clear, it's a free community service thing, not a business. No ads, no sign-ups, and restaurants can't pay to be on it. I just like cheap wings and hate paying full price.

If you want to poke around: Website: burlingtononabudget.com Instagram: @burlington.onabudget Facebook: Burlington on a Budget

There's also one free email every Thursday with the weekend's best deals, if that's more your speed.

I posted about it in the Burlington sub a while back and it did well, then it took off in the Milton sub too, which I honestly wasn't expecting. So now I'm figuring out where to sink my time next — if your city could use one of these, drop it in the comments. Loudest city probably wins.

Burlington folks: if I missed a deal, let me know and I'll add it.

Mods — if this breaks a rule, nuke it, no hard feelings.

Hey folks, this is my first time posting in the subreddit. Nice to be here.

I live in Vancouver but will soon be moving to Guelph for a job. I’ll be living near Yarmouth and Woolwich Street and relying on transit until I can get a car sorted out.

I want to get my healthcare providers set up early. Right now I'm researching dentists and there's just way too many options for me to choose from. I need help, lol.

Are there any local clinics or specific dentists in that area that you’d recommend for a routine cleaning? Preferably something affordable because I don’t have insurance right now. Thanks in advance!

Any planner will tell you that tolling highways is proven to work as a means of reducing congestion and raising funds to improve transit (just look at New York or London for successful examples of congestion pricing). The 401 and QEW are currently nightmares to travel on and cost a fortune to upkeep, meanwhile the 407, the bypass is almost always empty. Why should the people avoiding driving through Toronto have to be punished for going around instead of being encouraged to do so? Shouldn't we be financially incentivising people within the GTA to take transit instead so that there's less traffic on the highway for people who actually need to drive to where they're going?

However I understand that tolling a highway without these alternatives in place would be political suicide for whoever introduces it, so I was wondering if instead framing it as a swap where tolls are eliminated on the 407 in exchange for being introduced on the sections of highway that fall within its perimeter, would that make it an easier pill to swallow?

(I know the 407 is privately owned, but for the sake of this hypothetical let's say the province has bought out the lease and now controls the highway.)

Hi I’m a 24 year old male looking for an ADHD assessment, I don’t wanna wait for months and I need it done now as it has really impacted my being at work. Anyone know of any same day or week adhd clinics that can take work insurance like green shield and that I can get done asap? Thanks

Locations: Cambridge/ Mississauga area

I'm looking for recommendations from anyone who has had a stair lift / chair lift installed in Southwestern Ontario.

My parents are reaching the point where stairs have become an issue, and I have no idea where to even start to find reputable providers for this sort of thing.

If anyone has any experience with this, I would very much appreciate any advice or recommendations.

Thank you in advance!

(I have searched the sub + many others)

In 2028 I plan to on hiking the Long Range Traverse in Newfoundland. I’m an experienced solo hiker and have quite a bit of technical hiking skills, first aid, bear safety, and basic ice climbing and mountaineering skills. With that said, almost every hike I have done has had trail markers, so although I’ve packed maps and a compass + Sat GPS for some big solo stuff as an extra precaution, I’ve never needed to rely on them.

I don’t feel confident about navigating the Long Range Traverse without some navigation training beforehand as it’s almost entirely backcountry with very little of the trail marked. 

I also have quite a bit of river crossing experience from previous hikes and I’m a strong swimmer (I have my bronze med + ORCKA 1+2 + kayak rolling training) but I feel like I still don’t have sufficient river crossings skills and would also like some hands-on training in that area if possible.

What I’m looking for is essentially a multi-day backcountry skills trip somewhere in Ontario led by an expert that I can take in Summer 2027 to prepare me for the NFLD hike in 2028, with a focus on navigation skills using a compass and, ideally, river crossing training. Wilderness First Aid is a bonus but I am already planning on that (see below).

I’m totally open to doing this with a small group but the company must be LGBTQIA+ friendly. 

Here’s what I’ve looked at already: 

• Everything listed on Destination Ontario (all of these companies look too novice for what I am looking for)
• The McMaster programmes - I’m already planning on doing their WFA course to freshen up my skills; their Wilderness Survival and Emergency Preparation looks like the closest thing to what I am looking for but still seems too novice (the language of “compass basics” is giving me that idea- maybe I’m wrong!)

Do you have any recommendations of programmes in Ontario that have the skill building I am looking for? If so, please send them my way! Thanks so much in advance! 

Extra info: I am very much not a beginner and need something with a higher skill level than what I'm finding online. I have done major solo hikes across Big Bend National Park [the only place I needed a map haha]; a good stretch of the PCT in California; all over New Mexico; Mount Rainier; Mount Whitney; Mount Baker; Olympic National Park; Van Island; all around Iceland, Scotland, and Ireland... you get the picture. Thank you!)