r/toronto • • 3h ago

Discussion 🚰/r/Toronto's Wednesday Water Cooler Chat - October 28, 2026

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We're trying something new for the r/Toronto community - Every Wednesday we'll be putting up one of these discussion threads where we can just chat with less structure than normally, so we can go off topic. Rules about civility and stuff still apply of course.

This is a trial run so if at the end of our trial it doesn't feel like its working out for the community we can get rid of it or adjust to make it better. But that is where you come in! We want your feedback and thoughts. Let us know if you have any ideas, either in the comments here or send us a modmail.

Got any plans for Halloween weekend?
How about this weather we're having?
How you feeling post-election?


r/toronto • • 14h ago

Picture Toronto, After Olivia Chow won the Vote

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r/toronto • • 10h ago

Picture Toronto showing off 🔥

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I shot I took a few years back on Bathurst (Sir Isaac Brock Bridge) looking west towards Liberty Village.


r/toronto • • 2h ago

Article What the data reveals about support among voters for Olivia Chow across Toronto

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r/toronto • • 9h ago

Video caught the Toronto Henge

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this was shot last wednesday. haven't been able to catch it since


r/toronto • • 1d ago

Article Olivia Chow sets record with most votes in Toronto history (receiving more than 532,000 votes in Monday's municipal election — a record for a mayoral candidate in the city.)

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r/toronto • • 23h ago

Discussion Olivia won in Brad's own riding by 20,000 votes

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It is absolutely true that he sucked as a councilor. You don't deserve a promotion when you suck at your own job.


r/toronto • • 17h ago

Discussion TIL incoming Ward 13 councillor Curran Stikuts resuscitated two drowning people at Hanlan's Point and was given a Citizen Hero Award from Toronto Paramedic Services

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r/toronto • • 17h ago

News Olivia Chow renews pledge on Toronto property taxes after historic re-election

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r/toronto • • 2h ago

News ‘I don’t trust the police’: Regis Korchinski-Paquet’s mother questions purpose of coroner’s inquest

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r/toronto • • 19h ago

Discussion Why is it illegal to leave dog poop anywhere but not for the TPS horses?

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second time seeing a fresh pile/trail of horse shit on the road in the last couple weeks


r/toronto • • 1d ago

Picture Gong but not forgotten

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See you in four years


r/toronto • • 17h ago

Picture 1 Yonge & The Eye of Sauron

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That is the sun reflecting directly off of the top of 1 Yonge and into my office building this afternoon.


r/toronto • • 1h ago

Video The Canadian House Hippo is Back (Toronto Zoo x CN Tower x MediaSmarts)

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r/toronto • • 14h ago

Discussion Heads up if you voted at St. Timothy Catholic School yesterday—an election worker told me to put my initials on my ballot.

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Hey everyone, Just wanted to post a quick PSA and see if anyone else ran into this during the election yesterday, because I’m pretty sure an election worker messed up big time.

I went to vote around 11:00 AM yesterday at the St. Timothy Catholic School gym. When I walked over to feed my marked ballot into the tabulator, the worker stopped me and said I forgot to "initialize" it. They told me to go back to the table and write my own personal initials right on the ballot. I didn't think much of it in the moment, so I did it, and the tabulator accepted it.

Later, I realized no one else in my group was asked to do this. I looked up the Municipal Elections Act, and voters are absolutely NEVER supposed to put identifying marks on their ballots. It's actually the deputy returning officer who is supposed to authenticate the ballot with their initials.

By forcing me to put my own initials on it, they basically compromised the anonymity of my vote.

I’ve already emailed Toronto Elections so they know what happened at this polling station. But I’m curious—did anyone else run into this yesterday, either at St. Timothy or at another voting location?

Did my vote even count, or does an identifying mark like that automatically void the ballot?


r/toronto • • 20h ago

Discussion Voter Turnout was highest in downtown-adjacent wards

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The top three wards had competitive councillor races, which likely helped drive turnout.


r/toronto • • 13h ago

News Durham police officer suspended without pay after being charged in child sexual exploitation investigation

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r/toronto • • 19h ago

News Toronto voter turnout climbs to highest level in more than a decade

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According to unofficial election results, 982,660 ballots were counted across all 1,431 polling locations, resulting in a voter turnout of 45.8 per cent.


r/toronto • • 13h ago

Picture Woodbine Beach & Glen Stewart Ravine

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A truly glorious late October afternoon in Toronto 🍁


r/toronto • • 20h ago

News Olivia Chow to take questions one day after earning second term as Toronto mayor. Live updates here

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r/toronto • • 14h ago

Picture the frontrooms

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Just in time for Halloween, a spooky liminal frontyard space in Silverthorn- neither public nor private.


r/toronto • • 1d ago

News Olivia Chow re-elected as Toronto’s mayor

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r/toronto • • 17h ago

Arts & Culture Melissa Auf der Maur exhibit at the AGO is VERY good.

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For all my millenials who love analogue photography, the grunge scene in the 90's and feminist icons - GO!

The photographs took me down Riotgrrl Memory Lane and it made me want to pick up my Lomo film cameras again. I loved it!

For those who dont know you can get free tickets if you have a library card!


r/toronto • • 14h ago

Picture Go out and look at the moon tonight, its soo pretty

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I clicked pictures but didn’t get very nice shot, you guys show me few if you take any tonight.


r/toronto • • 3h ago

News These Toronto homes draw crowds with wild Halloween decorations — including a $6,000 electric chair

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