toonderly
Active Member
Was anything north of Richmond affected? I heard the generators but was shocked to hear it described as Moss Park and then specify Adelaide.
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richsherb
Active Member
I can't say for sure. It may have been at one point but I didn't notice any dark patches other than what I could see in the buildings mentioned.
Mihairokov
Senior Member
I lost power on Tuesday AM for a few hours but heard people on Adelaide had been on/off for a few days.
reinventingthewheel
Senior Member
This is what was reported on Tuesday and, as mentioned in the Facebook caption, it wasn’t entirely accurate. No outages I heard of on George north of Adelaide.
I have seen plenty of Hydro vehicles parked around the substation at Adelaide and George the last couple of nights.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
I look a walk along Queen from River to Church last week and I was surprisingly pleased with the vibe and variety of retail and reduced ratio of crazies to normies. Who would have thought that downtown east could support a fishing shop? https://driftoutfitters.com/
DSCToronto
Superstar
It has been there for many years.
Tuscani01
Senior Member
In fact, its been there for decades!
Northern Light
Superstar
Ummm, sorry, having a pedantic moment, LOL
It was founded in July 2015. I mean, yes, that's longer than one decade, but definitely less than two!
Tuscani01
Senior Member
The current store yes, but it was a fishing store previous to the current business owner taking over.
(Was formerly Wilsons Fly Shop - opened in 98)
evandyk
Senior Member
There was a fishing store there ever since I moved to Toronto (2001) so that checks out. I thought it was weird at the time, but is probably even more weird now! Though to be fair, now you can fish in the lake and river in Toronto, which you never would have done in 2001.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
Either way, I was pleased to see Queen St. from Parliament to Church improving. I wonder where the junkies and zombies went?
mcbg1
Active Member
hmm maybe you got lucky because Queen St E is very much full of junkies and crazies. Try taking the 501 streetcar if you feel like testing out your life insurance policy.
Northern Light
Superstar
"Full" is a profound exaggeration of absurd proportions suggesting you haven't set foot on said streetcar.
If you said "I've encountered some people" or "more than I'm comfortable with" that might be accurate, but the above statement is not.
Equating the risk of riding to that of being murdered in a City with fewer murders in its first 3 months of 2026 than any comparable period on record, 5, pacing for 21 annualized, compared with 90'ish a few years ago............is again ridiculous.
There have been zero homicides on the TTC this year, to date. (knock wood)
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Admiral Beez
Superstar
I keep saying that the easy fix there is to have ironclad fare enforcement on any streetcar within this box. As for the nicer vibe I experienced Queen St., I think the Fred Victor Centre may have closed down?
Some info from Feb 2025 on how the BIA effort struggles due to lack of businesses (rather than the homeless industrial complex) to pay BIA fees.
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CityPainter
Active Member
When was the last murder on the 501? Has there ever been a murder on the 501? I don't know, but "Murder on the 501" sounds like a good Agatha Christie story just begging to be written. What a shame she's dead, she must have made the mistake of riding the TTC.