Reddit pulse / page 17
Every post from Reddit, newest first.
People's Foods used to be everyone's favourite greasy spoon. Someone found their old business card while cleaning and posted it to Reddit — now the whole city's reminiscing about the spots that are gone.
Someone posted a tour of Toronto's hidden cliffs and bluffs on the city subreddit and it's blowing up. Scarborough Bluffs are the obvious one, but there are way more dramatic spots people don't know about.
Parents had a cute raccoon just chill on their porch last night. Torontonians are collectively losing it over the photos — nothing beats our trash pandas.
There's a café called the Brick Room hidden in the PATH between Union and Brookfield Place. Worth tracking down if you're downtown.
Post-smoke weather means beachtime. Woodbine's where it's at — peace, tranquility, and the whole city's shoreline is still a gift we don't use enough.
After years of nearly making it, Shania Twain actually played the Horseshoe Tavern on Queen West. "I've finally made it," she said on stage. Icon moment.
Sky's back to normal after three days of wildfire haze. You can actually see the tower again. Breathe easy, literally.
CBSA detector dog Dharla sniffed out nearly 38 kg of undeclared meat at Toronto Pearson. that's a lot of hidden food getting caught.
Someone created cute art on an electrical box at Jane St. & Denison Rd. and the neighbourhood's showing love. Wish artists signed their work for proper credit.
A Reddit user spotted what might be Toronto's last existing Blockbuster sign. Nostalgia hit different when it's actually real.
The worst of it's past. Toronto's skyline is coming back into view as winds shift and air quality improves Friday. Time to breathe again.
Toronto shut down all outdoor pools and wading pools Thursday because of the orange air quality warning. The city's protecting vulnerable residents including kids and older adults from wildfire smoke.
Conditions are forecast to improve by Friday morning as a shift in wind direction is expected to help flush the smoke out. Until then, stay cautious — air quality remains at high to very high risk levels.
A beaver showed up on Toronto streets this week, and locals think it's escaping the wildfire smoke. "Lived here for years, never seen a beaver walk around the streets like this," one Redditor posted.
Someone coded a game called Sky Roomba where you fly a drone clearing orange smoke haze from Toronto neighbourhoods—inspired by waking up to an orange sky and coughing all the way to the office. You can't hit the birds or you lose.
FIFA Fan Fest got cancelled hours before the England-Argentina semifinal kicked off because of the smoke. Fans heading indoors to watch at bars and restaurants instead — RendezViews and STACKT Market packed.
Someone painted today's orange sky and the colour just looked like dirty water on the page. Real talk: the smoke is so thick the sky stopped looking like sky at all.
The red sun over the city this morning is wild—smoke from northern Ontario fires is so thick you can actually see it filtering the light. Taking some haunting photos out there.
Organizers of Salsa on St. Clair are calling for accountability after a shooting at the event and threatening to pull the plug on future editions if safety doesn't improve. Community watching closely.
Yellow, gray and white cockatiel named Peewee escaped Wednesday from Clearside Place in Etobicoke. Last spotted near Toledo and Renforth. He loves to whistle 'September.' If you see him, DM on r/toronto.
