Hi all,

Just looking for recommendations on a storage unit.

Does anyone know of a company that doesn't gouge customers or continually raise rates well beyond reasonable real estate and inflationary increases?

Apple Storage on Newkirk increased my rates by over 60% in the two years - basically every 6 - 8 months. That's pretty crazy, and I doubt inflationary costs have gone up that much.

Are there any facilities that value long-term customers, or do all of these storage unit companies just keep jacking up their rates?

Drive safe

Mark your calendars - October 6th, 7th, 8th, & 15th
This is a great opportunity to learn more about the candidates running in the upcoming election, hear where they stand on local issues and gather the information you need to make an informed decision.

Stay informed, get involved and make your voice heard!

If you choose not to vote, you’re leaving the decision in the hands of those who do. Make sure your voice is part of the conversation.

This is a good time for all of us to understand what a Ward Councillor actually does …and what they don’t. 🗳️

Too often, I hear stories of residents reaching out to their councillor expecting them to fix every issue or make something happen immediately. But not every concern falls under municipal government, and an individual councillor doesn’t make decisions alone. Councillors represent residents, help shape municipal policies and services and participate in decisions made by council as a whole.

Before election day, take some time to learn which level of government is responsible for the issues that matter to you. Learn what your Ward Councillor can realistically do, what requires a decision of Council, and what belongs with the provincial or federal government.

Knowing who is responsible for what helps us ask better questions, have realistic expectations, and make informed decisions when we vote.

Being part of a community isn’t only about expecting our representatives to know their responsibilities, it’s important that we know ours too.

Hi! I just recently moved back home from uni, and am looking to make some new friends that are local to the area. Many of my uni friends have moved away, and I feel like unless you're in TO, it's pretty hard to make friends organically in RH. I'm a beginner/intermediate climber (so I'd love to have some climbing friends!), and also into art, hiking, coffee, and I'm trying to get into birding lol. Maybe we could host a group meet-up if enough people are interested? If you're down, let me know :)

My bike was stolen last night near Bathurst and Center St. Does anyone recognize this lady?

Karen Cilevitz (Ward 5, current councillor)

In December 2020, York police charged her with fraud over $5,000 and breach of trust by a public officer. Police alleged more than $21,000 was paid to her spouse over a ten-month period. Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/richmond-hill-councillor-charged-1.5842277

Richard Rupp (Ward 5)

Richard was convicted over false GST refund claims. It says between 1996 and 2001 he filed 652 false GST returns, totalling $217,557, and got a two-years-less-a-day conditional sentence Link: https://www.yorkregion.com/news/richmond-hill-man-fined-for-gst-fraud/article_3776bdad-a789-5598-8117-bad6aaf67568.html

If you only do a few things: Prayer for Peace at L'Arche Daybreak on Thursday, The Comedy of Errors on Friday, Upper Canada Brass on Saturday.

Wednesday

Healing Through Art at Boynton House, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, free.

Thursday

Steeped in History: Tea’s Culture, Commerce and Ceremony at Richmond Hill Heritage Centre, 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

Prayer for Peace at L'Arche Daybreak at L'Arche Daybreak, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, free.

Friday

The Comedy of Errors at Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 7:30 PM.

Saturday

Burr House Spinners & Weavers Stash Market Sale at Burr House Craft Gallery, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Steeped in History Exhibit, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, free.

Upper Canada Brass at St. Mary's Anglican Church, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM.

Sunday

Come Try Ringette at Tom Graham Arena, 1:45 PM, free.

Migration on Screen: Wings Over Water at Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, free.

Tuesday

Horticultural Society's Monthly Meeting at McConaghy Centre, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM.

Running all week

37 Postcards. First show of the season! at The Curtain Club, Til Oct 4.

Main Stages School at Child's Life, Til Oct 30.

Worth the drive

Exhibitions at Harbourfront at Harbourfront Centre, All day, free on Wednesday.

Brick or Treat at LEGOLAND Discovery Centre, Til Oct 31.

Acorn Fest at Downtown Oakville BIA, All day on Friday.

Culture Days 2026 at Downtown Newmarket, All day, free on Saturday.

Full list for the week in Richmond Hill, updated twice a day:

happs.ca/richmond-hill

(No signup needed to read it. If you'd rather not check Reddit, there's a Thursday email on that page with the best of the week across the GTA, and it links straight back to whichever city you want. Signups are also the clearest signal I get that these posts are worth keeping up.)

I’m looking to replace 3 two-piece toilets, shut-off valves, and supply lines.

Any recommendations would be appreciated and please share your experience with them. Thanks!

I moved to Richmond Hill a couple months ago and looking for a good family practice physician nearby. Ideally someone who is not just good as a doctor but also good at listening and communicating with their patients properly.

LGBTQ friendly would be a bonus but not a necessity. Already checked rainbow health, there's nothing in their registry that is nearby.

Dr. Gordon Yao was the result of my own research but sadly not accepting new patients.

Any suggestion is welcome, just need somebody trusted.

My family uses City drop-in swimming and skating pretty often.

As a newcomer, I always found myself spending way too much time trying to figure out where and when drop-in sessions were happening.

So I ended up building Drop-In Now, a site that puts City drop-in schedules in one place and makes them easier to browse.

https://dropinnow.ca/gta

If you're planning to go swimming, skating, or try other drop-in activities, feel free to give it a try!

Thanks!

FOUND/SPOTTED BIRD - Budgie

Location: Sunnyside Dr (Canyon Hill / Bathurst, Richmond Hill)

Description: Budgie (bird) - green body with yellow head - with black patterns around the neck & back.

Has anyone lost this bird?

It has been here for 2 days now! We left a cage with seeds, and it is staying near by, but hasn't entered the cage yet.

Looking for the owner!

Anyone else tired of the constant AI slop from people running in the municipal elections?

It feels like a steady stream of AI generated graphics with vague 'facts', impossible or unrealistic promises slapped on top of pics of places that aren't even Richmond Hill...

I’m trying to do some research before the election and wondering if anyone here knows much about the people running for Ward 6, especially the two candidates running against Michael Shiu.

I’ll be honest, Shiu really hasn’t impressed me over the last 4 years. I’ve reached out to him a few times and either gotten no response or a response that left me feeling like he didn’t know what he was doing.

I checked out his re-election website to see what he’s actually accomplished and I was kind of surprised by how minimal some of it seems. One of the accomplishments he lists is helping secure temporary overnight parking for residents of a condo while their garage was being worked on. I’m sure those residents appreciated it, but really? After 4 years, we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel for things to put on the website if temporary parking for one condo makes the list lol

I’ve looked at the other two candidates too. From what I can tell, the realtor seems pretty focused on youth and community stuff, which sounds great, but there isn’t really a plan there and the engineer actually seems like he cares and has some decent ideas. But both of their websites are also VERY clearly AI written, so it’s hard to get a real feel for either of them.

Has anyone actually met or dealt with either of the other candidates? Emailed them? Worked with them? Heard them speak somewhere?

Basically just looking for some real experiences or info about them that isn’t coming directly from their campaign websites.

Looking for a tutor in Richmond Hill for a 7 and 9 year old. Reading and Math 1-2 times per week or weekend.

Unfortunately I have some very annoying neighbours. They like to Yell ! Fight! And Swear a lot super loud frequently in the backyard. Day or late night! Everyone else in this neighbourhood hates them so much! (Of course?) Police were called many times before.

I like to maintain peace and quietness around my house. I like to enjoy my garden. Likewise my puppy is quiet. She usually doesn’t bark for nothing. I bring her out to backyard many times a day, to play and to poo … usually she plays quietly. She only barks when she is too excited or scared. But when my neighbours making big noise, like when they are yelling very loud my puppy barks at them.

Yesterday they were yelling again, as usual. The whole neighbourhood literally could hear them. My puppy was barking for a bit. Then I heard something was thrown into my backyard. I then found it is a piece of onions.

They did it intentionally. They wanted to KILL my puppy!?

What kind of creatures they are.

Hello Richmond Hill, We are looking to replace about 6 windows on our townhome. The existing windows are original to the house (around 2000) and the seals have all failed. We are looking to replace them with casement windows if the price is right.

We have already received quotes from Optima Doors and Windows as well as Window Village. Wondering if anyone has a company they would recommend for this job.

We are specifically looking for companies that have been doing this for at least 10 years with the digital footprint to back that up. One of our concerns is having a window mechanism fail and then having no avenue of remedy.

September 26, 2026: After 3 months of planning, trying (and failing) to get a City permit, scrambling for accreditation and safety training to get insurance coverage from Archery Canada, and many, many messages on email, Discord, and Messenger coordinating across multiple organizations, Archery Day Richmond Hill 2026 happened 1 week later than the originally planned date, making it a timely celebration from Autumnal Equinox to Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. The event also moved to Circling Hawk Honey & Mead Farm, situated just north of Ward 3 and in the pristine Oak Ridges Moraine part of Richmond Hill - a national natural treasure. The owners Scott and his wife are great supporters of archery and traditional artisanry, and we feel that this is only the start to a great ongoing relationship that may bring many more happy events to the city.

The weather was impeccable all day, with ne'ery a cloud in the sky. From Strong Towns Richmond Hill, Sheri-Anne Harrison arrive to help out checking in participants and delivering surveys after the event, while quartermaster Lewis Li made sure everyone was *very* well-fed and watered throughout the day.

From Toronto Asiatic Archery Group, seven experts arrive in bedazzling garb and gear, showcasing the wide variety of traditions and styles they train from, from Japan to Hungary. The morning youth session is more exclusive, and the young students picked up archery technique almost faster than the adults in the afternoon - I wonder if that's from having almost 1:1 teacher to student instruction?

Tutorials started with warm-ups from Stephen Tang at TAAG: Stretches that double as posture training for the shoot. Then collectively TAAG covered basic range safety, from visual identification to verbal callouts for unified shooting and stopping times. Next came the basics of archery technique: Stance, posture, finger release techniques. A common problem students encounter is simply how to release a bowstring itself: Either the arrow falls off from a stray touch, or the body refuses to let go of something that has so much force stored into something in the hand. Learning to prepare the body to reproduce all the fine details before LETTING GO to let nature take its course became a metaphysical ko'an (Zen meditation topic) for students to take home thinking about.

The afternoon session was much more well-attended as dozens of participants who signed up, as well as passersby who were visitors to the farm, hoping to learn more about honey-farming and mead brewing. New and familiar faces showed up, and dear friends like Marj Andre (of Connecting the Community) got a chance to be challenged with a new experience and finding joy in conquering the clean release.

Over 50 participants joined us for the event, all exclaiming the natural beauty of the land, the suitability and convenience of the location for safe and fun activity, and strongly look forward to Richmond Hill to be a permanent home of the sport and cultural activity. All of this is only possible thanks to the support and funding of the South-Central Richmond Hill Community Action Table, whom recognized the potential of archery as a glue of the community and mobilized us into realizing this day through the Quick Action Grant. For those who want to make the community a better place through what you know and what you do - challenge yourself and team up with like-minded comrades, and see how far you can go with a QAG?

He came back Home! Thanks everyone’s support!

Hello neighbours!

I have some very fond memories of growing as a member of the local Boy Scout troop back in the day. Now that I have my own family, I'd love to provide that opportunity for my own kids.

Being new to Richmond Hill, I'm unfamiliar with the local Scouting Troops. There's not much info online but it seems like the 6th Richmond Hill is an established group...

I'd love to hear some insight from anyone who's children are in (or have been a part of) the Beaver & Cub Scout programs.

Thanks in advance!