“It was time to buy my army jeep and get on the road to Cambodia” Bangkok was a city flooded with soldiers on their Rest and Rehabilitation (R&R) in Thailand. Vietnam was at its peak, just 600 miles away. I
Read More20-year-old accessible vehicles, 18-year old drivers, up to 10 persons Ontario has filed regulation 136/26 which will permit rideshare services to operate in rural and northern communities. The regulations were filed on May 14th and became effective May 19th. “Regulation
Read MoreOntario has filed regulations for its “rideshare pilot” effective May 19, 2026. The full set of regulations can be accessed on Ontario’s website. Designated Areas 1. Township of Algonquin Highlands. 2. Township of Armour. 3. Township of Armstrong. 4. Township
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Amey's driver George Kelliher went out of his way to pick up Biscuit and his owner in west-end Kingston on May 19th. Image: Taxi News
Amey’s Taxi driver George Kelliher went well out of his normal neighbourhood to pick up yellow Lab Biscuit and this reporter in Kingston on May 19th. “Normally I work in the east end,” Kelliher explained after a pick-up at Kingston
Read MoreJohn Tory’s expensive kiss-off good-bye The fact that Canada’s FIFA World Cup spending will total $82 million per game taxpayer subsidies is a travesty. The deal negotiated in the sunset of John Tory’s mayoralty career reminds me of the 1976
Read MoreToronto will host six FIFA World Cup 26™ matches between June 12 to July 2 and host FIFA Fan Festival™ on select days through July 19. The City has created a website to keep residents, travellers and drivers up-to-date on
Read MoreBy Ian Connerty More ballots were counted than there were voters. Voters were getting phone calls while they were voting. And many took pictures of their ballot to record how they voted, which is widely accepted as a sure sign of
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Mike Sanders is a third-generation Taxi professional, now designing technical tools for use across industry. Image: taxi-stand.com
Sudbury’s Mike Sanders has a dream Mike Sanders of Sudbury’s Aaron Group is in the UK this week to promote the Taxi Stand booking tool. Sanders is the grand son of Aaron Group founder John Sanders, who immigrated to Canada
Read MoreBogus messages spoof real toll collection programs Every year, the Federal Trade Commission gets millions of fraud reports from consumers and shares information about the top scams. In what’s not a surprise for anyone who’s followed along in the past,
Read MorePoliticians, not technology, enabled Uber “New technologies are enabling companies to sidestep the historical regulatory framework,” reads Gowlings’ final argument submitted to Justice Smith on March 28.News flash: it was not “new technologies” that allowed Uber to “sidestep the historical
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