Conservative Doug Ford; Green Party Mike Schreiner; NDP Leader Marit Stiles; Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie squared off at the Ontario Leaders' debate on February 17th. Image: CPAC
Justin Trudeau’s announcement yesterday of a High Speed Train from Toronto to Quebec City sounded like a counter-balance to Doug Ford’s $150 billion Brampton-Scarborough tunnel. It feels like we are engaged in some kind of political fantasy one-upping exercise, in
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Gurpreet and Gurvinder Singh await trail in Ottawa on November 12. Court Drawing: RWN
“No date set at this time” in fake Trucking school trial The long-awaited sentencing hearing for Gurpreet Singh and Gurvinder Singh scheduled to occur February 14th did not take place. Road Warrior News assigned a reporter to be at the
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On January 6th, Justin Trudeau announced that he intends to step down as Liberal party leader and Prime Minister. In these remarks, he also noted that he asked Governor General Mary Simon to prorogue Parliament so that the Liberals could select a new leader; this statement is being used as evidence in court that he is not acting in the best interests of Canada, but of the Liberal Party. Image: CBC
“What’s stopping the next Prime Minister from proroguing indefinitely?” Canada’s historic prorogation court hearings wrapped up on February 14th. Chief Justice Paul S. Crampton listened to arguments from the Justice Centre for Constitional Freedoms on February 13th, and then from
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CTV paused this surveillance camera footage a moment before the impact which killed this pedestrian crossing Wilson Avenue in Toronto. Image: CTV
Impact caught on camera, 81 year old woman dies A horrifying news clip aired by CTV on February 12 shows the moment before an 81-year-old pedestrian was hit and killed by a dump truck at a Toronto crosswalk. The clip,
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When Ontario Trucker Csaba Vizi was eighteen in 1989, people in his native Romania rose up against decades of Communist dictatorship. A notable number of the protesters and supporters of the Freedom Convoy in 2022 hailed from Eastern European nations which had suffered under communist rule: "We know it when we see it," one supporter told Road Warrior News. Photo: Donna Laframboise
Who were these men and women? Where did they come from, what did they believe, why did they do what they did? February 14th Update: This article has been updated since it originally ran on February 8th. It has been
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T4SH's Travis McDougall has only found the $30M Shuniah inspection station opened twice, although he drives by it every week. Image: T4SH
Should open “At least 16 hours per day on business days:” Truckers for Safer Highways Travis McDougall of Truckers for Safer Highways dropped in on the Shuniah (Thunder Bay) inspection station and found it closed, again. “It’s only been open
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Ottawa's Blue Line Taxi has used the tagline "Buy local - we do" for many years. In the face of tariff threats by US president Donald Trump, Blue Line is reminding everyone that most of the money spent with Uber and Lyft leaves Canada immediately, whereas money spent with Blue Line stays in Canada. Image: Blue Line Taxi
90 per cent of Uber revenues leave Canada immediately As US president Donald Trump floated the idea of imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods earlier this month, Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and Councillors sprang to work on a
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Ottawa Courthouse Photo: Wikimedia Commons
February Court dates being vacated in Metro Taxi vs City of Ottawa As outlined in a letter sent jointly to Superior Court Judge the Honourable Justice Marc Smith on February 5th, 2025, the February court dates to consider damages in
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Screen shot of Colorado legislation which forbids the actions Uber is allegedly taking this week. Image: RDAO
“Because of this new law, you will see these changes” e-memo reads This article was updated at noon, February 5th with response from Uber. It appears Colorado Uber drivers are going to be punished for new state legislation requiring Uber
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