Plaintiffs remain optimistic Taxi plate holders and industry observers waiting for the decision by Justice Marc Smith in the Metro Taxi vs. City of Ottawa case will need to wait a little longer. Those involved with the landmark case, in
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Mark Carney embraces European Union Commission president Ursula Von Der Layden after she welcomes "dear Mark" to start the process of becoming an eventual "Associate Member" of the European Union. Image: CPAC/YouTube
This week’s brutal news that hundreds of workers are being laid off from their jobs at Stelco underscores the terrible mistake Canadians are making in the way we are framing the tariff debate. Media reports tend to position the situation
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Slide from staff report to Cornwall City Council indicates "safety is where the gap is widest" between Taxi and rideshare. Image: Cornwall
Municipal elections, Ontario pilot program given as reasons to wait The City of Cornwall Council has voted to delay work on creating a new vehicle for hire by-law until at least after the upcoming municipal elections. Deputy fire services chief
Read More“Clearly, they are not listening to local businesses” Ministry of Transportation staff “would not engage in the context of the rideshare conversation,” on a stakeholder call this week, says Mike Sanders of Sudbury’s Aaron Group Taxi. The stated purpose of
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DriveWise managment "family" Lesley de Repentigny (far right) and husband Martin with their daughter Katherine Scharapenko and her husband Ryan (left). Photo: DriveWise
Clients offer congratulations on Canadian Occupational Safety Award Barrie’s DriveWise/KnowledgeSurge has been named the best supplier for driver training in the 2026 Canadian Occupational Safety Readers’ Choice Awards. DriveWise president Lesley de Repentigny told Taxi News that the award came
Read More“Police HATE this file” and want municipalities to take it Sault Ste. Marie and Cornwall are both “reviewing” or “clarifying” vehicle-for-hire regulations. The timing is unusual, given that Ontario is in the middle of a pilot involving rideshare services. Ontario
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Ali Enad of Coventry Connection trains professional drivers in Para and Accessible Transit. Photo: Taxi News
Will robo-taxis offer Wheelchair Accessible services? A short, sweet, blunt tidbit of common sense is a gift to be treasured. In the military it’s called a BGO, or “blinding flash of the glaringly obvious.” For example, once when I
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Ali Enad of Coventry Connections delivered an information-packed presentation at the Ontario East Municipal Conference on September 9, 2026. Photo: Taxi News
Coventry’s Enad provides a framework for service at OEMC Accessible transportation is not just a ride, but “a chain of responsibility,” Ali Enad of Coventry Connections told an attentive room of municipal stakeholders on September 9th. Enad, Coventry’s General Manager
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Doug Ford and Mark Carney keep telling Canadians "We are the Americans BIGGEST CUSTOMER for automobiles." Actually, the BIGGEST CUSTOMER for American automobiles is the Americans themselves. Canada represents a very small fraction of all sales. Image: Taxi News
Tariffs and trade wars will give Canadians lots of practice Update: This article was first published in 2020, when Canadians were figuring out how to cope with the financial pain of COVID-19. In honour of the needless 2026 trade “war”
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