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 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
Read MoreJustice Smith’s decision expected this summer “Thank you for all of this information, and your presentations, which were excellent,” Superior Court Justice Marc Smith told legal counsel for Metro Taxi and the City of Ottawa at 3:57pm on Monday, May
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The death star is blown up in "Star Wars." Perhaps May the 4th, 2026 will cause a similar explosion of the obliviousness impacting politicians trying to understand how the world works. Image: Lucasfilm
Blissfully unaware politicians are in charge of Canada, and the rest of your life Monday, May the 4th was an epic “We told you so” day for humans who value experience, intelligence, common sense and being able to move faster
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Taxi operator Behrouz Khamseh has been working with Toronto to develop a plan for smooth ground transportation during FIFA 2026. Photo: Taxi News
“I don’t know,” says Behrouz Khamseh. “I am not sure these staff people know what they are talking about…the numbers they are giving, I don’t think they can make this work.” Khamseh has attended and spoken at several meetings at
Read MoreWhy would the smartest people pick the most gridlocked city to test? I would like to thank everyone who has recently messaged me about Waymo in Toronto. I love to be in touch with readers and am only sorry recent
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What if a dignitary representing the Federation Internationale de Powerchair Football Association needs a WAV during the World Cup? Image: FIPFA
What if a FIFA tourist needs a WAV? This week I spoke with a Government Relations professional who dismissed my questions about Ontario’s current plan to take over regulation of Uber, Lyft and other app-based firms province-wide. “Doug Ford has
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Brian Pattison of Northern Academy Transportation Training says they debated which photo to use for this truck wrap, and purposefully selected this picture to highlight the point that persons ensnared by human traffickers are often younger than people realize. Photo: Know Human Trafficking
MTO’s recent Northlander Rideshare Pilot Engagment failed egregiously in not including Indigenous community groups in its March consultations, says Shelley Walker of Know Human Trafficking. “The Northlander route goes directly through Indigenous lands,” Walker told Taxi News. “How can Ontario
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Bill Sibeon of Al's Taxi is part of a family-owned business which has been transporting Huntsville and area residents for almost 50 years. "We are available 24/7, and we have not been closed for one day in 50 years. Not even during COVID - we drove everybody where they needed to go during COVID: nurses, doctors, people with medical appointments." Sibeon is astonished that the Ford government is allowing American corporations like Uber and Lyft to begin selling rides in the community while not requiring them to comply with local Taxi by-laws. Photo: Als Taxi
Northlander pilot to allow Uber, Lyft targets local family owned businesses “Doug Ford is taking something solid and making it precarious,” says Bill Sibeon of Al’s Taxi in Huntsville. “My family has been serving this community for 50 years and
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