Yesterday, I had back-to-back phone calls oozing with irony. One was with a St. John’s Newfoundland Taxi owner who is dismayed that St. John’s will now be open to an unlimited number of Uber vehicles; the second, with a Toronto
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“Shuniah needs to be open 24/7“ An OPP commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety blitz at the newly-opened inspection facility near Shuniah resulted in 62 per cent of trucks inspected receiving offence notices. Members of the Thunder Bay and Armstrong OPP
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The City of Toronto will launch a pothole repair blitz this Saturday to keep the City’s expressways, major roads and neighbourhood streets in a state of good repair. Approximately 133 staff forming 36 crews will work a 12-hour shift from
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The astonishing saga of Tim Horton’s attempt to evade paying out $10,000 Roll up the Rim to Win prizes is anti-Canadian.
What’s astonishing is not that Tim’s claims that because a mistake was made, they are not paying out. The astonishing part is that Canadians are shrugging and accepting this blasphemous idea without protest.
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In response to doubled electricity demand in the city by 2050, the Ontario government and the City of Toronto visited the Portlands Energy Centre on April 11 to announce that the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) will draft a new
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Ontario has all the studies it needs to take action: TFSH Ontario has all the studies it needs to make decisions about improving Trucking industry safety, says Truckers for Safer Highways (TFSH). “We appreciate the work that has gone into
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Facilitator to be hired this spring Taxi News has requested details on any and all consultations to be held before Licensing and Standards staff write the November 2024 ground transportation report as directed by Council. “The City is procuring the
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“Your patience is appreciated” Taxi firm tells clients looking for cabs during eclipse Niagara Falls has already declared a “State of Emergency” for Monday, April 8th, when a full eclipse of the sun will occur in the late afternoon. Niagara
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Revisions to Municipal Act came too late to help Taxi owners Today, the City Manager could not tell me who gave staff approval to bid for the FIFA World Cup without required funding commitments from other levels of government. That’s
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