Big Rig Wraps Transport Truck Advertising, geekspeak Commerce and the Ontario Truck Training Academy will unveil the latest rig wrap to support the Know Human Trafficking Truck Advertising Campaign in Whitby today at 2pm at Abilities Centre 1 Jim Flaherty
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“Truck drivers are the heartbeat of our economy” Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria says he will travel to Northern Ontario to see highways, including Highway 11/17, for himself. Sarkaria visited Port Hope, Ontario October 20th to announce investments in the
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Niagara program saving Region $1,000 per trip Ottawa is expected to begin piloting the use of Taxis in its Emergency Medical Services (EMS) this fall. A memo is being submitted to the October 19th Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee
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No matter which figure you use, 50,000 or 80,000 cruising cars is a lot more than 5,500 Taxis ***** An astonishing thing happened at Toronto’s October 11th City Council Meeting. While considering mandating electric Taxis and Ubers in order to
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Temporary cap while staff determine “appropriate licensing levels” Toronto Council voted to pause issuing new licenses for rideshare drivers at its October 11 meeting. The temporary pause is needed in order to get an accurate count of how many Vehicles
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On October 8, 2005, the front page of the Globe and Mail was horrifying. A major earthquake had hit Pakistan in an area so remote that more than 20,000 people were expected to be dead and there was not even
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Sending select passengers to hospital by Taxi rather than by ambulance is saving Niagara Region approximately $1000 per trip, Public Health Committee members heard at their July meeting. The Region is on track to save $200,000 in transportation expenses on an investment of only $10,000, a return on investment of 1900 per cent.
In the five months since the Taxi medical pilot has been operational, the average cost of a Taxi trip has been $15-20. According to Municipal Benchmarking Network Canada, Niagara EMS Operating Cost per Patient Transported by ambulance averaged $1,006 in 2018.
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Government claimed case was “moot” – court disagrees, CCF case will be heard A British Columbia has court rejected the government’s claim that the case against its COVID vaccine passport regime is “moot” and should not be heard. The case,
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The “Impossibility Doctrine” in law applies to situations in which a law or contract is made, which is physically impossible to fulfill. Taxi News wrote Toronto’s Legal department through the Media office on September 25th to ask if any law
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