It’s deja-vu all over again. For the third time in my lifetime, Iranian citizens are fighting for freedom from a tyrannical government, and again I am praying for their success. First in 2009, then in 2018, and now in 2026,
Read MoreI think 2026 is gonna be a long year…. When my sons were teenagers, they had an especially obnoxious habit of crowing and shouting gleefully when events broke their way, personally. “IN YOUR FACE!!!!!!!!!!!” one would shout to another, aggressively
Read MoreHow did no one anticipate city-wide outages, stranded Waymos? I realize that by even writing these thoughts I risk being labelled as knee-jerk negative, or at least seriously skeptical. But I think it’s worth discussing. When I saw the clips
Read More“It’s the best – it’s happiness” Donating to the Ottawa Food Bank is “the best!” says Taxi driver George Chamoun of Capital Taxi. “It’s the best feeling. Every year, it is the best,” says Chamoun, who has been part of
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John Papadakis, former East York Councillor, para-legal and firebrand, trekked from courthouse to courthouse attempting to cover Project Snowball for Taxi News. John died in 2021. Photo: Taxi News
It might have changed Uber history; instead, it got Memory Holed December 28, 2025 update: an Ontario lawyer currently involved in various Uber lawsuits contacted Taxi News to point out that there is no such lawsuit as “R vs Uber
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Technology was supposed to make ground transportation safer....no one predicted hackers would figure out how to scam Uber, Lyft, and Instacart. Image: Instagram
Young women accepted a ride from a strange man in an unmarked car because they had the idea it was an OK thing to do…their guard wasn’t up; they had no guard. There was a time when elected officials and
Read MoreAODA compliance, passenger safety, driver earnings industry issues The province of Ontario’s review of the ground transportation framework announced in the Fall Economic Statement “will branch out in the new year,” Ministry of Transportation staff indicate. “We are currently consulting
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In addition to viewing the RoboTaxi at Tesla's WeRobot event, media could drink free alcohol at bars staffed by robot bartenders. Image: YouTube
The PR professionals hawking autonomous put P.T. Barnum to shame “For God’s sake, this is Toronto, not Texas.” –Bernice, 80-year-old widow of a Taxi driver Matt Elliott’s December 2nd coverage of the fact that “Waymo is eyeing Toronto” brings to
Read MoreProvincial involvement is “long overdue,” RDAO says Ontario’s review of ground transportation regulations must include discussion of both driver earnings and a single transferrable license, says George Wedge, president of the Rideshare Drivers of Ontario. Wedge says Ontario’s involvement in
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