Friday, January 23, 2026

Author: Rita Smith

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Niagara needs to slow down, discuss safety Way says

Vehicle identification rules must put consumer safety first Coventry Connection CEO Marc André Way has written Niagara councillors requesting they delay proposed changes to local ground transportation regulations until proper public notice is given and industry consultations held. “As the

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Democracy & GovernmentOpinion/Column

“But” and “however” negate everything before it…

Compare the full Reagan transcript to the Ford ad for yourself One of the most important sessions in the Dale Carnegie program is the one in which the class learns to remove the words “but” and “however” from their vocabularies.

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Canada 2.0Democracy & GovernmentOpinion/ColumnTrucking

If these 10 groups had done their jobs, the Truckers’ protest would not have been necessary

It was dirty job, but somebody had to do it.

The only reason Truckers needed to take to the streets of Ottawa one year ago to protest Canada’s vaccine mandates was because the groups who actually get paid to oppose government bailed completely on their jobs.

Here is a list of well-established, well-organized, well-spoken, well-funded professional groups whose purpose on this planet is to speak truth to power. Remember, had any of these groups done the job they get paid to do (mostly by taxpayers) there would have been no need for the Truckers to spend their own money driving across the nation to protest in Ottawa.

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Democracy & GovernmentOpinion/ColumnRide Hailing newsTaxi industry news

Zero progress on emergency contacts file

Nothing has changed since 5 year old girl went missing Toronto received a gift last March, in the form of a dumb lucky near-miss. A five-year-old girl went missing in an Uber, and when the girls’ mother and Toronto Police

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