NDP leader Marit Stiles visited the unopened Thunder Bay weigh scales with MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay—Superior North) on January 16th, 2024 to talk about highway safety in Northern Ontario. Photo: NDP
Sarkaria to visit “in the coming weeks” 10:13am Update: new photo added Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition and Ontario NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay—Superior North) held a press conference at the new, yet-to-open Thunder Bay weigh station
Read More“Ontario has the safest roads in all of North America” is a vague and inaccurate statement Traffic statistics are a complicated, challenging area in which to make bold statements or simple comparisons. You could be referring to Canadian or American
Read MoreSeptember 2025 new completion date Windsor, Ontario • The Gordie Howe International Bridge project team has announced a 10-month delay in the structure’s opening, with a new completion and opening timeline. Construction completion is planned for September 2025; the first vehicles
Read MoreNew program saves $400,000, “improves patient experience” Two years after the program started, Taxi support for Niagara Region’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has functioned without a single Adverse Patient Outcome, says its founding commander. “It is not a statistic we
Read MoreUber says it doesn’t “materially change the law” On January 9th, the Biden administration enacted a new labor rule which aims to prevent the misclassification of workers as “independent contractors.” “Misclassifying employees as independent contractors is a serious issue that
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77 per cent of Toronto's Accessible Taxi fleet needed to be replaced by March 2026 simply to maintain past levels of service. This did not occur. Image: Taxi News Data: City of Toronto https://www.toronto.ca/data/mls/ssc/V00.html
More than three-quarters of the 577 Accessible Taxis currently working to serve Toronto will need to be replaced in 2024 and 2025. Figures published by the City of Toronto on January 6th indicate that only 577 of the licensed Accessible
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Two-thirds of Toronto's active Taxi vehicles will need to be replaced in 2024, a feat which will be "impossible" according to auto suppliers. Image: Taxi News
Chance of 1,787 new Taxis in 2024 is “Zero – absolutely impossible” say auto sales reps 1,787 Taxi owner/operators will need to purchase new vehicles to put on the road in 2024 if they plan to remain in business in
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Fraudsters counterfeiting vehicle safety certificates are confident enough to advertise on Facebook. Image: Facebook
A fraudster offering fake safety certificates to Uber and Lyft drivers on Facebook is fulfilling the predictions of Taxi industry members who suggested this when happen when Toronto shut down its own inspection garage. An individual called “Khalsa” has posted
Read MoreFirst emissions, now sexual assault: reality strikes again With dismay, I read holiday media reports that at least two women appear to have been sexually assaulted by a man posing as their Uber driver. Whether he actually IS a rideshare
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