Councillor Mike Colle's April 23 motion to require Vehicle for Hire firms to improve emergency contact systems will be the topic of upcoming industry consultations. Image: YouTube
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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The Globe headline on October 8, 2023 is eerily similar to the Globe headline on October 8th, 2005. Image: RWN
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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Central Taxi drivers Mohammed Dahir and Mohammad Omar provide services to Niagara's Taxi medical program, which has provided a boon to drivers and enormous savings to the Region. Photo: Central Taxi
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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Christine Van Geyn of the Canadian Constitution Foundation provides an update on the BC vaccine passport trial October 4th, 2023. Image: YouTube
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,
Read MoreThe “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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Richard Dunwoody of the Human Trafficking Survivors' Fund speaks at the 2023 Bridging the Barriers conference. Photo: RWN
Richard Dunwoody, founder of the Seeds of Hope Survivor’s Fund for persons escaping human trafficking, spoke at the 2023 Bridging the Barriers conference. Bridging the Barriers has been presented by the Women’s Trucking Federation Canada since 2018. Dunwoody, a retired
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Niagara's Central Taxi will be operating as usual on Eclipse Day, April 8th. However, managers have asked clients for their patience as no one is exactly sure how events will unfold during the day. The area is expected to be swamped with tourists. Photo: HIM
In the world of professional sports, victories can be measured by a 100th of a second or a fraction of an inch at the finish line. On the track at Hotel Dieu Shaver Foundation’s Hope in Motion, success is defined
Read More“Toronto is only committing to make only 50 per cent of its bus fleet electric by 2030, and the drivers of those busses will still get paid every two weeks whether the bus is profitable or not“ Following is the
Read MoreMinutes posted to Toronto’s website on September 23rd indicate that Taxis and rideshare vehicles will need to be 100 per cent electric by 2030. Although several industry deputants including an insurance broker told Councillors that no one is offering insurance
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