Uber’s announcement that riders can now summon a car by making a voice call from a telephone confirms that it was a Taxi company all along, industry members say. “They have been a Taxi company all the way along, from
Read MoreGiorgio Mammoliti promised that if elected Toronto’s mayor, he will end open entry for Vehicles for Hire and make his first phone call to Doug Ford and tell him to “fix Taxi insurance.”
Mammoliti was speaking at an event organized for members of the Taxi industry in a North York banquet hall on May 15th.
Mayoralty candidate Giorgio Mammoliti will host a Taxi industry event May 15th at 7pm. The event will take place at 55 Barber Greene Road in the Don Mills area of North York.
Mammoliti told Taxi News “It’s time to focus on family, faith, and the future of Toronto. The Taxi industry was treated very badly by Toronto in recent years, and it’s time to look forward to building a whole new future for those who have invested in this industry.”
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Twenty years after I first shared by cabbie's no-nonsense advice, I was relieved and surprised when my daughter said, "That was good advice, by the way." Photo: Paul J. Lawrence
Given my early-and-often positive experiences with Toronto cab drivers,
it’s probably not surprising I ended up working with the industry for much of my adult life.
The drivers, brokerage owners, and fleet managers are truly the salt of the Earth.
New payment options for passenger and commercial accounts will use transponders, prepaid amount accounts, cash, credit and debit cards and the use of a mobile app The majority of users of the Gordie Howe bridge are expected to be commercial
Read MoreThe new Gordie Howe Bridge between Windsor and Detroit is expected to open at the end of 2024, and is using a “dual design” apect.
“’Dual design’” means that it’s meeting the design specifications of both Canada and the US. If there’s ever a conflict between the design specifications, we go with the higher of the two specifications,” Heather Grondin told a packed room at the Hamilton Waterfront Centre on May 4th.
Grondin is the vice president of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority and was invited to address the the Hamilton Transportation Club (HTC), which has resumed meeting after a two year COVID hiatus.
Read MoreLast year, several witnesses testified under oath that Coutts and Ottawa were separate and distinct protests. There was no coordination, no grand plan. The leaders were different, and they weren’t in contact with each other. The freedom movement was organic. Lots of people, across the country, were concerned about the erosion of our freedoms. Some traveled to the nation’s capital. Other protested closer to home.
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Candidate for Mayor of Toronto Rob Davis says the front-runners are not "royalty" and should not expect they will be allowed to dominate the debates. Photo: YouTube
TORONTO, ON – Mayoral candidate Rob Davis – Toronto’s first Black city councillor and a three-term council member – today called on the city’s civic organizations and media to ensure equitable access to debate platform exposure on a wide range of issues.
“Toronto has a diverse population with wide-ranging interests and priorities. For democracy to thrive, it’s important that our public discourse affords equitable exposure to ideas from candidates reflecting the regions and communities that make up our city – and not just ideas from perceived front-runners,” said Davis.
Davis issued the call after the Toronto Region Board of Trade and TVO informed candidates of a restrictive format for their May 25th debate that gives an unfair advantage to sitting councillors and other candidates who have high name recognition in the early stages of the campaign.
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What are the odds I would win a framed print of Bob Coglianese's famed photo of Secretariat winning the Belmont Stakes during my Year of Secretariat? 100 per cent, apparently, given the power of thought. (Photo credit: Debra Sherman)
2023 is the 50th Anniversary of one of the greatest athletic accomplishments in history: Secretariat’s Triple Crown remains an inspiration for all ages I had been dreading the arrival of June 9, 2013. I didn’t even realize I had
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