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“Most ‘successful’ people don’t go looking for attention,” motivational speaker Dennis Waitley used to say. “The media just happen to catch them in the act of succeeding.”

That has certainly been true in the story of Calgary taxi driver Iqbal Alimohd and his wife Mumtaz. Since Calgary’s Checker Cabs first posted about their unusual weekend hobby (shopping for groceries and delivering them for free to Seniors), their story has been picked up not only by Road Warrior News, but also the CBC, The Epoch Times and a number of other outlets looking for a good news story.

News Trucking

Truck stops re-opened for truckies in Australia; plan for Aug. 31st strike still moving ahead

August 26, 2021 Rita Smith

In Australia, New South Wales’ Police Commissioner Fuller has confirmed that truck stops and roadhouses will be reopened to support the trucking and freight industry as they conduct business during the COVID-19 pandemic. The truck stops and roadhouses needed by

July 14, 2020: AM General Humvee NXT 360 prototype (Photo by Matt Cashore)

Laugh a Little Opinion/Column

Leaving the Humvees behind in Afghanistan: “Wouldn’t they just take the keys and sabotage the vehicles?”

August 25, 2021 Rita Smith

I am pretty sure I am not the only person trying to understand how it is possible that the most advanced military force on the globe cannot prevent the Taliban from using the Humvees and billions of dollars worth of other equipment left behind in Afghanistan.

News Trucking

Australian truckers planning revolt on August 31 with veterans, citizens

August 24, 2021 Rita Smith

In a somewhat confusing turn of events, Australian truckdrivers (called “truckies”) are planning a nation-wide blockade of roads on August 31 to protest government lockdowns.

Road Warrior News spoke to one of the event supporters at length and discovered there is more to the event than a convoy of protesting truckies; John Till of Queensland says it is a citizens’ revolt which will involve a large number of retired Australian military personnel.

“We are taking this country back,” Till says. One of Till’s buddies was among those shot with rubber bullets by police in Melbourne on August 21^st. “He was shot in the stomach and was severely injured; if they’d got him in the face, he’d be dead.”

Feature/Profile

Uber’s text message to its California drivers

August 21, 2021 Rita Smith

Here is the text message Uber’s Head of Ridesharing, Andrew MacDonald, sent on August 21. It was provided to Road Warrior News by an active California Uber driver: “Hello, Many of you will have read the news that a county

This decision, filed August 20, 2021, nullifies the result of the November 2020 Proposition 22 election ballot and the $200 million spent to pass it in California.

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California judge finds “the entirety of Proposition 22 is unenforceable” – Uber will appeal

August 21, 2021 Rita Smith

On August 20th, Judge Frank Roesch of the Alameda County Superior Court in California found Proposition 22 “unconstitutional.” Proposition 22 was a ballot measure voted on by residents in the November 2020 election, and was supported by gig economy companies

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Post-election fuel taxes will be a crude awakening: McTeague

August 20, 2021 Rita Smith

Canadians worried about the rising cost of fuel will be happy to learn that Dan McTeague is standing on guard for thee, once again. Former Liberal Member of Parliament McTeague is most well-known for his twenty-five year stint providing “tomorrow’s

Image: Ontario MAG

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First lawsuit against Uber in Canada certified to move forward by Ontario Superior Court

August 17, 2021 Rita Smith

On Monday, August 9, Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice certified a class-action lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc., enabling the suit to move forward. Justice Paul Perell’s decision stems from a court filing made by Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and Uber Eats courier David Heller in 2017.

Feature/Profile Opinion/Column

Soviet immigrant explains food shortages: “All they have to do is stop the trucks at the border”

August 15, 2021 Rita Smith

“To make food shortages, all you need is two things: first, stop the trucks at the border. Second thing, advertise on TV and radio that trucks are not coming. People run to the stores and start clearing the shelves within one, maybe two days.”

Author: Rita Smith

“Surprise” limo pickup and dinner to thank humanitarian taxi driver