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Several Taxi News readers submitted this image of Councillor Shelley Carroll shopping online while some of the Taxi drivers she helped plunge into poverty poured their hearts out in their deputations March 19.
Ignoring drivers she helped plunge into poverty by Earla Phillips I am appalled at this example of a city councillor Shelley Carroll 1) not paying attention to constituents deputations; 2) busy surfing the net, shopping while being paid by city
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Spinal Cord Injury Ontario advocate Peter Athanasopoulos spoke to Toronto's Executive Committee on March 19, 2025.
Attempt to defy the Law of Supply and Demand harms everyone When time and words are wasted intentionally in politics, it’s known as “ragging the puck.” Politicians and officials just talk out the clock, introduce red-herring topics to take listeners
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Convoy participants suing those responsible by Donna Laframboise A group of Freedom Convoy participants who had their bank accounts frozen are suing the individuals and institutions responsible. They are demanding accountability – for their own sake, and for the sake
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Mayor Olivia Chow chairs Executive Committee on March 19, 2025.
Chow says June is too soon for update due in March Update, 7:30am March 22: this article has been updated with a statement from the City of Toronto. Suddenly, everything makes more sense…. After watching all of yesterday’s Executive Committee
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Highway 17 Collision Near Raith. Image Facebook 905 Semis
Trans-Canada is more like an endurance contest than a national transportation route By James Murray – NetNewsLedger THUNDER BAY – For anyone who has driven the Trans-Canada Highway through Northern Ontario in the winter, the experience can feel more like
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On March 14th photo opp, Mark Carney signed a completely fake document to prove he is eliminating the Carbon Tax, a move he said would be a relief for "hard-pressed Canadians." Carney completely ignored the fact that Canadians are hard-pressed BECAUSE of the Carbon Tax he has promoted for nine years. He also appeared not to realize Canada's Prime Minister does not sign the required Order in Council document: the Governor General does. Staff who organized and approved the fake signing, including high-ranking experts like Gerald Butts and Katie Telford, either did not realize no such document for signing exists in Canada, or they are so in love with Donald Trump's successful "Executive Order Signing Photo Opps" that they just invented a Canadian version which carries no weight in law. Either way, it's a disturbing thought. Image: CPAC
Forgive me for scoffing at MPs clapping like trained seals Over the next several days you will see headline after headline proclaiming that the Carbon Tax is old news, because Mark Carney has repealed it. ‘Promises made, promises kept!’ will
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Image: Toyota
“Don’t fund the flop” writer urges Submitted by Shangox – author unknown Toronto cabbies, let’s get real—spending $80,000 on a new rig in 2025 is like buying a front-row ticket to a Leafs Stanley Cup parade: a hilarious fantasy that
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Border crossing at Port Huron/Sarnia. Image: John Richard
Border crossing is “WAAAAAY over” on the U.S. side by John Richard Let me explain something to the morons that believe these tariffs are about drugs entering the USA and Canada needs to do more. As you all know I
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Armed with spirit and resolve, common sense and humour, the Truckers and their millions of supporters won a victory for freedom, democracy, and the Canadian Way. No shots were fired; no violence took place, until government used force to end the Convoy. It was a glorious celebration of Canuck culture, from the street hockey games to the bouncy castles, hot tubs and beer. Photo: Donna Laframboise
“Thank You, Truckers” author details heroic Truckers, supporters, donors Truckers who took part in the Freedom Convoy in 2022 are true heroes during a crucially important part of history, and Canadians should celebrate and be proud of them, says “Thank
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