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Downtown St. John's, Newfoundland Photo: Destination St. John's

Yesterday, I had back-to-back phone calls oozing with irony. One was with a St. John’s Newfoundland Taxi owner who is dismayed that St. John’s will now be open to an unlimited number of Uber vehicles; the second, with a Toronto

National Protest Against the Carbon Tax at the Ontario/Manitoba border. Photo: Bobby McShane

Guest Commentary Guest Contributions

Carbon Tax Protest

April 23, 2024 RWN Staff

April 22 Facebook post by Bobby McShane

Laugh a Little Opinion/Column Propaganda Watch

Tim Horton’s contest disappoints coffee drinkers for a second year

April 20, 2024 Rita Smith

The astonishing saga of Tim Horton’s attempt to evade paying out $10,000 Roll up the Rim to Win prizes is anti-Canadian.

What’s astonishing is not that Tim’s claims that because a mistake was made, they are not paying out. The astonishing part is that Canadians are shrugging and accepting this blasphemous idea without protest.

"Who cares who John Tory sleeps with?" laughs Neil Shorey of City Taxi. "Who believes that's really why he resigned?" Photo: BlogTO

Feature/Profile Opinion/Column Ride Hailing news Taxi industry news

Tory back at Rogers: no one is surprised

April 3, 2024 Rita Smith

Revisions to Municipal Act came too late to help Taxi owners Today, the City Manager could not tell me who gave staff approval to bid for the FIFA World Cup without required funding commitments from other levels of government. That’s

Work begins on cleaning up the Baltimore bridge site. Photo: PBS

Guest Contributions Opinion/Column Trucking

Baltimore bridge collapse means months of turmoil

April 2, 2024 Guest Contributor

“Effects on supply chain unlike anything ever experienced” by Don Taylor On Tuesday March 26, the Singaporean-registered container ship Dali experienced an as yet undetermined malfunction and collided with the southern support town for the Frances Scott Key bridge spanning

The business impacts of the collapse of Baltimore's Key Bridge are going to be "epic" says Trucker Don Taylor. Photo: PBS

Opinion/Column Trucking

It’s Friday; but Sunday’s coming

March 29, 2024 Rita Smith

It’s not a time management tip; it’s an attitude “It’s Friday, but Sunday’s coming.” That’s not a time management tip; that’s an attitude to see you through the worst of times. This week, watching the video clip of the Francis

Magna Founder Frank Stronach says Canada's economy is like an out-of-control freight train heading off a cliff; however, all changes and corrections must be made "in a civilized way." Photo: Road Warrior News

Canada 2.0 Feature/Profile

Stronach’s new mission: Regenerate Canada, in a civilized way

March 25, 2024 Rita Smith

“Canada’s economic problems are like an out-of-control freight train heading off a cliff” Frank Stronach has a plan to Regenerate Canada. Ideally, his plan would reward initiative with profit-sharing, while rolling out a hiring freeze on government bureaucrats and reducing

Image: Taxi News

Feature/Profile Taxi industry news

Do you plan to replace your Taxi vehicle in Toronto?

March 13, 2024 RWN Staff

101% of Accessible Taxis are due to be replaced by 2025 year end As Toronto faces the fact that half of its standard Taxis are no longer in service and virtually every Accessible Taxi needs to be replaced by the

Jay Grewal visited the North West Territories when she was President of Manitoba Hydro. Photo: Facebook

Democracy & Government Guest Contributions Opinion/Column

Take notice: question the Net Zero agenda, and you’re out the door

March 12, 2024 Guest Contributor

Canada needs men and women who are willing to say “no” to net zero by Dan McTeague The other week the CEO of Manitoba Hydro was ousted from her position by the utility’s NDP appointed Board of Directors. This story likely won’t

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