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
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April 22 Facebook post by Bobby McShane
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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.
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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
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“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
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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
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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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A letter to all Taxi owners and operators by Behrouz Khamseh It has been eight years since the City of Toronto legalized Private Transportation Companies (PTCs). As a result of that May 16, 2016, decision, which was voted unanimously supported
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Update March 7, 7pm: The Vazken Kerametlian quote indicating airport Taxi drivers charge $65 per ride downtown was provided to Taxi News in January, 2024. In mid-February, the rate was increased to $70. ***** Half of Toronto’s fleet of 5,500
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