“It’ll be a cold day in Hell before I even consider betraying my constituents” by Scott Anderson, Member of Parliament for Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee It’s important for my constituents to know that I, like others, have been approached by the Liberals
Read MoreReality is stubborn that way by Paul Kearley “My son, you only have a loan of your kids,” my father used to say. I didn’t fully understand that sentence when he first said it. I understand it now. After travelling
Read MoreHow did no one anticipate city-wide outages, stranded Waymos? I realize that by even writing these thoughts I risk being labelled as knee-jerk negative, or at least seriously skeptical. But I think it’s worth discussing. When I saw the clips
Read MorePeople are tired. Distracted. Guarded. by Paul Kearley There are times when I catch myself taking people—and their generosity—for granted. It’s rarely intentional. It’s more subtle than that. It’s like my eyes are locked on a screen in front of
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John Papadakis, former East York Councillor, para-legal and firebrand, trekked from courthouse to courthouse attempting to cover Project Snowball for Taxi News. John died in 2021. Photo: Taxi News
It might have changed Uber history; instead, it got Memory Holed December 28, 2025 update: an Ontario lawyer currently involved in various Uber lawsuits contacted Taxi News to point out that there is no such lawsuit as “R vs Uber
Read MoreA Christmas story by Paul Kearley When people talk about Christmas, they often speak of warm memories—family gatherings, familiar smells from the kitchen, and the comfort of being surrounded by the people who raised them. My story is different. I
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Technology was supposed to make ground transportation safer....no one predicted hackers would figure out how to scam Uber, Lyft, and Instacart. Image: Instagram
Young women accepted a ride from a strange man in an unmarked car because they had the idea it was an OK thing to do…their guard wasn’t up; they had no guard. There was a time when elected officials and
Read MoreThe deal recommits all parties to net-zero by 2050 By Dan McTeague As I said in the lead-up to the announcement of this recent Carney-Smith pipeline deal, “the devil is in the details.” And now that I’ve had some time
Read Moreby Paul Kearley I just read an article featuring profitability expert Alan Beech, and one stat jumped off the page: 70% of first-time customers never come back. And here’s the kicker — it’s not because the shop couldn’t fix the
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