My Luxury Car: a 1969 Pontiac Parisienne
“Sometimes I still miss that car” by Hans Wienhold Bought it for $350. It was a 1969 Pontiac Parisienne. I put 6,000 miles on it in the summer of 1979. In retrospect, that was a bit of a miracle. By
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Net Zero and the grand delusion continues
COP28 announcements will devastate Canada’s economy by Dan McTeague The 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) wrapped up in Dubai in December. That the two-week conference, whose object is to discuss the global phase-out of fossil fuels, is being held in
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2024: Change for the better
by Marc Andre Way The only constant in business is change. This is true in all of life. No one gets married and starts a family expecting children to stay toddlers forever; we expect them to grow up, get educated,
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Ignoring common sense doesn’t change common sense
First emissions, now sexual assault: reality strikes again With dismay, I read holiday media reports that at least two women appear to have been sexually assaulted by a man posing as their Uber driver. Whether he actually IS a rideshare
Read MoreCoventry Connections celebrates the season, looking forward to 2024
In the first official holiday event since before COVID-19, team members from Ottawa’s Coventry Connections gathered together on December 9th to celebrate the season. Coventry CEO Marc Andre Way welcomed everyone in his remarks. “Thanks to everyone who helped us
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Toronto gains 7% increase in population, 1000% increase in vehicles for hire
City has 100 times the number of vehicles for hire recommended Update December 15: This article has been updated with the inclusion of the .pdf version of the 2013 report. In 2013, the City of Toronto hired Dr. James Cooper
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Uber needs suckers, and for Council to ignore business taken from TTC
“You realize that Uber’s desire to rule is literally in their name, right?” –Taxi news Survey Uber needs suckers “Uber needs suckers,” Vazken Kerametlian says of Uber Canada’s December 4th lawsuit against the City of Toronto, which recently voted to
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Global Warming – whoops, Climate Change – predictions from 2009
Crabby but correct, cabbie Hans Wienhold called it all in 2009 This post was originally published on Saturday, March 28, 2009 ***** I hear incandescent light bulbs are going to be banned. I’ve not had a great experience with these
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