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Opinion/Column Walk the Talk with Paul Kearley

The trouble with coasting

August 6, 2024 Paul Kearley

The downside of coasting is that sooner or later, we run out of hill A few years ago a friend of mine put a set of CD’s in front of me and said, “Have you heard these yet?” The CD

It appears that everyone had a good time at Caribana, especially Mayor Olivia Chow. A Taxi News reader sent this photo with the observation, "I don't know...I think if I shook my pelvis aggressively at passers-by, I would probably get arrested." Probably, on any other day. Photo: Twitter

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Mayor Chow shakes a tailfeather at Caribana

August 6, 2024 Guest Contributor

Christine Van Geyn, Litigation Director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation Photo: Twitter

Canada 2.0 Democracy & Government Guest Contributions Trucking

Government does not have “absolute immunity”

August 2, 2024 RWN Staff

Government can be held liable In this video, Christine explains the decision in R v Power, a case where the federal government argued that they have absolute immunity from being sued for damages for unconstitutional laws. The federal government lost

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Opinion/Column

The Check Up

July 29, 2024 Paul Kearley

Everyone has all the time there is; why don’t we use it? Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind

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On the Road with Mike Murchison Opinion/Column Trucking

You gotta put your feet on the floor, and do the day

July 28, 2024 Mike Murchison

In my world there are two things that matter: accountability and responsibility. It is the choices I have made over the years that have brought me to the place I now stand. My responsibilities revolve around a very demanding job

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Five Ways to Guarantee Loneliness

July 24, 2024 Paul Kearley

Paul Kearley shares “The Anti-Friendship Guide” “You can make more friends in 10 minutes by becoming genuinely interested in them than you can in ten years by trying to get them interested in you.” Dale Carnegie I never really felt

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TLDA makes recommendations to VFH Review

July 23, 2024 Guest Contributor

Cap on licenses, single form of insurance recommended 1. Cap/pause on all commercials licenses like Vehicle for Hire (VFH) and Private Transportation Companies (PTC) for at least the next five years. Toronto should follow New York system: select 10,000 to

First under Chief Bill Blair and then under Chief Mark Saunders, Toronto police utterly ignored rideshare's failure to obey the Highway Traffic Act. I had some epic arguments with numerous officers; these were some of the most demoralizing events of my life. Photo: TPS

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Without enforcement, new laws mean nothing

July 22, 2024 Rita Smith

Tory and Saunders ignored the Law; will Chow and Demkiw restore faith in it? Coincidentally, as I was doing research and interviewing experts for a hard news article on the topic of “Enforcing the Law” as it relates to the

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Mechanics respond to “gripe sheets”

July 21, 2024 Guest Contributor

by Rich Thornton After every flight, UPS pilots fill out a form, called a “gripe sheet,” which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the