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Trust Canadians to make their own decisions; let the market decide by Dan McTeague To anyone who thought that the Liberals’ decision to postpone enforcement of their Electric Vehicle (EV) mandate by one year was part of a well-thought-out plan
Read MoreHow I turned stress into strength by Paul Kearley Stress has a way of creeping in quietly, then suddenly overwhelming everything. For me, it came during a particularly difficult period—an incident that at first seemed manageable but soon took over
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Blue Line Taxi driver Mike Ryan (1964-2022) was a smart, hard-working entrepreneur, beloved by his wife Linda, his family and friends and admired by professional colleagues. Image: supplied
Two Taxi trials launched on one day….what are the odds? My stomach is churning. Belatedly, I read Michelle Mandel’s update news clip from the Toronto Sun about the killer of beloved Oshawa cabbie Mike Ryan. Memories of the trial replay
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Toronto police investigate at the site of one of 16 speed cameras which were sawed down overnight on September 8/9. Image: CTV
16 cameras sawed down in one night: someone is upset After 30 more speed cameras were destroyed last week in Toronto, Doug Ford wants them all gone. He is not alone. In April, Alberta’s United Conservative government moved to phase
Read MoreWouldn’t it make more sense to improve public transit? by Peter Pellier Unsurprisingly, Prime Minister Mark Carney scrapped a key component of his government’s EV mandate; namely, that in 2026, 20 per cent of all new cars sold be electric.
Read MoreI’ll believe it when I see it by Dan McTeague Ever since Mark Carney’s rise to power, people have been trying to sell me on the idea that he’s just what this country needs — a (supposedly) practical, no-nonsense businessman
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When Ontario Trucker Csaba Vizi was eighteen in 1989, people in his native Romania rose up against decades of Communist dictatorship. A notable number of the protesters and supporters of the Freedom Convoy in 2022 hailed from Eastern European nations which had suffered under communist rule: "We know it when we see it," one supporter told Road Warrior News. Photo: Donna Laframboise
by Derek Sloan Csaba Vizi has never been featured in my posts before, but I met him last week, and knew his story had to get out! Csaba was arrested in a brutal fashion at the 2022 Freedom Convoy in
Read MoreDid drivers get Catfished by Uber? “Catfishing” is truly one of the most astonishing phenomena of the Internet Age. It’s defined as “the process of luring someone into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona.” While The concepts of lying and
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