Regret is the tax you pay on life
Regret is a signal, not a sentence Let me talk to you about regret. Regret is the tax you pay on a life that was actually lived. Sit with that for a moment. The person who has never regretted anything
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Allison Inquiry on COVID-19
4 days of testimony begins September 8 On September 8, 9, 10 and 11, 2026, the Allison Inquiry will hear testimony from Canadians injured by Covid-19 vaccines, as well as Canadians who have lost loved ones following vaccination. Canadians who
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Doug Ford and Mark Carney keep telling Canadians "We are the Americans BIGGEST CUSTOMER for automobiles." Actually, the BIGGEST CUSTOMER for American automobiles is the Americans themselves. Canada represents a very small fraction of all sales. Image: Taxi News
Learning how to be poor is a skillset everybody needs
Tariffs and trade wars will give Canadians lots of practice Update: This article was first published in 2020, when Canadians were figuring out how to cope with the financial pain of COVID-19. In honour of the needless 2026 trade “war”
Read MoreSuspending gas tax increase won’t fix Canada’s problem
Canada’s temporary gas tax relief is political window dressing. If Ottawa wants to bring down gasoline and diesel prices, it needs to tackle GST, costly regulations, and the policies driving up energy costs. The Carney government has announced that it will be
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Coventry Connection's shuttles were very popular with attendees at the Ontario East Municipal Conference in 2025. Coventry has sponsored them again in 2026. Photo: Taxi News
Coventry returns to OEMC for 2026
“There has never been a more important time to support local businesses,” says Marc Andre Way, CEO of Ottawa’s Coventry Connections. Coventry is sponsoring the transportation for the Ontario East Municipal Conference for the second year in a row at
Read MoreThe road I drove
A Testimony from the Inside and the Outside Diagnosis: The Road I KnewI drove a taxi in Toronto for twenty-eight years. I entered the industry in 1988, before the smartphone, before the app, before the algorithm. I drove through the
Read MoreDiscipline does not mean submission
You wake up at dawn for your purpose, not your boss Let me talk to you about discipline. It is the word that has been twisted by the coloniser. We have been taught that discipline is obedience — the child
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Uber lays off 3300 staff despite earnings
“Too much time ‘aligning’” Khosrowshahi explains If Uber was a money manager, it would be Bernie Madoff. If Uber was a doctor, it would be Dr. Kevorkian and if Uber was a nurse, it would be Elizabeth Wettlaufer. If Uber
Read MoreRevenge is repeating a wrong
Healing is the release Let me talk to you about revenge. It is the voice that whispers when you are alone at night. Make them feel what you felt. Let them taste the wound they gave you. Do not let
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