And every Canadian is about to foot the bill by Ian Connerty, Behind the Headlines Canada Mark Carney is panicking because the US refused to continue the US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement. For months, Washington laid out its terms loud and clear.
Read MoreUber sexual assault defense raises uncomfortable questions by Sean C. Domnick Every weekend in Florida, millions of people make the same decision. They leave a restaurant in Miami. They walk out of a concert in Tampa. They fly into Orlando
Read MoreLet me talk to you about work. It is the thing you do from the moment you wake until the moment you sleep. Even on your day off, it haunts you — the emails you haven’t sent, the tasks you’ve
Read MoreProfanity warning  Beautiful Niki Grigoriadis and her husband John were my favourite office neighbours, ever. This piece was originally published in 2004 and remains one of my very favourite pieces. Before I posted it, I knocked on John Grigoriadis’  door
Read MoreLegendary media personality gives Facebook kudos to Beck Taxi driver “I was up north for the past month, house sitting and tending to two cats. As my friend does not have Netflix or Prime but has TV, I watched a
Read MoreIn an age of noise, truth must become a discipline Let me talk to you about truth. It is the most contested word in human history. Wars have been fought over it. Empires have been built on it. People have
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The Oozlum Bird of Australian mythology can fly in progressively smaller circles, until it eventually disappears up its own rectum. When Taxi News compared the City of Toronto's letter blaming Taxi drivers for aggressive behaviour, it struck a real chord with readers. Image: Godsandmonsters Substack
Blaming drivers for the problems it created The City of Toronto has finally flown in so many nonsensical circles, it has flown up its own rectum. This special talent is attributed to the Oozlum Bird of British and Australian folklore.
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A Waymo on display outside an autonomous vehicle conference in NYC. Photo by Sophia Lebowitz courtesy of Streetsblog
NYC must make a real comparison, Open Plans says Autonomous for-hire vehicles, better known as robotaxis, are operational in cities across the globe. In New York City, Waymo received a permit to test their vehicles with a safety driver, which
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77 per cent of Toronto's Accessible Taxi fleet needed to be replaced by March 2026 simply to maintain past levels of service. This did not occur. Image: Taxi News Data: City of Toronto https://www.toronto.ca/data/mls/ssc/V00.html
Funds collected from drivers to be distributed to some On July 14, 2026, Toronto increased the one-time grant under the Accessibility Fund Program for owners of newly converted accessible taxicab vehicles to $55,000. This increased grant is available for up to 100 accessible vehicle conversions.  According to the email obtained by
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