A.I. doesn’t notice when common sense goes missing Update December 8, 2024: Some of the A.I. departure from reality may be caused by “A.I. hallucinations.” More reasons for users beware. Ontario policymakers may have been cautious about giving rideshare services
Read MoreUpdate November 28, 2024: This column originally ran on July 12, 2024 and is being re-posted in advance of the December 3rd release of Toronto’s Vehicle for Hire report. ***** There are lots of people with lots of thoughts, opinions,
Read MoreRegion of Peel – Investigators have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with multiple sexual assault investigations in which three women were victimized. On Friday, November 8, 2024, at approximately 7:00 a.m., an adult female victim was waiting at a bus
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"The newly named North Star Way laneway commemorates the journeys of the estimated 100,000 people who escaped slavery via the Underground Railroad. As slaves travelled north under the cover of night, they used the North Star to guide their way," Councillor Christopher Moise reported in a recent newsletter. Photo: https://www.chrismoise.ca/
City collected $15,000,000 from Uber drivers while it renamed streets Debt bondage/bonded labour. The world’s most widespread form of slavery. People trapped in poverty borrow money and are forced to work to pay off the debt, losing control over both their
Read MoreAttempt at a plain-language clarification of differences On September 24, 2024, Taxi News wrote Economical Insurance, which insures Uber in Ontario. The information request was in an attempt to obtain plain-language clarification of the differences between the commercial insurance policy
Read MoreToronto’s Vehicle for Hire (VFH) report is scheduled to be posted to the City’s website December 3rd and go to Executive Committee on December 10th. “Confirming the Vehicle for Hire report is going to Executive Committee on December 10,” Senior
Read MoreReport recommends retrofitting City vehicles City of Toronto staff report aims to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety by adding side guards to City-owned heavy-duty vehicles City of Toronto staff are recommending actions to improve pedestrian safety by adding side guards
Read MoreSummary of VFH consultation helpful To the Editor, Taxi News: As usual, good reporting. However, contrary to your article “nobody objected” WE (ATOOL and Gerry Manley) DID object to the insanity of the Accessible program. We pointed out that the
Read More“I produce the cartoon strip ‘Old School’ about different scenarios that older folks go through,” Lead Pedal Media’s Bruce Outridge tells Taxi News. “This scenario sparked inspiration as my Mother went to Atlanta to see my Uncle, and had a
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