The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) is asking for the public’s help in locating 15-year-old Hope Newell, who has been missing since July 31st. Hope was last seen in the Greenbank Road / West Hunt Club Road area wearing a strapless
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Mayor Olivia Chow presents longtime Municipal Licensing & Standards Director Carleton Grant with a certificate in honour of his retirement at the July 24 meeting of Toronto Council. Via YouTube/screengrab.
“At MLS, years are like dog years,” Grant notes Retiring director of Licensing and Standards Carlton Grants’ remarks to Toronto City Council July 24th, 2025: “Mayor Chow madam, Speaker, Members of Council, the senior and corporate leadership teams, the MLS
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In the mid-20th century, Detroit was an economic boomtown, a jewel in Capitalism's crown. Despite hard times, it still vibrates with entrepreneurial energy and is now rebuilding as other cities learn the brutal lessons of bad government. Image: Facebook
We’d all be driving F-150s Read “Canadian Fascism, Part 1,” here Read “On Canada Day, let’s face the ugly truth” here Fascism should more appropriately be called ‘Corporatism’ because it is a merger of state and corporate power.” –Benito Mussolini
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Ali Enad of Coventry Connection trains professional drivers in Para and Accessible Transit. Photo: Taxi News
On-demand service wait drops from 30 minutes to under 15 The wait time for an on-demand Wheelchair Accessible Taxi in Ottawa decreased from over 30 minutes to under 15 minutes in the past year, according to a June 23 staff
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CTA president Marc André Way speaks with Policy Director Joanna Hazelden after the June 20th, 2024 VFH consultation at the East York Civic Centre. Photo: Taxi News
Passenger safety must be highest priority, Way says The recent incident in which an Ottawa teen girl was injured after being dragged by her Uber driver highlights the need to make passenger safety and consumer protection the highest priority for
Read MoreCap on number of cars still needed RE: Legalizing “active time” means no guarantee of minimum wage That ridesharing operators seek to be paid when not engaged runs totally counter to how the cab biz works. (Whether they like it
Read More“Enshittification” is the term Doctorow created in 2022 to describe what happens when an online platform like Amazon or Twitter becomes more monetized and less user-oriented the longer it lasts. These platforms started out serving users by offering features that lure them in; then serve advertisers and third parties by offering ad targeting and deals; and lastly, serve themselves and their shareholders by cheating and exploiting both advertisers and users. Doctorow calls this process “enshittification.”
“Autoenshittification” is when these anti-consumer design and marketing principles are applied to vehicles being packed with digital technologies no one wants.
Read MoreSafety monitor in front passenger seat during geofenced rides Elon Musk offered rides to about 20 of his special friends in Austin, Texas on June 22nd. The trials were geofenced, limited to a specialized zone in the city and available
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Toronto Police shared information on 11 suspects in the Project Fare investigation. Image: TPS/YouTube
Police bust suspects masquerading as legitimate Taxi operators “Legitimate taxi drivers will never refuse cash.” Detective David Coffey Toronto police have busted an organized gang now charged with criminal acts in the hundreds of so-called “Taxi scams” which took place
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