eptember 22nd will leave the taxi industry largely unaffected, industry members predict. Restaurant owners, however, are scrambling to determine how the details of the program are to be implemented.
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“Most ‘successful’ people don’t go looking for attention,” motivational speaker Dennis Waitley used to say. “The media just happen to catch them in the act of succeeding.”
That has certainly been true in the story of Calgary taxi driver Iqbal Alimohd and his wife Mumtaz. Since Calgary’s Checker Cabs first posted about their unusual weekend hobby (shopping for groceries and delivering them for free to Seniors), their story has been picked up not only by Road Warrior News, but also the CBC, The Epoch Times and a number of other outlets looking for a good news story.
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On August 20th, Judge Frank Roesch of the Alameda County Superior Court in California found Proposition 22 “unconstitutional.” Proposition 22 was a ballot measure voted on by residents in the November 2020 election, and was supported by gig economy companies
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Canadians worried about the rising cost of fuel will be happy to learn that Dan McTeague is standing on guard for thee, once again. Former Liberal Member of Parliament McTeague is most well-known for his twenty-five year stint providing “tomorrow’s
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On Monday, August 9, Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice certified a class-action lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc., enabling the suit to move forward. Justice Paul Perell’s decision stems from a court filing made by Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and Uber Eats courier David Heller in 2017.
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Photo credit: FleetLogging FleetLogging has released its recent research into taxi rates from the world’s airports. Toronto/Pearson ranks #122 on the list at a charge of $50 from the airport to downtown Toronto. Ottawa ranks #270 at $35; Vancouver at
Read MoreOn Thursday, August 12, Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice certified a class-action lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc.
Judge Justin Paul Perell released his decision late on August 12. The decision stems from a court filing made by Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and Uber Eats courier David Heller in 2017.
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“Uber is a bezzle,” says Cory Doctorow.
A “bezzle,” he explains, is “the magic interval when a confidence trickster knows he has the money he has appropriated but the victim does not yet understand that he has lost it.”
“Every bezzle ends,” Doctorow points out. “Uber’s time is up.”
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Despite the threat of long line-ups and confusing processes, traffic at many US-Canadian border crossings was reported as steady on August 9th. Photo: File photo, Mike Murchison for RWN On August 9, 2021, Canada began allowing entry to American citizens
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