Canadian exports rose during Convoy border blockades
Despite delays caused by the Truckers Freedom Convoy at border crossings including Windsor and Coutts Alberta, Canada’s exports that month actually increased.
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Ottawa’s response to Uber was “chaotic and unplanned”
“Uber” refers to multiple affiliated corporations incorporated in different jurisdictions, including Uber B.V., Raiser Operations B.V., Uber Canada Inc. and/or Uber Technologies Inc. In affiliation with each other, these corporations carry on business with an electronic software application and license businesses in relation to facilitating private transportation services for compensation through telecommunications platforms and/or a digital network.
Uber began operating in Ottawa in or around September 2014. Around that time, Uber accelerated its activities by launching campaigns to attract drivers to join its operation. The operation of Uber and its drivers directly contravened the unlicensed driving and dispatching provisions of the 2012 By-law.
Read MoreOntario’s minimum wage to increase to $16.55 per hour in October
Miller Thomson LLP The Government of Ontario has announced that, on October 1, 2023, the general minimum wage in the province will rise to $16.55 per hour. This rise, from $15.50 per hour, amounts to a 6.8% pay raise for
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The Szare Szergi Monument is located in Ontario, just outside of the town of Barry’s Bay in the Madawaska Valley. Photo: RWN
All Christian preaching is useless if the Resurrection is not accepted
Today is Easter Sunday, also appropriately called Resurrection Sunday. It’s the day when Christians recall the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the tomb, two days after His singularly brutal death by crucifixion on Good Friday.
As difficult as it is for some to believe because of the supernatural elements involved, Jesus’ bodily resurrection is in fact one of the most thoroughly documented events in all of human history. Though denial of Christ’s resurrection remains in vogue among non-Christians (and even, shamefully, among some liberal members of the Christian clergy), the apostle Paul confronts such denial head-on in his first letter to the Corinthians (chapter 15), where he points out that if Christ has not been resurrected bodily, then there is no salvation from sin, and therefore, the entire Christian faith is useless. In a pointed comment that could have been presciently directed at liberal clergy who deny the Resurrection, Paul adds further that all Christian preaching is useless if the Resurrection is not accepted. In other words, if no Resurrection, then no salvation–and, in truth, no real faith. It’s that simple. And Paul, a former persecutor of Christians who became an apostle following his own dramatic encounter with Christ, knew what he was talking about.
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I need to be there: “If we don’t go to Ottawa, I’m gonna regret it forever”
Her enthusiasm was infectious: “So we picked up three wheelbarrows. And we put them on top of the truck. We looked like the Beverly Hillbillies. We had this old wood stove and this slip tank, and the wheelbarrows on top.
“Here we come, Ottawa. It was hilarious.”
Andrew has an outdoor cookstove that runs on wood. It doesn’t look like much, but it has proper grills, and a chimney, and is named Bertha. Soon it was being loaded into the back of their pickup truck along with firewood and cast iron pans.
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Toronto receives applications for 500 curb lane cafés
City of Toronto receives more than 500 CaféTO curb lane café applications
More than 500 restaurants and bars have applied for a City of Toronto CaféTO curb lane café patio this summer.
City staff are reviewing all applications to ensure they meet the program requirements set out in the regulations under Chapter 742, Sidewalk Cafés, Parklets and Marketing Displays. Staff will also work with a traffic management consultant to develop a safe and balanced approach to curb lane use, including loading zones and cycling infrastructure.
Approved CaféTO curb lane locations will be installed between mid-May and June and will be available for patrons and businesses to use until October.
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New court date set for fake truck driving school accused
Charges against four men accused of operating fake truck driving schools have been put over to May 3rd, 2023. On that day, a pre-trial hearing will commence in front of Justice Hoffman at the Ontario Court of Justice.
A paralegal representing Gurvinder Singh, 55, of Laval, Quebec; Gurpreet Singh, 33, of Saint Eustache, Quebec; Jagjeet Deol, 50, of Caledon; and Charanjit Kaur Deol, 50, of Caledon represented the men in a scheduling session on April 5th.
On May 18th, 2022, Quebec’s Economic Crimes Investigation Service, in collaboration with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), arrested 6 individuals from Montreal, Laval and Brampton, Ontario in connection with the production and the use of false documents. The documents allowed foreign clients to obtain driver’s licenses, including licenses to drive heavy goods vehicles.
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Emergencies Act court hearing wraps up, expect 6 months or more for Justice Moseley’s decision
Justice Richard Mosely is expected to take several months to review all of the information put forth during the Emergencies Act hearing before we will get any answers to those questions.
Read MoreJustice in Emergencies Act hearing once worked as a Truck driver in Alberta
Justice Richard Mosely got a laugh on April 4th when he looked around the courtroom and noted, “You know, I may be the only person in this room who has ever driven a transport truck. When I was young, I
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