Toronto City Manager Paul Johnson and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Stephen Conforti brief media on the city's proposed 2025 Budget. Photo: Alexander Zdravko, Taxi News
Toronto approved, managed plate sales for decades by Rita Smith with files from Alexander Zdravko There are no funds set aside in the 2025 Budget to compensate elderly career Taxi operators whose plates were made worthless by Toronto, officials stated
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According to Statistics Canada, Toronto's population increased 7 per cent since 2013. The number of Vehicles for Hire have increased 1426 per cent, report Toronto staff. Image: Taxi News
Toronto’s population up 7 per cent; Vehicles for Hire up 1,462 per cent California is on fire while there is no water in the fire hydrants; Justin Trudeau “resigned” then flew to the United States to speak as Canada’s Prime
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Instead of making its Accessible Taxi program viable by limiting the number of VFH, Toronto proposes extending the life of WAV's to ten years. Image: Cartoon Bob for Taxi News
What could be more arbitrary than proposing the number that’s creating all the problems? Update at 1:30pm January 13: The full TRP report has been added to the bottom of the post in an accordion box. Like many other perfectly
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Mayor Olivia Chow announced 75 additional Traffic Agents to assist in managing troublesome intersections across Toronto. Photo: Mayor's Office
Update: This article was updated at 6am January 13th with a new photo and quotes from drivers. Toronto plans to train and hire 75 additional new “Traffic Agents” to manage traffic flow across the city, Mayor Olivia Chow announced on
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On January 6th, Justin Trudeau announced that he intends to step down as Liberal party leader and Prime Minister. In these remarks, he also noted that he asked Governor General Mary Simon to prorogue Parliament so that the Liberals could select a new leader; this statement is being used as evidence in court that he is not acting in the best interests of Canada, but of the Liberal Party. Image: CBC
And the Hogue Commission report on Elections Interference is delayed Justin Trudeau has not resigned yet. His exact words on January 6th were, “I intend to resign, as party leader as Prime Minister, after our party selects its next leader
Read MoreHandy will pay $2.95M, make changes to its business practices The Federal Trade Commission, along with the New York Attorney General, are taking action against gig economy company Handy Technologies for making a broad array of deceptive claims about how much money
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Bruce Outridge of Lead Pedal Media posted a video warning about an online scam using his name on January 5th. Photo: Lead Pedal Media
Bruce Outridge’s brand stolen by fraudsters selling t-shirts Don’t fall for any scam artist claiming to sell “Lead Pedal” t-shirts, warns Lead Pedal Media founder Bruce Outridge in a video message January 5th. “You may have seen a post going
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Does a Taxi driver develop a bigger Hippocampus because they exercise their spatial abilities more than most people, or are people with larger Hippocampi attracted to Taxi driving? Researchers have not answered that question. Image: YouTube
BMJ study looked at 443 occupations In a study of the human brain and Alzheimer’s disease, Taxi drivers were found to have “significantly larger hippocampi” than more than 400 other occupations studied, according to a Dr. F. Perry Wilson in
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