Media Event in Members’ Lounge at 9:30 Tomorrow, City of Toronto staff will provide an update on Vehicle-for-Hire reports, consultations and recommendations. Two reports are set to be considered by the Executive Committee on Tuesday, December 10 and by Toronto
Read MoreDecember 3 hearings a surprise to most observers The House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) is conducting a study of privacy practices of delivery and rideshare applications. Witnesses will appear on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, from 3:30 a.m.
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Toronto expects to post the Vehicle for Hire Review report on the morning of Tuesday, December 3rd. Some kind of briefing session to accompany the report is currently in the planning stages, with details for the briefing to be made
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Time-phased insurance coverage for Uber drivers as illustrated on Economical Insurance's website.
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
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Updates on activities to alert potential victims Today’s CTA Zoom webinar will focus first on recent activities involving criminals posing as rideshare or Taxi drivers in order to commit crimes. The monthly Zoom meeting of Taxi industry members generally presents
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Update 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,
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Region 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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“Sheer number of collisions and lives affected is unimaginable” The following statement was release by Truckers for Safer Highways on November 27, 2024 Truckers for Safer Highways extends our deepest condolences to the families and friends of those tragically lost
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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
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