Plaintiff and CTA president Marc Andre Way spoke to media on May 13, 2024 after the court decided Ottawa was "negligent' in failing to enforce its own laws against Uber. Photo: Taxi News The Metro Taxi vs City of Ottawa trial will be continued the week of February 10, 2025 to address the issue of damages. On May 13th, 2024, Justice Marc Smith issued his decision that found “Uber was a bandit Taxi
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On January 6th, Justin Trudeau announced that he intends to step down as Liberal party leader and Prime Minister. 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
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Image: FTC Handy 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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Some Ubers in Vancouver on New Year's Eve. Image: Facebook BC’s “Air Quality News” last updated in September Carolyn Bauer of Vancouver’s Yellow Cab forwarded this image of downtown Vancouver on New Year’s Eve to the BC provincial government January 1st. “Good morning, this is a quick snap of the
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“Delivery Robot ran a red light and got hit by the Waymo. They both just reversed a little and drove off. Crazy time to be alive.” Video: Reddit Waymo robo-taxi hits delivery robot in crosswalk Food Delivery Robot Hit By Waymo byu/mingoslingo92 inwaymo
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All that matters is that you start, and keep at it. Photo: Taxi News What follows is the poem “The Race” written by Dr. D.H. “Dee” Groberg in 1986 which seems to rise up this time of year, most years, to remind me of the importance of rising when I fall. It is a
Read More“Shangox” is the pen name of a writer who has worked as a lifetime professional driver. He immigrated from Africa to Canada many years ago. He describes himself as “a seasoned copywriter with a passion for crafting compelling narratives that
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