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Starting Monday, May 1, no vehicular traffic will be allowed on Queen Street in the heart of downtown Toronto.

There will only be pedestrian access to Queen Street, from Bay Street to Yonge Street and Yonge Street to Victoria Street, for an estimated four and half years. This diversion is to accelerate Metrolinx’s construction of an Ontario Line connection to TTC Queen Station.

“Richmond, Adelaide, King and Dundas are going to be packed for next four and a half years,” says 36-year veteran Taxi driver Jafar Mirsalari. “Drivers will need to go further north, or way down south, to avoid it.”

Striking PSAC workers "take" the Portage Bridge on April 28th. Photo: Rob Primo, Twitter

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Striking workers “take” the Portage Bridge in Ottawa; no riot cops, police horses in sight

April 29, 2023 RWN Staff

The ongoing occupation of Wellington Street and other parts of downtown Ottawa by striking Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) workers is providing a source of ironic humour on social media. “PSAC is taking the Confederation Bridge!” reports “Far Right

NDP member John Vanthof Image: Ontario Parliamentary Channel

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John Vanthof House statement: transport trucks on northern Ontario highways

April 29, 2023 Guest Contributor

Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer's bill to overturn stringent new EPA regulations for heavy duty trucks passed 50-49 in the Senate on April 26. Image: fischer.senate.gov

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US Senate overturns new EPA emissions rules in 50-49 vote

April 28, 2023 RWN Staff

The Senate passed U.S. Senator Deb Fischer’s (R-Neb.) legislation to overturn President Biden’s aggressive EPA regulation on heavy-duty vehicle emissions by a vote of 50-49 on April 26. Fischer said the regulation would devastate the trucking industry, raise costs for consumers,

Toronto City Hall Photo: Toronto.ca

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Isn’t going from 5,500 Taxis to 86,000 VFH is the opposite of “Net Zero”?

April 28, 2023 Rita Smith

Do Torontonians actually trust their Council to create a “Net Zero” program which reduces emissions without decimating the downtown core? The same Council that voted for “Net Zero” while increasing the number of licensed vehicles for hire by a factor of fifteen – from 5,500 to 86,000?

The National Citizen's Inquiry will begin a new set of hearings on May 30 in Regina. Image: National Citizens' Inquiry

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Final day of NCI Red Deer testimony, links here

April 28, 2023 RWN Staff

Numerous expert testimonies being provided at the Red Deer, Alberta National Citizens’ Inquiry are challenging government’s response to COVID-19. Today is the final day of testimony in Alberta. See Road Warrior News’ coverage of engineer and risk management professional Dean

At a time when Canadians needed vision and capability, they got bullying and gaslighting, Beaudry told the NCI. Image: NCI

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NCI is “The best thing since the Convoy”

April 27, 2023 Rita Smith

Canada’s COVID response was not based on any kind of science, Risk Assessment professional Dean Beaudry told the National Citizens’ Inquiry on April 26.
“I cannot imagine how we could have done a worse job,” Beaudry noted in astonishment at one point.

Photo: "Think Big" Mike Murchison

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Trucking industry sounds alarm after Biden’s latest “green” move, warns of supply chain breakdown

April 26, 2023 Guest Contributor

It’s all fun and games with these goofy electric vehicles until the next thing you know there’s no more toilet paper. Or medicine. Or food.

In its ongoing effort to destroy just about everything, the Biden administration is now cracking down on the trucking industry.
Let that sink in for a moment.

Hearings of the NCI are taking place in Red Deer, Alberta beginning April 26.

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NCI Red Deer hearings begin today – live link

April 26, 2023 Rita Smith

The National Citizens Inquiry (NCI) is in Red Deer, Alberta beginning today and running through 28, 2023. NCI is a Canada-wide citizen-led and citizen-funded initiative to investigate governments’ COVID-19 policies in a fair and impartial manner that is completely independent