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Police are investigating after a crash overnight left a woman with critical injuries. She was in a rideshare vehicle when it left the roadway and struck a pole. As Caryn Lieberman reports, investigators are working to determine what caused the single vehicle crash.

An update on the weekend shooting near Polson Pier. As Caryn Lieberman reports, we are learning more about the man police arrested who is also accused of stealing a rideshare vehicle with passengers on board.

Rideshare drivers in Toronto are raising concerns over working conditions as the city prepares to welcome thousands of fans for the FIFA World Cup. Barry Sawyer, National President at United Food and Commercial Workers, joins Jaden Lee-Lincoln to explain the changes drivers say are needed to do their job.

We’re only a few weeks away from the world descending upon Vancouver and Toronto for the FIFA World Cup and taxi companies and rideshare drivers are bracing for an influx of traffic Barry Sawyer, national president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union joins Global News Morning with more on the preparations and concerns.

Halifax Regional Municipality is looking to implement a new bylaw that changes the regulations for taxi operators and rideshare drivers. One rideshare company says the new regulations will negatively impact drivers. But a taxi company says they see the possible changes as a step in the right direction. Angela Capobianco reports.

A Port Perry taxi driver is calling on the municipality to level what he says, is an uneven playing field when it comes to competition with rideshare companies. While the issue has been a tug-of-war in larger cities for years, the small Durham Region community is just noticing the landscape shift. Germain Ma reports.

URide, a ride-sharing platform out of Thunder Bay has expanded its services to Halifax. URide is already established in Moncton, Fredericton, and Saint John – with goals to branch into rural areas across the country.

A man from Richmond Hill, Ont. has been arrested after being caught by York Regional Police air support workers driving speeds of almost 300 km/h along Toronto-area highways. Police say the driver attempted to evade officers by entering a building’s underground via a man-door, with the aid of an accomplice. The man fled the scene...

Victoria police are asking for help identifying a vehicle and driver involved in a suspicious incident. A woman reported entering a vehicle on August 13 in the 1900 block of Store Street, believing it was the rideshare car she ordered.

A letter from the Passenger Transportation Board is raising new questions about when ridesharing services will hit B.C. roads. Keith Baldrey breaks down the reasons why.

Uber is making it official this morning, they are coming to the Lower Mainland but not the entire province. Liberal MLA Jas Johal joined Sonia Sunger to discuss the latest addition to the ridesharing community.

On Tuesday morning, a number of cab companies from all over the Okanagan gathered in Kelowna to start the process of forming an official taxi association. The group wants to unite as ridesharing companies are set to start operating this year. The taxi operators is concerned that ridesharing companies will not be subject to the...

It is a service many have long been calling for in Kelowna–Uber. While the request to operate in the Central Okanagan was denied by the Passenger Transportation Board late last year–the ridesharing company is trying again. Local cab companies say the timing is all wrong as they continue recovering from the pandemic and as Klaudia...

Health-care workers in Saskatchewan are about to get some much-needed reinforcements from the military, amid a COVID-19 surge. The unprecedented measures the provincial government is considering now to keep cases down. Plus, Lyft releases data on what it calls “safety incidents.” The number of fatalities and assaults involving users the ridesharing giant is reporting, and...

Thu, Jun 7: A woman says she was assaulted by an Uber driver in Calgary. But the city said it’s a lack of immediate action by the rideshare company that has Livery and Transport Services amending existing bylaws. Nancy Hixt explains.

The B.C. Government says ridesharing will be available in B.C. but not until the fall of 2019. In the meantime, more taxis will be hitting the roads. Jill Bennett is live with details.

Grieving family and friends after the fatal shooting of a woman outside a Toronto halfway house. The City of Toronto considering a cap on rideshare licences – we’ll tell you why. And, Google’s top searches of 2024.

Mon, Mar 19: Toronto is one of the four locations where the ridesharing company has been testing driverless vehicles on public roads. After a fatal collision in Arizona, however, Uber has put on a pause on the testing. Mark Carcasole reports.

The all-party legislative committee into ridesharing has made a number of recommendations. But as Richard Zussman reports, one recommendation is already being rejected by the NDP government.

At a press conference Tuesday, MADD Canada, BarWatch and Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart call on the BC NDP to allow ridesharing services to operate in Metro Vancouver.