Halifax Taxi Industry

• Coronavirus: Halifax taxi driver describes hit to industry, safety measures in place

  "After every call we're doing a wipe over. A spray with Lysol, or with disinfectant wipes and at least four or five times in 12 hours we're doing a very thorough wipe down."

  Economy

  Apr 4, 2020
  
• Defence lawyer questions female passenger’s consciousness in closing arguments at Al-Rawi trial

  Ian Hutchison defended his client's innocence, telling the court that no evidence was presented during the retrial to disprove the defences theory that the female passenger took her own pants off.

  Crime

  May 30, 2019
  
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• I wouldn’t have consented to sex with taxi driver, woman tells trial

  Al-Rawi faces a charge of sexual assault, after an acquittal was overturned last January by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.

  Crime

  Jan 9, 2019
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• Review of Halifax taxi industry to be made public in February

  The last time the Halifax taxi industry was reviewed was in 1994, and municipal staff have said they are long overdue for an update.

  Crime

  Jan 8, 2019
• New taxi survey has some worried about the possible arrival of Uber in Halifax

  For a company like Uber to operate in the municipality with a ride-share model the municipality's regulations would need to change. 

  Politics

  Sep 25, 2018
• Halifax moves forward with taxi industry review

  Halifax has issued a request for proposals to complete a comprehensive review of the taxi industry in the municipality.

  Politics

  Jun 26, 2017
• Female passengers, disabled passengers the focus of new Casino Taxi driver training

  Casino Taxi says they are currently working on new, in-depth training videos for their 400 drivers.

  Canada

  Sep 15, 2016
• Halifax taxi driver facing second sexual assault charge

  Police say the driver has been charged with incidents on June 4 and July 9.

  Crime

  Aug 17, 2016
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• Fifth Halifax woman reports being sexually assaulted in taxi

  Five sexual assaults involving taxi drivers have been reported in Halifax in just three months.

  Crime

  Jul 21, 2016
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• Halifax police could drop use of ‘Middle Eastern’ when describing taxi sex assault suspects

  Halifax police are perpetuating damaging stereotypes by using "Middle Eastern" to describe three unknown cab drivers suspected in a recent string of alleged sexual assaults, critics say.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2016