Kater

• ‘We have bills to pay’: Kater drivers left in the lurch as company pulls the plug at Christmas

  "Christmas is just around the corner, we have bills to pay, we have families. We didn't realized it was going to be this quick."

  Dec 12, 2019
  
• Vancouver loses what little ridesharing it had as Kater suspends service

  The company has decided to pull its vehicles off the roads as it awaits its ridesharing licence application to be approved by the province.

  Dec 1, 2019
  
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• Ridesharing could be further delayed in B.C., Passenger Transportation Board letter suggests

  The Passenger Transportation Board (PTB) has sent a letter to ridesharing applicants warning them to expect delays in their application being processed.

  Politics

  Oct 30, 2019
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• ‘Keep fighting’: Mayor Doug McCallum claims he’ll keep ride-hailing out of Surrey

  McCallum said he'll deny business licences to ridesharing companies, arguing taxi drivers aren't getting a level playing field.

  Sep 10, 2019
• Kater applies for licence to operate ridesharing services B.C.-wide

  The company is the first to announce plans to operate in every part of the province.

  Sep 9, 2019
• Rules for B.C. ride-sharing industry released: No restrictions on fleet sizes or surge pricing

  Ridesharing companies in British Columbia will not be restricted by fleet sizes, will not have a cap price and can operate in much larger regional boundaries than taxi companies can. 

  Politics

  Aug 19, 2019
• Taking Kater for a test drive: What it’s like to use B.C.’s first ridesharing service

  Kater is open for business, months ahead of the official launch of ridesharing in B.C.

  May 20, 2019
• Ridesharing app Kater prepares to soft-launch service in Vancouver

  The launch comes months before Uber and Lyft will be allowed to operate in B.C., with critics calling it "a Band-Aid solution."

  Mar 21, 2019
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• Ridesharing app Kater offering big bonuses for new drivers as it struggles to launch

  Critics say the bonuses show needing a Class 4 licence to be a ridesharing driver is too big a hurdle.

  Mar 8, 2019
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• Companies like Uber and Lyft on track to apply to Passenger Transportation Board

  Transportation Minister Claire Trevena said her government is still on track to have ridesharing companies apply to the Passenger Transportation Board by this fall.

  Politics

  Jan 28, 2019