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My friend attended a Toronto International Film Festival drive-in screening (thanks to COVID-19, in-theatre shows were not possible). She drove her recently purchased Audi. Everything went fine until it was time for the film to begin. Like many new cars, this one had headlights…

It’s only early autumn. Winter is coming. By the time the snow hits, the only people taking public transit will be those with no alternatives. They built bike lanes, though those are not exactly crowded, and only the diehards cycle during the winter. Driving…

At the present rate, you’re unlikely to earn your drivers’ license before the year 2021. You know, scratch that – if I’m being honest, you’ll be lucky to get it by 2022 (around 50 per cent of people fail their first time). Like everything…

California blinked. Last week, corporate colossuses Uber and Lyft threatened to cease operating their ride-hailing services in response to the state’s demand that they treat their drivers as full-time employees rather than independent contractors. California’s Assembly Bill 5, which stipulates that so-called “gig-workers” must…

In Toronto, at least, these new lanes are currently pretty empty, but they’re likely to fill up as people realize they can shop, work and dine without having to find parking and pay parking fees. All it took was the worst pandemic since the…

Alcoholism is a disease. It’s an awful, devastating disease. However, if a person suffering from alcoholism is either unwilling or unable to stay out of the drivers’ seat while drunk, why should society pay the price?

What do face masks, turn signals and condoms all have in common? If you don’t use them as intended they don’t work. The name is a giveaway. When you intend to “turn” you “signal” to communicate with other drivers. You don’t signal after you…

I had the opportunity to speak with The Toronto Star’s Raju Madhar for the podcast “This Matters” about the current shifts and corrections in the comedy world. Raju is an excellent interviewer – very happy he asked me on his show. The photo is…

On the road again, they just can’t wait to get on the road again. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of families are hitting the highway in search of summer holidays. Some are going to cottages, which are in scarce supply. Others…

Whene the country went into lockdown in mid-March, many municipalities eased up on parking enforcement. This is a state of emergency, the thinking went, and citizens shouldn’t be punished because they can’t find legal parking while physically distancing. In Toronto, for instance, police stopped…