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Winnipeg city council's public works committee will consider proposals to hike taxi rates, implement an on-request transit service and purchase $33 million worth of zero-emission buses.
Loretta Caribou is from Mathias Colomb Cree Nation, but was in the city visiting her niece on Feb. 15. She requested a Unicity taxi take her to her hotel. She says after driving a couple of blocks the driver stopped the car and demanded she give him $10 in cash or get out.
Taxi drivers who engage in inappropriate conduct while on the job could find themselves facing new penalties under a proposed change to the vehicle for hire by-law.
Winnipeg Free Press Parking fees, transit fares and hotel taxes collected won't return to pre-pandemic level overnight RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS A parking metre on a deserted Hargrave Street in Winnipeg's downtown. The city's parking revenues plummeted last year after Winnipeggers were repeatedly told to stay home to avoid spreading the virus. It could take years for the city’s revenue from parking fees, Transit fares and hotel taxes to return to normal after being walloped by the pandemic. It could take years for the city’s revenue from parking fees, Transit fares and hotel taxes to return to normal after being walloped by the pandemic.