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How to Avoid a Victoria Day Tragedy

Dale Orlando | Posted 05.09.2013 | Canada
Dale Orlando

While the Victoria Day weekend is one we all happily anticipate, for emergency room staff and too many Ontarians, it is also the beginning of trauma season; the time when getting to and from the cottage can be a killer due to drunk drivers on congested cottage country roads.

Winter Driving Tips

Posted 11.12.2012 | Canada

As another cold winter season closes in on Canadian drivers, it’s time to make sure you and your car are well prepared for the snowy roads ahead. Fo...

What Causes Your Road Rage?

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 11.09.2012 | Canada Living

What is it about getting behind the wheel of a car that brings out those feelings of hatred and anger? At least, that's the case for approximately ...

What Rob Ford's Signature Tells us About The Toronto Mayor

Annette Poizner | Posted 10.23.2012 | Canada Politics
Annette Poizner

In the wake of reports that Toronto's mayor has been distracted at the wheel, only one question remains: why won't Rob Ford use a driver? One look at his signature provides the only answer that hasn't been put forward, an answer provided not by his aides who are rebuffed when they offer to take the wheel, and not by puzzled journalists who conjecture about the issue.

Roads An Over-40 Zone? Fewer Young People Getting Licenses

CP | Joan Lowy, The Associated Press | Posted 06.08.2012 | Canada Living

WASHINGTON - The share of people in their teens, 20s and 30s with driver's licenses is dropping. It's a trend seen not only in the United States, but ...

Binge Drinking A Growing Health Concern: Study

CP | Romina Maurino, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.29.2012 | Canada

TORONTO - Students in Ontario are smoking fewer cigarettes, but binge drinking and driving while high are growing health concerns, according to a new ...

Road Trip Effect: Why The Journey Back Seems Shorter

The Huffington Post Canada | Martha Edwards | Posted 11.21.2011 | Canada Living

Call it the road trip conundrum -- that phenomenon where, even as adults, our journey to our destination seems to take forever while the return trip w...

Commuters Of The World More Cranky Than Ever

CBC | Posted 11.08.2011 | Canada

Canadian motorists may growl at traffic congestion and other commuting woes, but a new survey suggests that at least two cities rank among...

Canadians View Public Transit As 'Inconvenient': StatsCan

CP | Will Campbell, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.24.2011 | Canada

OTTAWA - A new study suggests the vast majority of commuters remain reluctant to use public transit, despite public campaigns encouraging people of it...