It may be easier to hail a taxi these days but Moncton cab drivers say it’s getting harder to make a living. CBC news reports that the number of taxi drivers in the city more than doubled last year, from 159 in 2015 to 371 drivers in 2016. The number of licensed cabs also jumped to 207 vehicles in 2016, up from 127 the year before. Many drivers say they are being forced to work as much as twenty hours a day and for weeks at a time without a day off to make enough fares to pay the bills.
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Cherry Brook Zoo Starts Online Campaign
The Cherry Brook Zoo is hoping online donations will help keep the animal park open. Saint John City Council recently cut the amount of funding the zoo receives by about 40-thousand-dollars. That prompted the Zoo to start a GoFundMe page with the aim of raising 50-thousand-dollars to ensure the Zoo’s future.