Ride-hailing giant Uber says it is coming to Winnipeg before the end of spring. Uber has seen tens of thousands of Winnipeggers already download its app, showing there is a demand for the ride-booking service, van Hemmen said. They don't have a firm number for how many drivers they will need to launch by the summer, but it's in the "many hundreds," van Hemmen said. Mayor Brian Bowman tweeted a photo Tuesday morning of him meeting with van Hemmen Monday about the company's plans to enter the Winnipeg market. Uber has now reached an arrangement with MPI under which the company will pay for additional private coverage to insure their drivers in Winnipeg, Van Hemmen said.

Source: CBC News March 10, 2020 12:35 UTC