Son speaks out for cab-driver safety after father beaten in southeast Edmonton

A veteran city cab driver hospitalized with a smashed cheekbone after he was attacked by a fare has his son advocating for more driver safety.
Balwinder Singh Mander — a cabbie for 25 years — initially picked up a couple of passengers from a bar in the southeast neighbourhood of Ellerslie around 2 a.m. Family Day Monday, his son Vick Mander said this week.
After dropping off one passenger in Beaumont, the other became evasive in providing a drop-off location so the driver asked him f