Federal investigators arrested a man at the U.S.-Canada border and charged him with trying to smuggle $5 million worth of marijuana into the U.S. Gurpreet
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Month: June 2020
Truck Crossings Have The Best Week Since US-Canada Border Closed
More than 100,000 trucks crossed the United States-Canada border last week, a level not seen since it closed to non-essential travel in March because of
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Walmart seeks approval for truck yard on agricultural land in Shuswap
CSRD and Agricultural Land Commission will weigh in on future of Malakwa property Walmart Canada is seeking approval to use agricultural land east of Sicamous
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3 COVID-19 cases announced on weekend were connected to truck driver
No new cases of COVID-19 announced in Manitoba Tuesday; currently 5 actives cases in province The three Winnipeg cases of COVID-19 announced over the weekend
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B.C. trucking companies see a long road to economic recovery: survey
Findings indicate that its members don’t expect to return to pre-COVID-19 business levels for another 10 to 11 months. B.C. trucking companies see a rough
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Quebec truck driver training restart delayed in dispute
SAINT-JEROME, Que. – Truck driver training programs can officially begin to resume following a shutdown associated with Covid-19. But the work at one of two
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1/3 B.C. trucking companies are worried about business survival
LANGLEY, B.C. – Surveyed members of the British Columbia Trucking Association (BCTA) don’t expect to return to pre-Covid-19 business levels for 10-11 months, while motor
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Family holds graduation convoy for son
MONTAGUE, P.E.I. – How do you celebrate a high school graduation when everything is closed because of Covid-19? Well, a family of truckers in P.
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NTSB urges regulators to close loophole allowing less-stringent lithium-ion battery tests
A battery fire inside a FedEx truck in 2016 has led the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to recommend tighter regulation of some lithium-ion batteries.
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Lack of bathrooms amid pandemic stressful for people with bowel disease
Where do you go when you’ve got to go? It’s become a lot tougher question in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic. “Definitely we’ve heard
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