On Tuesday, Love’s Travel Stops announced plans for major expansion in the new year. On January 26, Love’s said that the company had plans to
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Month: January 2021
Police need help finding car driver who caused semi to catapult off overpass, leaving a trucker dead
On Monday, the Birmingham Police Department issued new information and a new call for public help in locating a motorist who is believed to have
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Emergency child care expanded to include truck drivers, farmers, and grocery store workers
The Ontario government is expanding access to emergency childcare to more frontline workers. Starting Wednesday, grocery store workers, truck drivers, farmers, waste disposal workers, and
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Police & Fire: Truck crash closes I-94 exit ramp
TRUCK CRASH: A 73-year-old driver from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,was extricated from the wreckage after his truck crashed Tuesday morning on the exit ramp from I-94
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Border closure wreaks havoc with Buffalo Niagara’s binational bridges
If you look at the bright side, motorists crossing the region’s four international bridges no longer complain about long traffic jams while entering the United
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Upbeat PACCAR raises truck production estimate
Arebounding U.S. economy should help sustain the recent growth in new truck orders, PACCAR Inc. (NASDAQ: PCAR) CEO Preston Feight said Tuesday. “Basically the truck
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New bridge to Canada will be a ‘game changer’
The Canadian Consul General presented details about the new Gordie Howe International Bridge Project that is under construction to further link Canada and the United
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‘You get a feeling of shame’: Truckers fight for improved access to restrooms during pandemic
KITCHENER — Truckers who deliver essential goods during the pandemic continue to struggle with washroom access, and these challenges are often compounded for female drivers.
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Deemed essential, long-haul truckers risk infection and spreading COVID-19 with every shift
Zafar Saeed’s routine journeys to California can feel calm, meditative even, until he runs out of packed food and has to stop for a meal.
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TFI International buys UPS Freight in $800M blockbuster deal
TransForce International has announced it has acquired UPS Freight, the less-than-load (LTL) and truckload divisions of United Parcel Services. Those divisions generated about US$3 billion
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