A free program that trains women in the Lower Mainland to become truck drivers is getting a funding boost from the province. The YWCA’s Changing
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Judge: Trudeau right to invoke emergency act in Canadian truck protest
TORONTO — A public commission announced Feb. 17 that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government met the “very high threshold” for invoking the Emergencies Act
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Common ELD mistakes can be solved
While electronic tools have been able to monitor compliance with Hours-of-Service (HoS) rules since the early 1980s (remember the Rockwell Tripmaster?), it seems some truck
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TFI International buys Axsun Group, bolsters intermodal offerings
TFI International has acquired Montreal-based Axsun Group, which serves the intermodal and logistics needs of Fortune 100 customers. The company operates “multiple” locations across Canada
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Brake module corrosion continues to vex Daimler Truck
Third recall for same issue brings total of recalled units to more than 475,000 Daimler Truck North America is conducting a third safety recall –
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Update #1 – St-Pierre-Jolys RCMP searching for missing female and wanted male
The St-Pierre-Jolys RCMP, along with Major Crime Services, continue to search for 28-year-old Breanna Lee Hudson and 29-year-old Shaquille MacFarlane. Investigators believe that they are continuing to
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Highway 11 issues due to training of some transport drivers
‘I have talked to lots of drivers of many different races, and there are good drivers in all groups’ CHARLTON-DACK, Ont. — Northern municipalities are being given
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Truck driver training gets more people in driver’s seat
More people will be able to train for jobs as professional truck drivers in the Greater Victoria area through a Community and Employer Partnerships (CEP)
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B.C. government requires commercial vehicles to install electronic time-tracking device
The use of electronic logging devices to be installed in all provincially regulated carrier vehicles by Aug. 1 The province says all of B.C.’s commercial
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BP to buy TravelCenters of America for $1.3B
The large chain of full-service truck stops, a major operator of fast-food restaurants and full-service brands, will be sold to the British oil giant’s North
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