Remote recreation areas bracing for heavy pandemic pressure B.C.’s vast network of wilderness resource roads has been used for recreation for decades, but the traffic
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Roadcheck may be over, but the next trucker blitz is just around the corner
You survived Roadcheck this year, but the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has another driver-focused enforcement effort in the works — here’s what you need
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Canadian Officials Stop Truck Smuggling $3.5 million in Cocaine Across Washington Border
The Canada Border Services Agency last month discovered and seized a shipment of suspected cocaine worth an estimated $3.5 million in a truck crossing the
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Nearly 160 pounds of cocaine seized at Canada-US border
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers in March seized 64 bricks of suspected cocaine in the Pacific Highway District. On March
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Border Patrol intercepts big rig with 149 people locked inside
U.S. Border Patrol recently uncovered a major human smuggling attempt near Laredo, Texas. The incident occurred on April 16 at the Interstate Highway 35 (I-35) checkpoint
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Skeptical judge acquits trucker caught with heroin at Canadian border
Ruling cites possibility that drugs were planted while off-duty dump truck driver assisted a broken-down trucker in the US An off-duty truck driver caught at
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Commercial paper towel shipment reveals $2.4M in concealed marijuana
More than 100 pounds of marijuana were seized from a semi truck in New york on Friday. The contraband was discovered on March 26th at
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Driver sent to hospital following transport, minivan collision in Essex: OPP
One person was sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries following a collision between a minivan and a transport truck in Essex on Tuesday morning. Emergency responders were
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Truck driver arrested for slashing his own dog with a bowie knife
A truck driver was charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty against his 11-month-old pitbull in South Carolina late last month. The man was arrested
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MDOT weight restrictions in effect
MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Transportation and local agencies are enacting spring weight restrictions, an annual move to protect roads. Weight restrictions, which became
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