Are we taking the advice of health professionals to heart?
Do we just smile and nod when our health professionals tell us that we need to cut some cholesterol out of our diet, or perhaps sodium, or sugar? Maybe we need to lower our stress levels to manage our blood…
Not what you’d expect
Tour of Bison head office opens eyes to what future of trucking could be
Fifty ways to leave your lover – or NAFTA
Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover is the title of a song that I found tedious, so I gave up at number seven. If there were another 43 options, then the relationship was never fully related. But with Canada Day on…
Getting ahead by giving back
BELLEVILLE, Ont. — Even though it’s red, white and blue, the Canadian-born International Truckload Services’ (ITS) logo is one of the province’s most recognizable on the highway. But, if you take a closer look, ITS is not only visible as it’s…
Feds reveal $2.1B in transportation spending
OTTAWA, Ont. — Canada’s Minister of Transport announced $2.1 billion for the Trade and Transportation Corridors Initiative (TTCI) to build stronger, more efficient transportation corridors to international markets today. Th news comes shortly after Canada’s 150th anniversary. The TTCI investments will…
FMCSA boosts education efforts to reduce highway fatalities
FMCSA is urging car drivers to stay out of trucks’ blind spots, make sure they can see truckers in the mirror before passing, not to cut in close in front of trucks, anticipate wide turns, avoid distractions and be patient when driving around trucks.
Crevier Group buys Trademark Oil
MONTREAL, Que. — Crevier Group announced today that it has acquired Trademark Oil by one of its Ontario subsidiaries, Case ‘N Drum Oil. Trademark Oil, a distributor of lubricants and lubrication equipment, is headquartered in Windsor, Ontario, and serves Southwestern…
CTA outlines challenges with federal carbon pricing approach
TORONTO, Ont. — The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has made a submission highlighting the administrative and competitive challenges created by the proposed federal pricing system contained in the federal government’s technical paper released last month. While CTA is not conceptually…
A classic celebration
Soggy show grounds couldn’t dampen spirits at Clifford Antique Truck Show
Michelin Canada applauds Saskatchewan law allowing wide-base single tires
LAVAL, Que. –– Michelin Canada welcomed the news of Saskatchewan now allowing wide-base single tires on its roads. The Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure, and the Saskatchewan Trucking Association, who worked collaboratively for the province to become Canada’s…