TCA Driver and Owner-Operator of the Year finalists announced
Bison driver a finalist for Driver of the Year
Warm hearts persist during frigid 18 Wheels of Christmas campaign
CALGARY, Alta. – Rolling across Western Canada again this year, 18 Wheels of Christmas has been collecting donations to help those in need this holiday season. What started in 2002 as an effort to bring together those in trucking industry,…
Historic Cochrane building was home to trucking company
COCHRANE, Alta. – Nestled on the grounds of Cochrane, Alta.’s Historic Ranche site, the Westerson Cabin looks like any other wooden structure you would find in Canada’s west. But few would realize that the tiny log cabin, which was built…
Upcoming PMTC seminar to cover third party contracts, MELT
MILTON, Ont. — The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) is hosting its next regional seminar in Guelph on Thursday, January 26th. The seminar will run from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and will cover two topics — third party…
Slow to No
Shipper carrier panel discusses strategies around slow economy.
Spot Truckload Freight Market Sees Weekly, Monthly Gains
Unseasonably high freight volumes combined with higher fuel prices and rough winter weather pushed spot truckload rates upward to start 2017, according to DAT Solutions and its network of load boards, while a separate measure showed the market improved…
Bison driver named Highway Angel
WINNIPEG, Man. – A Bison Transport driver has been recognized by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) for helping another truck driver whose truck jackknifed in B.C. The incident happened May 6, 2016. Taljinder Sohi left a brake check and was…
I-5 north gridlocked because truckers are trying to get onto Marquam Bridge without chains
But the North Carolina truck driver hit a gridlock on northbound Interstate 5 and had moved about a quarter-mile over the past 5-1/2 hours, as of about 8 p.m. The problem: Tractor-trailer drivers disobeying a chain-up order and trying to tackle the Mar…
Canadian Trucker Helps Fellow Jackknifed Drivers
Taljinder Sohi, a truck driver for Bison Transport of Manitoba, Canada, was named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association for helping out a fellow driver whose tractor-trailer jackknifed on the highway. In May 2016, Sohi left brake check …
Detours will cause longer haul for truckers during bridge rebuild
With reconstruction of the St. David Street bridge here in 2018, transport truck drivers heading through the area will be finding there is no easy bypass around the bridge. Centre Wellington councillors got the scoop from Denis Hollands of Triton Engin…