PMTC offering online training resources
OAKVILLE, Ont. — The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) has launched a new online training resource for drivers. The PMTC Online Drivers’ Academy, powered by CarriersEdge and KRTS, provides members with discounted rates on safety, compliance and professional…
Just one of the guys: Part 4
With a storm coming, Mark pulls into the Husky in Dryden, Ont. He offers help to a woman driver struggling to install her chains, but she tells him to get lost.
Smithsonian series chronicles lives of oil patch residents
A documentary chronicling the lives of residents and workers in the oil-rich region of North Dakota and Montana that has created a modern-day gold rush will start airing Sunday on the Smithsonian Channel. The six-episode “Boomtowners” is the latest tel…
Truck Driver ‘Inadvertently’ Trades $50,000 Worth Of Lunch Meat For Crack
The Arkansas truck driver attempted to trade a tractor-trailer stuffed with $50,000 worth of lunch meat for crack cocaine! Last June, the 45-year-old was hired to deliver meat to locations in Alabama and Florida, but apparently found drug dealers along…
Woman killed after truck smashes through cement barrier on Hwy. 400
A 46-year-old woman was killed when her car was struck by a transport truck which came through Highway 400’s cement barrier early Thursday. OPP say the truck was northbound on the 400, just north of Highway 89, when it lost control at 2:17 a.m., went t…
A meeting a decade in the making – Trucker Buddy pen pal visits Princeton Acacemy school
PRINCETON – The horn sounding from K.C. Brau’s tractor trailer in Princeton on Thursday morning signaled the start of a long overdue meeting. The sight of Brau’s shiny red truck rolling onto the campus at Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart confirmed…
Officials quizzed in bribe case
Guwahati, April 23 : The vigilance and anti-corruption wing of Assam police today interrogated four transport department officials in connection with illegal collection of money from a truck driver. The four officials – enforcement inspector of transpo…
OTA partners with Schulich Executive Education Centre
TORONTO, Ont. – The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) announced it has partnered with the Schulich Executive Education (SEEC) Centre today. The partnership came as a result of the OTA’s successful Next Generation educational development program, now in its second year.…
Bendix unveils new All Makes product line
ELYRIA, Ohio – Bendix announced today it has expanded its lineup of remanufactured components with the launch of its new All Makes product line. The company says the line was designed initially to address the growing demand for remanufactured compressors.…
Class 8 truck sales enjoy 12 straight months of solid performance
TORONTO, Ont. – Happy days are definitely here again for Canadian Class 8 truck sales. With sales topping 2,000 trucks sold again in February, the Canadian Class 8 market has now enjoyed a full year of sales above that solid…