Ontario Transport Minister and The Dancing Trucker on latest Trucker Radio News & Talk
Ontario Transport Minister Steven Del Duca was a guest on the latest episode of Trucker Radio News & Talk, available now on TruckerRadioTalk.com. He discusses Ontario’s plan to introduce mandatory training for entry-level drivers. The interview is conducted by hosts…
Getting laid off: 3 ways to cope
Surrey trucker Jabir Jolly is one of those truck drivers – he’s been delivering goods to Port Metro Vancouver for 15 years. “We have a house to pay, a mortgage to pay, my kids are going to university,” he told The Early Edition’s Rick Cluff.
South Yorkshire truckers wear red tutus for charity
Congratulations, you’re now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we’ll send them straight to your inbox. Workers from Doncaster are among a group of truck drivers who are wearing red tutus to work this week to raise …
Helplessness and Classist Bombs
The TV plays out scenes: a burnt child covered in plaster, a crying mother close to insanity with pain, and a politician reading from the script in front of the cameras. They grieve with the mourning family, they believe in ‘democracy’ and the unity of…
Senators Push For Fair Taxing of LNG
Sens. Michael Bennet and Richard Burr have reintroduced a bipartisan bill that would allow liquefied natural gas to better compete with diesel with taxation based on energy output rather than per gallon. Under the current federal highway excise tax, LN…
3 killed in Barisal firebombing, 2 held
A man breaks down in tears after he sees his brother who dies during an arson attack in Gournadi upazila of Barisal early Saturday. Photo: TV grab Three people including a trucker and his father-in-law were killed after alleged blockaders firebombed a …
SCC schedules truck driving classes
Students in Surry Community College’s Truck Driver Training Program learn from driving exercises and classroom lectures.
Truck Drivers Ticketed 10 Times Less for Speeding
Law enforcement officers pulled over 59,080 commercial and passenger vehicle drivers during Operation Safe Driver mobilization week from Oct. 19-25 in an initiative spearheaded by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. During the enforcement initiativ…
Driver shortage makes capitalizing on low oil hard for truckers
A chronic shortage of drivers means America’s long-haul trucking companies are struggling to capitalize on cheap fuel prices that could allow them to take goods shipments away from railroads. A 50 percent fall in oil prices from their peak last year sh…
Abel: Country for Old Men – a night with Sleepy LaBeef
Bowen Island resident Melissa Harrison react to a huge dock built at Cape Roger Curtis on Bowen Island. The docks are part of a land development on the south side of the island.