Listen: Talent Search winner Taylor Barker’s new musical bonds; Brumbach Stephens hauls one giant tree
Listen: Owner-operator and Trucker Talent Search winner on trucking, music and life in general in-studio from Nashville, likewise former small fleet owner now with Wilbanks Trucking, Brumbach Stephens, on the haul of a lifetime with this year’s Capitol…
OTA wants supply chain to help crack down on Driver Inc.
TORONTO, Ont. – The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is calling on members to help educate other supply chain partners on the ramifications of Driver Inc. Driver Inc. is a payment model that classifies company drivers as independent contractors, allo…
Lion Electric goes to work on vocational truck project
SAINT-JEROME, Que. – Lion Electric Company, a Quebec-based electric vehicle manufacturer, will develop vocational versions of its Class 8 Lion8 electric truck – supported by $7.9 million in provincial funding and a collaboration with six partners. The …
Time for Quebec politicians to rethink pipeline?
There’s an elephant in the room of the politicians involved in the Paris Accord. But first, here in Canada… In this report, I will go with the position that the pipeline is half full, as opposed to half empty –…
CBSA intercepts truck carrying big drug shipment
POINT EDWARD, Ont. – A tractor-trailer carrying 50 kilos of suspected cocaine has been intercepted by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) at the Blue Water Bridge border crossing. A 52-year-old Markham, Ont.-based truck driver, Guo Bing Zhao, has …
Canadian developing electric landing gear
TORONTO, Ont. – A Canadian tech start-up is looking to electrify landing gear, and has developed a currently available adaptor to ease the job for drivers. Omid Beik, founder of Enercs, first became aware of the demands of deploying landing…
19.10 | Class 8 Buying Intentions
How Canada’s Top Fleet Employers buck the trends
Trucking HR Canada’s Top Fleet Employers program is not a competition – it’s a way to recognize companies that showcase this industry as a great place to work, attract a new generation of employees, and set standards that we all…
Trucking kicks off holiday season with charitable acts
Happy Thanksgiving!
From homeless to wounded in Iraq to successful trucker
Enjoys her ‘little piece of heaven’