John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Transportation Remembering 25 years in the trucking press by John G Smith Anniversaries can sneak up on you, or so it seems. As the calendar turned to May 1, it suddenly dawned on me that I began writing about the trucking industry…
James Manson Author Gravatar Image Regulations Ontario has temporary exemptions for truckers during Covid-19 by James Manson Ontario issued a province-wide Declaration of Emergency on March 17 in response to Covid-19. Since then, the government has further extended the Declaration of Emergency until at least May 12.
Andrea Morley Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety Support your immune system by Andrea Morley Supporting the immune system has been a big topic of conversation lately, given the Covid-19 pandemic, but there’s another important reason to support our body in being able to heal…
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation Should North America start its own oil cartel? by Roger McKnight They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Today I’m going to change that to a thousand ships. That’s about how many there are out there carrying crude oil,…
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation It’s time we stemmed the crude flow by Roger McKnight For me, someone going up the down staircase means that he or she either can’t read, just refuses to go with the conventional or conversational flow, or is being chased…
Mike McCarron Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety Lasting benefits will emerge in the Covid-19 fight by Mike McCarron March felt like it had 120 days. Most Canadians passed the time social distancing while stressing about health, family and finances. Truckers, meanwhile, have been out there on the…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Transportation Prepare for the “new abnormal” after Covid-19 by Rolf Lockwood How are we to respond to the mess we now find ourselves in? How do we chart a course? What will life be like on the other side of it?…
Jaclyne Reive Author Gravatar Image Transportation How to avoid the pitfalls when buying a trucking business by Jaclyne Reive The process for buying a trucking company is not identical to the purchase and sale of other types of companies. There are different considerations to be mindful of, and…
Derek Clouthier Author Gravatar Image Human Resources Is Alberta headed for another epidemic – unemployment? by Derek Clouthier I’m not sure whether it’s optimism or denial, but I feel like when all is said and done with this Covid-19 crisis, the impact will not be as severe as…
Terry Shaw Author Gravatar Image Transportation Supporting drivers on Covid-19 front lines by Terry Shaw The deadline for this article came two weeks after the world was turned upside-down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and there is just so much to talk about. The impacts…
Al Goodhall Author Gravatar Image Transportation From trucker to essential worker in one month by Al Goodhall I started the month of March as a trucker, and ended the month as an essential worker. This was the story for every worker that is part of the supply…
Doug Marcello Author Gravatar Image Regulations Regulations during Covid-19 by Doug Marcello In response to the Covid-19 outbreak, federal and state governments in the U.S. have temporarily modified regulations to help the trucking industry meet the challenge. Here is a list of…
Andrea Morley Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety Focus on what you can you control right now by Andrea Morley Anyone else feeling a little out of control during the Covid-19 pandemic? We are living in strange times, and it’s gotten us out of our routines and into a stressful…
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation Covid-19 is a bigger animal in the oil fight by Roger McKnight Putting something on the back burner implies that there are at least two other burners. One really hot one, the other not so much. Well that picturizes (yes, my word) where…
Heather Ness Author Gravatar Image Transportation Updated rules for drivers with insulin-treated diabetes by Heather Ness Under an updated reciprocity agreement between the U.S. and Canada, insulin-treated diabetics may operate in cross-border trucking. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Transport Canada agreed to…
