John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Tick, Tock: Electronic Logging Devices are coming by John G Smith Canadian regulators didn’t waste much time. A U.S. mandate for Electronic Logging Devices (ELD’s) was just a few hours old on December 18 when federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Perspective, People: The onslaught of new technology is fascinating, but who really cares? by Rolf Lockwood Amidst the astonishing flood of electric this and autonomous that lately, I wonder who actually wants any of this stuff. I mean out there in the land of real trucking,…
Mike McCarron Author Gravatar Image Prepare to go green in 2018 by Mike McCarron The only thing to like about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is that he’s proving to be a man of his word and keeping his campaign promises. Like most, I wasn’t…
Derek Clouthier Author Gravatar Image Transportation Using electric trucks for what today’s technology allows by Derek Clouthier Whether you like it or not, the biggest news in the industry this past month was the release of the Tesla Semi. In dramatic fashion, Tesla’s Elon Musk flaunted the…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety Here’s your chance to improve Ontario truck parking by James Menzies Truck parking in Ontario is woefully inadequate. We all know that. But encouragingly, there’s an effort underway to improve the situation. The province has commissioned a survey to provide insight…
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Business Management Driver retention masterclass by Ray Haight Over the past six months I have been meeting with various carriers all over North America. The purpose of my visits is to facilitate workshops for our recently released program…
Jim Park Author Gravatar Image IRP offers solution for road builders by Jim Park My dad loved my mom's "Never Fail Bread." Time after time, she could turn out a dozen buns that were light as love. Then one afternoon he decided to give her recipe a try. The result wasn't pretty.
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation Wake up Canada! We need to move oil across this country to tidewater – and soon! by Roger McKnight Let’s face it, changing your mind is just re-targeting to a more ‘hittable target,’ or focusing on the ‘focusable.’ Recently, two people come to mind who have changed their minds…
Derek Clouthier Author Gravatar Image Transportation Reel them in when they’re young by Derek Clouthier I took part in a live Facebook panel to celebrate the 10th anniversary release of Wowtrucks’ annual calendar a few weeks back. Truck drag racer Gord Cooper, who drives the…
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Regulations Wheels coming off the logic wagon with Clean Energy Canada by Roger McKnight I often wonder if in the days before the webernet, and even before Prime Minister Trudeau’s, “Say, hey! What you say, don’t you love my sunny ways?’ decriminalization of…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Musk Matters: Tesla Semi light on details, but is sparking conversations by John G Smith The recent reveal of the Tesla Semi was like none other - and not simply because it offered the first look at a prototype of the company's electric Class 8 truck. If anything, there were still plenty of unanswered questions once the lights dimmed and fog machines were stowed away.
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Is everybody going electric? by Rolf Lockwood So last week I spent an illuminating day at the annual Cetaris user group meeting here in Toronto, in the company of some very big names in the North…
Derek Clouthier Author Gravatar Image Transportation Finding help with tuition tough for aspiring drivers by Derek Clouthier The more I talk to people in the industry, the more I hear concern about what is perceived as a lack of funding for those looking to attend a driver…
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Transportation Driver wages part 2: Win/win by Ray Haight I have been out and about since the last article, couple times to Texas, Toronto last week to the Surface Transportation Seminar and next week off to Mississauga to the…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Transportation The biggest risk of the ELD mandate isn’t what you think it is by James Menzies “Day two of ELD use. I’m done…Sooo frustrating. Not planning on using it again until someone can tell me more on how this thing works. One video two days before…
