David Henry Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety What the smell? What Covid taught me about reliance on my senses by David Henry For almost 11 years, every time I come home from a trip there’s been at least one grandson waiting to say hi. You know what’s been fascinating about that? Watching…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Equipment Future fuels: Will the ‘messy middle’ become a ‘messy end’? by James Menzies There has been much discussion of late about future zero-emissions engine technologies for the heavy-duty transport sector. For sure, our industry has to lessen its carbon output – and ultimately…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Transportation Pennsylvania crash shows the battle against speed must evolve by John G Smith Speed kills. There is no secret about that. Head too fast into a curve and a vehicle will lose control. Drive into anything at a high rate of speed and…
Carole McAfee Wallace Author Gravatar Image Transportation Paid sick days coming to federally regulated carriers by Carole McAfee Wallace It is not easy being an employer during a pandemic. They’re dealing with lockdowns and layoffs or grappling with the opposite problem — labour shortages. On top of those concerns,…
Rolf Lockwood Author Gravatar Image Transportation Drop the cell phone and focus on the road by Rolf Lockwood Twenty years ago I wrote a stupid editorial in this magazine. Like, really stupid. I admitted that I should be the utterly responsible commentator and agree that cell phones are…
Mike Millian Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety It’s time for truckers protesting in Ottawa to leave by Mike Millian The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) was very disturbed with some of the images we saw and reports we heard out of Ottawa this past weekend. The desecration…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Regulations The so-called Freedom Convoy was never about truckers, or border mandates by James Menzies Truckers who participated in a cross-country convoy culminating in protest at Parliament Hill this weekend have been duped into believing the convoy was about them. It never was. It wasn’t…
Angela Splinter Author Gravatar Image Business Management The student solution to trucking industry’s labor shortage by Angela Splinter Every sector in Canada’s economy is looking to attract and grow its labor force, which means students and young workers have lots of career choices at a pivotal time in…
David Henry Author Gravatar Image Human Resources Do I support the Freedom Convoy? by David Henry “Dave, do you support the Freedom Convoy 2022?” This question has been posed to me so many times lately, but most notably from my longtime friend Ken Carpenter. My answer…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety The murky matter of protests and the donations that drive them by James Menzies Much has been made of late on social media and in the mainstream media, about trucker protests that are in the works. Truckers are rightfully upset about a vaccine mandate…
Heather Ness Author Gravatar Image Business Management Obtain and maintain your USDOT number by Heather Ness Expanding operations into the United States means fully complying with U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety (FMCSA) regulations. And one of your first steps toward compliance is obtaining a USDOT number.
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety Open the washrooms to truck drivers everywhere by John G Smith In a just world, there would be no need to legislate common decency. Simple acts of humanity would be a common reflex. Do unto others as you would have them…
David Henry Author Gravatar Image Business Management Why DEF is the trucking acronym that gets my blood boiling by David Henry DEF. I don’t think there is a more hated acronym in all of trucking. DOT even pales in comparison. Would you rather a CRA audit, or DEF issues? “Alex, I’ll…
Mike McCarron Author Gravatar Image Moving from the C-Suite to ‘see ya’ by Mike McCarron As trucking leaders age, many aren’t prepared to retire or sell, even when they can see it’s time to pass the reins to the next generation. My magic moment came…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Truck driver’s 110-year sentence was ‘nuclear’ and unjust by John G Smith Truck driver Roger Aguilera-Mederos faces up to a decade in prison for an April 2019 crash that killed four people in Colorado, but it’s far less than the 110 years…
