Lou Smyrlis Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety Spring into fitness with this challenge by Lou Smyrlis With the return of longer days and warmer weather, it’s usually not long before thoughts turn to barbecues, beer and lazy days in the summer sun doing pretty much…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Runaway and Repeat by John G Smith I'm experiencing a new day and new job at Today's Trucking, but there is no escaping the sense of déjà vu. Yes, I still lean on my GPS to find the office, and I think it will be several months before I remember the phone number, but something feels oddly familiar. Too familiar.
Earl Galavan Author Gravatar Image Transportation Distractions? What distractions? by Earl Galavan Have you ever argued over the difference between hands free and hands on cell phone use? How about the difference between talking to a passenger and using a cell? There…
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation We need a clearer direction and explanation for the Liberal’s carbon tax policy by Roger McKnight Out of frustration, I find myself visualizing the current carbon kerfuffle in the personification of my favourite Peanuts character, Pig Pen. Pig Pen, of course, was always sketched by Charles…
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Spring is in the air! by Ray Haight Now that spring is here I like many of you are looking forward to the warm weather and the turning of things from Grey to green. It is also a…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Time is US $9.26 at a roadside scale by John G Smith Time is money, and this is particularly true when you're stuck at a roadside scale. Even if everything is in running order, drivers still have to wait their turn before being waved on their way.
Dan Goodwill Author Gravatar Image Transportation How to learn the basics of sales and freight transportation by Dan Goodwill Three years ago I posted a blog entitled ‘Tips for the New Transportation Sales Rep‘. In that blog I consolidated a number of ideas generated in a LinkedIn Sales…
Dan Goodwill Author Gravatar Image Transportation Leading your trucking company through tough times by Dan Goodwill These are tough times. In a recent issue (February 22, 2016) of the Journal of Commerce, the headline was “Is the US in a Freight Recession?” If a freight recession is…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Orlick’s term as CTA chair begins with search for chief by John G Smith Gene Orlick's tenure as chairman of the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) can still reasonably be counted in days. The owner of Alberta-based Orlicks Inc. assumed the role just last week, during the alliance's spring board meeting in Arizona. But his mandate already includes one issue that will define the nation's largest trucking organization for years to come. Who will replace David Bradley?
Justin Bailie Author Gravatar Image Transportation Five questions to ask yourself before marketing your freight services to millennials by Justin Bailie Marketing and selling to millennials is a business challenge that has burst onto the collective business scene over the past year or so and is quickly gaining traction as one…
John G Smith Author Gravatar Image Road Trip: Volvo’s Canadian dealers in Hagerstown by John G Smith Volvo's Canadian dealers are celebrating. Goran Nyberg, president of Volvo Trucks North America, noted that the company's retail share in Canada hit 16.3% in 2014, complete with 54% of the sleepers that have 10-13-litre engines. Employees responded to numbers like that with chants of "all time high". And today they represent the first wave of North American dealers to learn about several powertrain enhancements available to buyers in 2017.
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation Who’s monitoring what? by Roger McKnight This week we travel back in our Climate Time Capsule to remember the Kyoto (Whatch-ya-call) Protocol, where some countries signed on but lost interest in – and the papers, which…
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Transportation The complications of carbon taxes across Canada by Roger McKnight Deadlines can be stressful, calendars quizzical, and this country is a combination of the two – and a writer’s deadline can result in sentences like the one you just read!…
Dan Goodwill Author Gravatar Image Transportation Developing a social media strategy for your freight business by Dan Goodwill Social media has become huge in the last few years. There are new social media sites that pop up every day. I have been personally involved with social media for…
Earl Galavan Author Gravatar Image Transportation Learning and safety resources by Earl Galavan Having and maintaining a safe workplace seems like a no-brainer. Think about it; hurting people or damaging equipment and product is not a sustainable business model. What’s more, occupational health…
