Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Where is the price of crude going? You take my answer to the bank by Roger McKnight It’s not what you say, it’s when you don’t say it – A bit long for a bumper sticker but snappier than “conspicuous in absencia,” a phrase I just made up…
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Do it right, the taxman cometh! by Ray Haight Business is business and all businesses run on the same principle gross revenue comes in you deduct all the related expenses and what is left is either profit or it’s…
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image Shopping thanks to lower gas prices? Free advice: keep your receipts by Roger McKnight So I’ve heard that walking is good for your mind and body, which is good because I’ve also heard that they are, at most times, connected. I tried walking for…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety Would you hire a medical marijuana patient to drive truck? by James Menzies It’s no secret this industry is starved for drivers, especially young drivers. I received a letter the other day from a 26-year-old with aspirations of becoming a professional truck driver.
Doug Marcello Author Gravatar Image NEW YEAR–NEW LAWS by Doug Marcello With the new year comes new laws. Changes in two key regulations became effective in December, 2014. Together, they provide a breath of relief to our industry. RETURN OF THE…
Harry Rudolfs Author Gravatar Image Fat truckers and will Uber kill the trucking goose? by Harry Rudolfs I’d like to close the year with a few comments. First of all the Strida fold-up bicycle I was trying out is still available as a demo to some trucker…
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image And so it goes! by Ray Haight So here we go the start of another new year, man how the years fly by, I now that sounds cliché’ but there is an element of truth to that…
Mike McCarron Author Gravatar Image Business Management Bottom Line: Separating yourself from the herd by Mike McCarron Why it's important to develop your personal brand
Harry Rudolfs Author Gravatar Image Travels With Lucas, and cool bike want to ride a cool bicycle? by Harry Rudolfs When are two wheels better than eighteen? When you’re parked in some forsaken industrial park and your truck is going to be tied up in the dock for hours if…
Earl Galavan Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety Reversing – Serious Business by Earl Galavan It’s not every day you take a call from the Coroner’s office, and it is certainly not one I expected. It did, however, start an interesting chain of events. The…
Roger McKnight Author Gravatar Image What “direction” are crude, diesel and gasoline prices going? by Roger McKnight I may have overstepped the mark last week when I dropped the Goldman Sachs crystal ball, which exploded and broke into pieces on all of their corporate toes – call…
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Making Progress by Ray Haight As some of you may recall I have been working with a fifty-driver carrier who contacted me for some consulting services for their growing company. I have called this company…
Mike McCarron Author Gravatar Image Business Management The Bottom Line: Spam is dead. Long live spam. by Mike McCarron Canadian Anti-Spam Law lightens inbox
Doug Marcello Author Gravatar Image Health & Safety Punitive Damages in Corporate Liability Claims by Doug Marcello Punitive damages are often asserted in transportation lawsuits based upon the claims we discussed last week—hiring, training, supervision, entrustment and retention. Claims for punitive damages require more than mere “negligence”…
Dan Goodwill Author Gravatar Image Some Takeaways from the 2014 Surface Transportation Summit – Economic and Trucking Trends by Dan Goodwill A sold out crowd attended the 2014 Surface Transportation Summit at the Mississauga Convention Centre on October 15. This year’s conference had 30 speakers and panelists and two networking tracks.
