Health & Safety Are you ready, boots? Start walkin’ June 16, 2014 The Healthy Fleet Challenge aims to get drivers and others in the industry to walk the equivalent of a trip around the world in July
Health & Safety Are your eyes feeling strained? June 16, 2014 The muscles of the eye, just like any other muscle in the body, can fatigue or tire from overuse. In most cases, eye strain is not a serious…
Health & Safety Bring on more wellness advisors June 16, 2014 “Speedy hires new wellness advisor and driver trainer. Will this newly-created, health-focused role become more prevalent in the trucking world?” Truck News asked that question in its June…
Health & Safety Roadwork season has returned June 16, 2014 Temperatures are rising, the ice and snow melted away weeks ago, and everything has taken on an undeniably greener hue. It’s enough to make a professional…
Health & Safety Have you heard? June 16, 2014 Do you hear everything when you listen to your favourite radio station, watch a movie, talk to your dispatcher, and/or chat with a friend? No? If your hearing has…
OTDC: Barrie, Here We Come! preview image Health & Safety OTDC: Barrie, Here We Come! June 16, 2014 Drivers have earned their way to the Provincial Championships in Barrie. Ewen Steele, president of the OTDC hints at what to expect on July 12.
Health & Safety Trucking company owner surpasses goal at Met-Con Blue competition June 16, 2014 COLLINGWOOD, Ont. — Nancy Cameron, owner dispatcher – pretty much everything but driver and mechanic – with the small trucking firm Parks Transportation competed in a boot camp-style mountain racing…
2014 OTDC: Central Ontario Region preview image Health & Safety 2014 OTDC: Central Ontario Region June 15, 2014 Cambridge, Ontario played host to the Central Ontario Regional division of the event.
Driving excellence on display at Toronto Regional Truck Driving Championships preview image Health & Safety Driving excellence on display at Toronto Regional Truck Driving Championships June 14, 2014 Greg Flear of Speedy Transport named Grand Champion at Toronto Regional Truck Driving Championships
Top Loblaw drivers crowned preview image Health & Safety Top Loblaw drivers crowned June 13, 2014 CAMBRIDGE, Ont. — Loblaw drivers working out of the Maple Grove Distribution Centre put their skills on display June 7, during the company’s third annual truck driving championship. The championships…
CBM concrete truck drivers compete preview image Health & Safety CBM concrete truck drivers compete June 11, 2014 BELLEVILLE, Ont. — Canada Building Materials hosted a truck rodeo June 8, which brought together 17 drivers who competed in front of 75 employees and family members. The third annual…
Winners want to repeat as champs preview image Health & Safety Winners want to repeat as champs June 10, 2014 Past victors from Home Hardware and Canada Cartage are competing in the Ontario Truck Driving Championships' Regional qualifiers.
Business Management Teamsters against HoS restart changes June 10, 2014 Teamsters take aim at proposed hours of service changes, trucking equipment regulations and Wal-Mart's safety record after the accident that injured Tracy Morgan and killed a comedian.
Health & Safety ATA addresses Tracy Morgan tractor-trailer crash June 9, 2014 ARLINGTON, Va. — The American Trucking Associations (ATA) was moved today to issue a statement on hours-of-service, following the high level of publicity a crash involving a Walmart truck and…
Health & Safety MORE ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND TRUCKING June 9, 2014 We’ve been all over this medical marijuana issue like Snoop Dogg on a bong! The July issue of Truck News, which will hit the streets Friday, examines the issue of…
