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A stroll down memory lane

Recently I had a surprising e-mail arrive on my iPhone. It was from an old friend, someone I haven’t seen or heard from in over 30 years. She told me she was new to the industry and wanted to learn all she could about trucking, so she...

Want your voice to be heard? Start by cleaning up the language

Lately, I have been talking with a few of my fellow drivers on the topic of electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs), trying to get an objective, man-on-the-street, view of things and how the future legislation will affect us all. My goal was to...

Canada-US safety ratings: Reciprocity cuts both ways

The dictionary definition of reciprocity is the relation or policy in commercial dealings between countries by which corresponding advantages or privileges are granted by each country to the citizens of the other. In plain English and in...

Reasons for optimism still exist

Collectively, we in this industry have an opportunity, and my hope is that we get to take full advantage of it. Human resource issues are top of the list when it comes to surveys of what fleet managers spend most of their time on. It’s...

All I want for Christmas is…a new highway?

What do you want for Christmas? A new truck? Pay raise? I want a new highway.

Risk of lactose intolerance rises with age

Lactose intolerance is a condition that causes people to become unable to fully digest milk or dairy products.

Make it an extra spicy Christmas this year

Christmas is coming! I always look forward to all the wonderful kitchen smells that are created as people prepare for the holiday season.

Collision Course: Part 2

THE STORY SO FAR...Mark is driving along Steeles Avenue in Brampton with a clear road ahead of him. Suddenly a car pulls in front of him and slams on the brakes. Mark rear-ends the car and five people get out, all injured. Mark calls Bud for...

Reflect on these handy tips to improve your visibility

As important as the view through a windshield may be, the threats beside and behind a truck can hardly be ignored. About one-third of all the collisions reported to Northbridge Insurance involve situations like sideswiping a vehicle or backing...

TSQ: What do you think about random drug and alcohol testing for truckers?

MILTON, Ont. – Canadian truck drivers who cross the border into the US have been subject to random alcohol and drug testing since 1996. For US truck drivers, DoT-mandated random testing has been around since the late 1980s.

SmartWay program expands into Canada

Thousands of trucking companies across Canada and the United States are partners of the SmartWay Transport Partnership. This partnership is a public/private collaboration between Natural Resources Canada, the U.S. Environmental Protection...

ready for the three-quel?

Mark Dalton rides again in “On Ice”, the third and final full-length novel which is now available free from Natural Resources Canada's FleetSmart program (as of November, 2013). Mark Dalton is the trucker-private detective character...

A natural progression

TORONTO, Ont. -- Representatives from two of Canada’s most experienced liquefied natural gas (LNG) truck fleets opened up about their experiences with the technology during a candid conversation at the first annual Natural Gas Vehicle...

Things aren’t always as we assume

On Oct. 14, the Toronto Star published a feature article exploring the Indo-Canadian trucking community’s ties to the drug trade.

To grow or not to grow

Can equipment – specifically the inability of some carriers to invest in new tractors – fuel trucking’s next consolidation phase?American Trucking Associations’ chief economist Bob Costello believes it could, and I agree...