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Calming a nagging cough

With winter nearly upon us, we are entering the season of snow, ice, and coughs. Although coughing is not particularly pleasant, it is an effective, protective reflex that helps maintain…

Trucks and traffic

MONTREAL, Que. –Shorter trucks, restricted delivery hours, forbidden zones, and ways to help truckers better see pedestrians and cyclists are part of a buffet of possible changes Montreal is considering…

ELD Day

As the clock counts down to the Dec. 18 electronic logging device mandate in the U.S., many fleets have yet to implement a solution

Life-saving technologies should be more widely adopted

Why is it that when the trucking industry makes the headlines, for all the wrong reasons, it happens in bunches? Whether it be wheel separations or fatal crashes involving trucks,…

Papa Harry Trucking ups its game in small-town Alberta

PONOKA, Alta. —  From the humble beginnings of running a business out of their family home, Papa Harry Trucking has finally found a place to call its own, and a community…

Should your business donate to charity?

Almost every trucking company, whether it’s a five-truck operation or a 500-plus fleet, has been invited to sponsor or donate to something. Your decision to support any cause, whether it…

The proof and the pudding

“The proof is in the pudding” is an idiom most people get wrong. The correct saying is “the proof of the pudding is in the eating,” meaning you only know…

Girl power

First graduating class of WBF Class 1 program looks to enter workforce

Slap them chains on

MTI offers chain up tutorial during its driver appreciation day

Sharp as a tack

CAMBRIDGE, Ont. — Getting fired could possibly be the best thing that ever happened to Shawn Baird, career-wise. Because had his great uncle not fired him, Baird’s own successful business –…

Canada’s Most Wanted – Part 1

Mark was driving north on Hwy. 400 in Ontario on his way to delivering a trailer load of dry goods to a distributor in Sudbury when his cell phone rang.

Home away from home

Sleeper cabs have never been more comfortable, luxurious

It’s time to get serious about adding truck parking

The province of Ontario has recently undertaken two studies that in part, look at the issue of parking for travelers, and more specifically, commercial motor vehicle drivers. One of these…

ELD logs are tax documents, too

Starting on Dec. 18, Canadian carriers and drivers that travel into the U.S. and log their duty status will need to comply with the U.S. FMCSA’s electronic logging device (ELD)…

Driven to distraction

There’s nothing more distracting when writing about distracted driving than pouring over articles on distracted driving. Putting any combination of the words about the subject into an Internet search engine,…