Transportation Keeping your eyes on the road October 27, 2017 With the cooler fall temperatures, you may already be turning on your cab’s heat to take the chill off. Just the touch of a button can regulate the temperature in…
Upper Canada Truck Sales opens new truck sales center preview image Transportation Upper Canada Truck Sales opens new truck sales center October 26, 2017 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Shaun Boughen is an alternative thinker. So, it’s only natural that his business is an alternative concept as well. Boughen is president of Upper Canada Truck Sales, a…
Transportation Sysco Quebec ordered to remove driver-facing cameras October 26, 2017 SAINT-HYACINTHE, Que. — The Quebec Superior Court has officially sided with truck drivers in a five-year battle concerning driver-facing cameras. On Sept. 11, Sysco Quebec was ordered by the court…
Transportation Work underway to improve truck parking in Southern Ontario October 26, 2017 TORONTO, Ont. — A study into truck parking and rest stops in Southern Ontario is underway and the findings could lead to the improved availability and quality of truck stops along…
Transportation Embracing the future, and not ashamed to admit it October 10, 2017 ORMISTON, Sask. — Like a naïve child with a longing to see the world through the looking glass of a “big truck”, Jadran Svestka was unaware what the life of a…
Transportation The power of Mother Nature affects all things – even petroleum October 10, 2017 The power of Mother Nature is mysterious and frightening. Hurricane Harvey showed little patience and no mercy for the city of Houston, and the people who are the city. The…
Transportation What ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ can teach you about ELDs October 10, 2017 Come listen to a story ’bout a man named Jed, Poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed…If you grew up in the 1960s, you’ll recognize the theme song to The…
Transportation Rising fuel, labor, and equipment costs affecting trucking companies October 10, 2017 With National Trucking Week in the rearview mirror, it is important for the industry to continue celebrating its workforce and take a brief bow for the efficient and reliable service…
Moving on preview image Transportation Moving on October 8, 2017 BCTA president and CEO Louise Yako moves on to next chapter in her life
Transportation Getting the right training October 8, 2017 Choosing the best driver training school can be a daunting task for wannabe drivers
Learning from the past preview image Transportation Learning from the past October 8, 2017 Trucking's younger generation learns from the past, tailors lessons for future
Transportation Reinventing the wheel October 6, 2017 The phrase “don’t reinvent the wheel” is a funny term to wheel manufacturers in the trucking industry. Because while some think reinventing the wheel is just an idiom for wasting…
Trusting the youth preview image Transportation Trusting the youth October 6, 2017 AYR, Ont. — Liberty Linehaul is a fleet hungry for young blood. And while that doesn’t sound too different from the rest of the trucking companies in the U.S. and Canada,…
Transportation Dalton has a breakdown, Part 4 October 6, 2017 THE STORY SO FAR Mark is transporting a load of high-end farm tractors to P.E.I. and has a major breakdown at the junction of Hwys. 400 and 401. He gets…
