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What a long, strange trip it’s been

I got my A/Z licence in Toronto in 1981, the same year Truck News was born. At the time George Brown College had a truck driving school located in a bunch of portables on Cherry Street, just north of ...

Fond memories of Truck News are still with me today

I wrote my first column for Truck News in August, 1990, and I wrote my last column in December, 2003.

Celebrating 25 years of publishing

Twenty-five years ago, Brian and Pam Light, our founders, published the first issue of Truck News.

The Dalton story

I created Mark Dalton: Owner/ Operator, but the truth is the character so many truckers enjoy reading about each month would never have been born if not for a suggestion made by a sympathetic - and da...

The Top 25 news stories of the last 25 years

Since its inception, Truck News has been a trusted source of information for all-things trucking. The publication has broken many big stories throughout the years and has helped truckers learn about a...

Searching for a path

TORONTO, Ont. - It's the million-dollar question that keeps fleet owners up at night: What do drivers really want to make them happy? Higher pay might seem to be the obvious answer, but a recent study...

Twenty-five years of trucking

The world was ripe with news in 1981. It was the year Prince Charles and Lady Diana took (a very long) royal walk up their wedding aisle to the delight of millions who watched the event on TV. IBM als...

Windsor border planners monitor toxic truck fumes

WINDSOR, Ont. - The agency representing four governments planning a new corridor to carry truck traffic from Hwy. 401 to a new river crossing between Windsor and Detroit has set up intensive air monit...

Westcan pays $120,000 in scholarships

EDMONTON, Alta. - Westcan Bulk Transport is helping put 33 students through school thanks to the company's Paul Albrechtsen Scholarship Fund.

Bison wins environmental award

DALLAS, Texas - Bison Transport joined a list of 13 carriers honoured by the US Environmental Protection Agency's inaugural SmartWay Excellence Awards for improving business and the environment at the...

Focus on collaboration, new relationships key for APTA in 2006

HALIFAX, N.S. - New relationships and collaboration with government officials and other associations played key roles during the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association's annual general meeting at the...

Preventive Maintenance: My darling clementine

Soon it will be Christmas. Are you looking forward to celebrating the season? Food certainly is part of the way we celebrate: a table covered with turkey and all the trimmings, a season filled with co...

Back behind the wheel: Exploring disc injuries – are you at risk?

Through my work with truck drivers, I have found disc injuries are one of the most frequently injured spinal structures among truck drivers. In this article I want to clear up some of the mystery asso...

Private Links: Preying on the uninformed or abusing the system?

Several years ago the hiring of drivers as 'independent contractors' was prevalent in the industry. In many cases it was a legitimate arrangement, but in other cases it was a method, deliberate or not...

Voice of the O/O: The need to know

Here's a question I'm not sure enough people are asking these days: With technology marching ahead at a blistering pace, do all the high-tech solutions we're being offered really hold a legitimate fix...