Business Tips

Where have all the workers gone? West, of course

OTTAWA -- 2005 was another banner year for the resource sector in attracting Canadian workers says a new Stats Canada report released today in the Canadian Economic Observer.

CTHRC program offers subsidies to employers that hire trucker grads

TORONTO -- The Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council (CTHRC) launched a Youth Employment Strategy (YES) program to help the trucking industry hire more young people.

OTA says 70 percent of Ontarians support speed limiters; Critic says group exploiting uninformed public

TORONTO -- The Ontario Trucking Association has released a poll to drum up support for its controversial speed limiter proposal that shows over 70 percent of Ontarians support the idea of capping speed on truckers' engines.

ATA clarifies speed limiter policy; Group not supporting mandated rule

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. -- American fleet owners aren't exactly following suit with their Canadian neighbours in giving the thumbs-up to a proposal that would legislate speed limiters on all trucks.

BREAKING NEWS: CTA member carriers united on speed limiters

OTTAWA -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance has won the support of the last remaining provincial trucking association to join the campaign for coast-to-coast speed limiter adoption in Canada.

CTA officially launches national limiter campaign; O-O group calls carriers hypocritical

OTTAWA -- Canada's provincial transportation ministries should get ready to deal with the most controversial issue to hit the trucking industry since deregulation.

New brake adjustment system to have RFID technology

TORONTO -- Brake problems on trucks and buses could be spotted and fixed sooner with a radio frequency identification (RFID) inspection system being developed by Zonar Systems and Canadian firm Spectra Inc.

Mad at Hat Rule: Sikh port truckers may challenge hardhat policy

MONTREAL - Canadian Sikh truck drivers are preparing to once again fight workplace safety rules requiring hardhats to be worn on the job -- this time in Quebec.

BREAKING NEWS: Sterling workers on strike at St. Thomas plant

ST. THOMAS, Ont. -- More than 2,000 CAW Local 1001 members at the Sterling Truck assembly plant in St. Thomas, Ontario walked off the job at midnight on a legal strike.

BCTA rolls out driver recruitment initiative

LANGLEY, B.C. -- The B.C. Trucking Association has launched a new online campaign that addresses the skills shortage in the trucking industry by having real people in the sector explain why they chose trucking as a career path.

Sterling strikers want security as downturn looms: CAW

ST. THOMAS, Ont. -- Before a strike by 2,000 CAW workers shut it down last Friday, Sterling Trucks' St. Thomas, Ont. plant was producing more trucks than ever.

Trimac, top BC school create new driver mentoring-training program

CALGARY -- Bulk carrier Trimac Transportation is partnering with the respected Mountain Transport Institute in Castlegar, B.C. to shore up qualified drivers at its fleet through a new mentoring program that subsidizes training for new recruits.

Sterling strike talks stall; no bargaining planned

ST. THOMAS, Ont. -- Sterling's St. Thomas truck plant remains closed for a second week in the middle of one of the busiest truck sales periods in history.

Ont. Sterling plant workers go back to work

ST. THOMAS, Ont. -- The two-week strike at Sterling's truck assembly plant in St. Thomas, Ont. is over.

Bruce R Smith offers Learn To Earn scholarship

SIMCOE, Ont. -- Bruce R. Smith has created a full scholarship open to any individual in Ontario looking to start a career as a commercial truck driver.