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2018 Skills Ontario medal winners announced
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Skills Ontario took over the Toronto Congress Centre last week, and the results are in. The annual showcase allows students in 68 trades to compete to be the best in the province in their field and included competitors in truck and coach programs from colleges across Ontario.
Truck and coach students strut their stuff in Skills Ontario competition
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Seven apprentices in truck and coach mechanics programs from across the province showed off their abilities Tuesday at the Skills Ontario competition at the Toronto Congress Center. The annual showcase featured 68 unique trades and technology contests for Ontario students from Grade 4 through apprenticeship.
Day & Ross execs run the Boston Marathon
It's a run-derful life for Doug Tingley and Joel Clarke-Ames HARTLAND, N.B. – Most drivers wouldn’t call the trip from New Brunswick to Boston extensive, but for runners getting there it can be a long haul. The world’s oldest annual marathon played host this year to two executives from Day & Ross – president Day & Ross Freight, Doug Tingley, and director of operations Day & Ross supply chain and trade networks, Joel Clarke-Ames.
Updated: Charities hit Truck World for a good cause
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Maxine Shantz says all it took was one year of volunteering with the Special Olympics Convoy and she was hooked. The Home Hardware employee took on tasks with the GTA branch of the project six years ago and has been more involved every year since. Including spending a day in the charity’s Truck World booth recruiting drivers, selling raffle tickets to raise money for the cause, and raising awareness. Shantz says the booth at the biennial convention brings good exposure to the cause, forming a sense of community for drivers around the event and shines a light on the good things drivers do in a climate where they are often portrayed in the media as the bad guys after incidents on the road.
Lucas moves from the ring to the road
MONTREAL, Que. -- Eric Lucas first raised the WBC world middleweight championship belt over his head in July 2001, and managed to hold on to the boxing title for two years. But when his time as a professional fighter came to an end in 2010, it was time to look for a new career. At first, he ran a dairy. Then a café in Estrie. The idea of entering the trucking industry came after that.