Regulations

FSRA seeks members for insurance panel

TORONTO, Ont. – Runaway vehicle insurance rates will soon get a regulatory oversight, thanks to a panel being set up by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA). The…

Experience trumps age in truck driver safety: Study

BLACKSBURG, Va. — While age does have some impact on potential truck driver risk, commercial motor vehicle driving experience is more important when considering risk, according to …

Leave room to pivot, NTI tells industry

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Trucking may be struggling under Covid-19, but the industry is still “very much in a position to shine”, according to the National Transportation Institute (NTI). NTI president…

Ontario brings road tests to truck training schools

TORONTO, Ont. – Road tests will be hosted by at least four Ontario truck driving schools, under a six-month pilot project looking at ways to ease backlogs in the province’s…

Truck driver charged in death of animal rights activist

BURLINGTON, Ont. – A truck driver has been charged with careless driving causing death, following a police investigation into a June 19 accident that claimed the life of animal…

CTA supports CEWS updates

TORONTO, Ont. – The federal government has announced plans to extend the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) to Dec. 19, and has expanded the eligibility criteria to include all businesses…

U.S. extends emergency relief for specific Covid-19 loads

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has extended its Modified Emergency Declaration through Aug. 14, offering regulatory relief for those hauling specific Covid-19 emergency…

CVSA Operation Safe Driver Week to place added focus on speed

  TORONTO, Ont. – Speed kills, and it’s one of the reasons why the issue is once again a focus of Operation Safe Driver Week – a Commercial Vehicle…

FMCSA eases drug and alcohol enforcement

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) says it will exercise discretion in enforcing random drug and alcohol testing to help the struggling supply chain during…

CBSA collecting personal information from truckers

COUTTS, Alta. – Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has begun collecting personal information from truck drivers at several border crossings on behalf of the Public Health Agency…

Safety activists want FMCSA to delay HoS final rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pressure is mounting on the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to delay the implementation of its new hours-of-service (HoS) final rule, which…

Alberta nurse practitioners can now complete driver medicals

EDMONTON, Alta. – Alberta will now allow nurse practitioners to complete driver medical examinations, required of commercial drivers, any drivers over 75, and those with specific medical conditions.

Ontario tries to clean up towing industry

TORONTO, Ont. — Ontario has announced the creation of a task force to improve provincial oversight of the towing industry, mired in turf wars and allegations of price gouging.

NB Covid-19 tests for truck drivers change locations

FREDERICTON, N.B. – New Brunswick continues to test the province’s truck drivers for Covid-19, but the voluntary program is changing locations. As of June 26, the collection…

Use WSIB tip line to call out Driver Inc. fleets: OTA

TORONTO, Ont. – The Ontario Trucking Association is highlighting a confidential tip line for the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) as a tool to focus enforcement efforts on…