Trucking Life

TFE applications deadline is Monday

Applications for Trucking HR Canada’s Top Fleet Employer (TFE) program close Monday. Now in its eighth year, the program recognizes the importance of having sound HR policies and practices in…

More needed in bid for Ontario truck parking, says researcher

The author of an extensive truck parking study says Ontario should look beyond its own plans to build physical spaces if it hopes to tackle “large, systemic and persistent” parking…

Washrooms: That’s still a problem

Truck drivers in Ontario are still facing a problem that they thought had gone away in spring – access to clean washrooms. In fact, the situation has gotten worse under…

Continued capacity tightness, higher rates expected in ’21

It’s a tale of two economies in 2021. The good news for trucking is that the goods economy will outpace the overall economy, and with no quick end to capacity…

Lytx: California riskiest state for fleets

Telematics provider Lytx has named California the riskiest U.S. state for trucking fleets, followed by Washington, Texas, Oregon and Georgia. “These states overall were three times riskier than the 45…

Ayr invests in new Winnipeg facility

WINNIPEG, Man. — Ayr Motor Express plans to open a new, company-owned facility in Winnipeg, Man., by the end of this year. With several terminals and yards in Canada, Ayr’s…

Ontario invests in added truck parking

TORONTO, Ont. – Ontario is committing to upgrade truck parking in several areas across the province, improving 14 existing rest areas, building 10 new rest areas, and adding 178 new…

Titanium expands U.S. operations with Chicago brokerage

BOLTON, Ont. – Titanium Transportation Group has opened its third U.S. location, establishing a brokerage services location in Chicago, Ill. Chicago marks Titanium’s third U.S. location opened in the past…

New ownership sets Bison up for future growth

WINNIPEG, Man. – Bison Transport has new ownership it says will enable it to better meet its ambitious growth plans. On Jan. 1, James Richardson &…

BREAKING NEWS: Bison Transport lands new owner

WINNIPEG, Man. – One of Canada’s most prominent trucking companies, Bison Transport, has been purchased by James Richardson & Sons. Bison, founded in 1969 by Duncan Jessiman, operates more than…

5 reasons why 2021 will be better

Congratulations. You’ve made it through one of the most unpredictable, volatile, chaotic years in the history of trucking. Or as some economists like to refer to it, a “dynamic” year.

The Top 10 Newsmakers of 2020

It was a year like no other. A raging global pandemic. An unprecedented economic shutdown. Truckers feted as frontline heroes. And yet the Canadian trucking industry soldiered on through…

Trucker’s body repatriated from U.S.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – The body of a Canadian trucker who died of a heart attack while driving home from the U.S. last week has been repatriated with the help…

Goodyear continues to support hospitals

ARLINGTON, Texas – Goodyear is making a donation of $20,000 this year to mark the 85th annual Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. The donation will go to Scottish Rite for Children…

Trucking: 2020 as a year in pictures

TORONTO, Ont. — A picture is worth 1,000 words, and in Today’s Trucking those pictures help to capture the major events and changes in our industry. Here’s a gallery of…