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Select Trailer Sales wins Stoughton dealer award

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Select Trailer Sales has been named the first-ever winner of the Stoughton Blue Diamond Dealer Award. The Mississauga trailer dealer has been in business for more than…

Erb at the wheel for cool, seasonal move

Erb’s trailer is loaded with the donated produce now heading to food banks north of Thunder Bay, Ont. THUNDER BAY, Ont. – Erb Group founder Vernon Erb is always eager…

Got Milk? Dairy haulers concerned about supply management changes

MONTREAL, Que. -- No matter where milk is hauled, questions are being raised about the future of the supply management model that governs how much dairy is produced and processed in Canada. Any changes would have a direct impact on truck shipments between farms and processors.

Manitoba takes steps toward a MELT program

WINNIPEG, Man. – The province of Manitoba is moving forward with consultations aimed at implementing a mandatory entry-level driver training (MELT) program, Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler announced today. “Our government…

Recruitment workshops coming to Western Canada

CALGARY, Alta. – Trucking HR Canada will hold a series of workshops in Western Canada to help employers recruit and modernize their workforce. The workshops will be held in partnership…

Class 8 orders slide as OEMs’ 2019 order boards fill up

Class 8 orders fell sharply in November, to 27,500 units, marking the end of five consecutive months exceeding 40,000 units, according to preliminary data from FTR. November marked the lowest…

Sharp Transportation launches ‘Driver Inc.’ website

CAMBRIDGE, Ont. – Sharp Transportation Systems is joining the fight against Driver Inc. – a business structure that misclassifies employed drivers as independent contractors. And it’s using information as…

Canvec acquires Location RP assets

MONTREAL, Que. — Canvec Leasing has acquired the assets of Location RP, a Montreal-based business that specialized in renting semi-trailers and container chassis. In the process, Canvec increases its fleet…

NACV Show is growing, coming to Atlanta October 28-31

ATLANTA, Ga. — The North American Commercial Vehicle Show (NACV Show) is growing. The biennial B2B trucking industry trade show that focuses on the needs of fleet owners, managers and…

Train Trailer names new national account manager

TORONTO, Ont.  — Train Trailer announced today that James Currier has been promoted to national account manager. He will report to the company’s president Rick Kloepfer and will oversee the…

Registration open now for 2019 Women with Drive Leadership Summit

OTTAWA, Ont. — Registration for Trucking HR Canada’s 2019 Women with Drive Leadership Summit has officially opened. The fifth annual event will be held March 7, 2019 at the Sheraton…

Healthy Trucker announces 10 Pound Challenge to start 2019

LONDON, Ont.  – The Healthy Fleet 10 Pound Challenge is back. During the months of January and February, drivers, staff, and executives from across the industry will buckle down to…

Stay right, chain up, slow down in B.C.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. -- Bad weather has been known to wreak havoc on B.C. Coquihalla Highway’s Snowshed Hill, but the province hopes to keep traffic flowing with the help of a pilot project than bans hill-climbing trucks from the left lane between Box Canyon and Zopkios. And that’s only one change among a series of recent measures to improve highway safety throughout B.C.’s mountainous interior.

Meet Geoff Topping — the accidental HR manager

Geoff Topping (right) receives the 2018 Trucking HR Canada HR Leader of the Year Award from Angela Splinter, CEO of Trucking HR Canada. (Photo: Peter Power) CAMBRIDGE, Ont. — Geoff…

Payne Transportation donates to Children’s Wish

WINNIPEG, Man. – Payne Transportation has donated $4,000 to the Children’s Wish Foundation. The funds were raised from raffles during the carrier’s 6th annual Gala and Awards night, where employees…