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Truck drivers paying price for border vaccine confusion

Don Slater is unvaccinated, and he’s preparing to haul a load to Texas despite a vaccine mandate that Canada imposed on cross-border truck drivers this weekend. Before a related U.S.

Schneider to shutter Canadian operations

Canada’s cross-border truck drivers to face vaccine mandate … again

Ottawa trucker helps motorists stranded on I-95

Newsmakers: 8 themes that defined 2021

Petition calls for end to ‘carnage’ on Hwy 11/17

A trucker’s trucker reflects on a ‘lifetime of experiences’

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Equipment

Could natural gas be the answer to decarbonizing trucking?

With all the buzz surrounding battery-electric and hydrogen-fuel-cell-electric trucks as the best ways to slash transport emissions, natural gas is…

B.C. flood recovery continues, but it’s hardly trucking as usual

Weeks after severe flooding wreaked havoc on B.C.’s road and rail network, round-the-clock repairs are bringing a sense of stability…

Save the delays with trip planning tips: Driver’s Education

Dale Carnegie famously said, “An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.” In the business of driving…

Knowledge Centres

Sustainability

Canadian businesses play leading role in race for electric trucks

Discussions about electric trucks traditionally focus on California or China for good reason. They represent two of the world’s fastest-growing…

Sustainability

Will battery- and fuel-cell-electric trucks both find a home?

Until someone invents a flux capacitor or discovers dilithium crystals somewhere in our solar system, the transition away from fossil…

Sustainability

6 things to consider before electrifying your fleet

The electrification of heavy commercial vehicles is exciting. Drivers love the lack of noise and vibration, and the immediate torque.

Sustainability

Electric trucks come with unique infrastructure needs

Fleets accustomed to paying for fuel on weekly terms with an oil company are in a for a shock when…

Equipment

Trucking in ‘early adopter’ phase of electrification

Trucking’s road to electrification is in the early adopter stage, but by 2025 it will be mainstream. And hydrogen-fuel-cell trucks…

Electric truck tires will be the same … but different

Tires will always be round and black, but don’t let that fool you. The operating characteristics of battery-electric drivetrains —…

Electric trucks will have fewer parts, but there will be maintenance

Trucking has been clamoring for maintenance-free trucks for decades. We may finally have such a unicorn with battery-electric trucks –…

Your future BEVs will require new PPE

Technicians working on electric vehicles will have to get used to wearing some new personal protective equipment (PPE). This might…

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Trucking Life

Rush Truck Centres of Canada wins award

Rush Truck Centres of Canada received the prestigious International Truck Presidential Award, the dealership group said in a press release on Monday. (Photo: Rush Truck Centres) The award, introduced in…

People, Trucking Life

THRC panel to explore new HR ideas

Trucking HR Canada (THRC) has launched an industry advisory group committed to contributing to innovative and fresh approaches around human resources. The National HR Transformative Change group is made up…

Trucking Life

4.5 million-miler Smith takes pride in driving, equipment

Driving 100,000 miles a year for 45 years, Brian Smith estimates he has amassed 4.5 million miles on the road. There are not many places he has not seen in…

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Truck drivers paying price for border vaccine confusion

Don Slater is unvaccinated, and he’s preparing to haul a load to Texas despite a vaccine mandate that Canada imposed on cross-border truck drivers this weekend. Before a related U.S.

Equipment

Maxim Truck & Trailer wins International dealer awards

Maxim Truck & Trailer has been recognized as top International truck and bus dealer. It won both the International Truck Presidential Award for truck sales, and the IC Bus Diamond…

Equipment, Fuel/Emissions

Test Drive: Kenworth showcases its zero-emissions truck lineup

The Paccar Innovation Center sits in a quiet California neighborhood in the heart of Silicon Valley within a stone’s throw of the some the biggest names in automotive design and…

Opinion

Moving from the C-Suite to ‘see ya’

Mike McCarron

Truck driver’s 110-year sentence was ‘nuclear’ and unjust

John G Smith

Trucking is at a watershed moment, needs big-picture thinking

Rolf Lockwood

Business Management

5 HR issues to watch in 2022

Angela Splinter

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Keep connected with the right fifth wheels and pintle hooks

Fifth wheels are responsible for plenty of heavy lifting and pulling in the daily business of trucking, but they’re often…

SuperTruck led to real-world truck gains, and more are coming

Back in 2009, even the best trucks on the highway were averaging only six or seven miles per US gallon.

Transportation

Feds know of 40 Driver Inc. fleets, penalties coming

The federal government is aware of at least 40 businesses that are misclassifying employed truck drivers as independent contractors in…

Business Management

Loads surge, capacity tightens on Canadian spot market

The Canadian spot market reached all-time high load volumes for November, according to the latest data from Loadlink Technologies. Volumes…

Transportation

All federally regulated truck drivers to face vaccine mandates in 2022

Federally regulated workers including truck drivers will all face a Covid-19 vaccination mandate in early 2022, under changes being proposed…

Transportation

Western roadside inspections increasingly targeted

Western Canada’s highway enforcement teams are increasingly targeting their inspection activities, using tools as diverse as new technologies, social media,…

Regulations

Pandemic slows Caledon’s fight against illegal truck yards

An Ontario town besieged by illegal truck parking yards is fighting back, but the pandemic has slowed down the legal…

Transportation

Fuel Transport paying $10K bonus to fully vaccinated truck drivers

Truck drivers at Fuel Transport have a new reason to roll up their sleeves prior to Jan. 15, in the…

Truck drivers paying price for border vaccine confusion

Featured

Could natural gas be the answer to decarbonizing trucking?

B.C. flood recovery continues, but it’s hardly trucking as usual

Save the delays with trip planning tips: Driver’s Education

Knowledge Centres

Power Up: Your Guide to Electrification

Canadian businesses play leading role in race for electric trucks

Will battery- and fuel-cell-electric trucks both find a home?

6 things to consider before electrifying your fleet

Electric trucks come with unique infrastructure needs

Power Up: Your Guide to Electrification

Trucking in ‘early adopter’ phase of electrification

Electric truck tires will be the same … but different

Electric trucks will have fewer parts, but there will be maintenance

Your future BEVs will require new PPE

Latest News

Rush Truck Centres of Canada wins award

THRC panel to explore new HR ideas

4.5 million-miler Smith takes pride in driving, equipment

Truck drivers paying price for border vaccine confusion

Maxim Truck & Trailer wins International dealer awards

Test Drive: Kenworth showcases its zero-emissions truck lineup

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In case you missed it

Keep connected with the right fifth wheels and pintle hooks

SuperTruck led to real-world truck gains, and more are coming

Feds know of 40 Driver Inc. fleets, penalties coming

Loads surge, capacity tightens on Canadian spot market

All federally regulated truck drivers to face vaccine mandates in 2022

Western roadside inspections increasingly targeted

Pandemic slows Caledon’s fight against illegal truck yards

Fuel Transport paying $10K bonus to fully vaccinated truck drivers