LaPrairie acquires Entrec subsidiaries

CALGARY, Alta. – LaPrairie Group of Companies has acquired Entrec Alberta and Capstan Hauling, the company announced Thursday. Both are divisions of bankrupt heavy equipment hauler Entrec Corp. The two…

ABB, Lion Electric announce partnership

MONTREAL, Que. – European technology giant ABB and Lion Electric have announced a partnership to sell and service electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment throughout North America. ABB will offer its…

No change in U.S. traffic deaths involving trucks

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Traffic deaths in the U.S. fell 2% last year to 36,096 fatalities, and there was no change in deaths involving large trucks. That is according to preliminary…

App lets contractors find trucks

LONDON, Ont. – A former contractor has come up with an idea to ease the rampant equipment shortage at construction sites and farms. The solution is trucon.app, which matches…

Erb charity golf tournament raises $29K

NEW HAMBURG, Ont. — Erb Transport’s 2020 golf tournament has raised $29,000 for local charities, the company said Thursday. Since its debut in 1994, the event has raised a total…

Driving instructor charged with sexually assaulting 16-year-old student

Sukhbinder ‘Sunny’ Saini. Photo : Peel Police Investigators from the Peel Police Special Victims Unit have charged an unlicensed driving school instructor with sexual offences. The victim, a then 16-year-old…

Truckers charged in big tobacco bust

Several truck drivers are among 13 people charged with smuggling large amounts of tobacco from the U.S. to Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency said Wednesday. “The fraud strategies of…

Western Star takes wraps off all-new 49X vocational truck

A new Western Star, six years in the making, is joining the family, and the OEM boasts the truck is the organization’s most comprehensively tested vehicle ever.The new Western Star…

Registration opens for TCA conference

ALEXANDRIA, Va.  – The next annual Bridging Border Barriers conference will be held virtually Nov. 19, its organizer announced Wednesday. The Truckload Carriers Association said the conference will cover key…

Truckers charged in big tobacco busts

MONTREAL, Que. – Several truck drivers are among 13 people charged with smuggling large amounts of tobacco from the U.S. to Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency said Wednesday. “The…

ਕੋਵਿਡ ਮਗਰੋਂ ਫ਼ਲੀਟਸ ਨੂੰ ਕਾਰੋਬਾਰ ‘ਚ ਤੇਜ਼ੀ ਦੀ ਉਮੀਦ

ਕੋਰੋਨਾ ਵਾਇਰਸ ਮਹਾਂਮਾਰੀ ਕਰਕੇ ਮੂਧੇ ਮੂੰਹ ਡਿੱਗਣ ਤੋਂ ਕੁੱਝ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਬਾਅਦ ਹੀ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਦੀ ਟਰੱਕਿੰਗ ਰਾਜਧਾਨੀ ‘ਚ ਫ਼ਲੀਟਸ ਨੂੰ ਆਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਸਮੇਂ ‘ਚ ਆਪਣੇ ਕਾਰੋਬਾਰ ‘ਚ ਤੇਜ਼ੀ ਫੜਨ ਦੀ ਉਮੀਦ…

AIPP delays spark online petition

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Hundreds of people including truck drivers have signed a petition demanding the quick processing of their permanent residency applications filed under the Atlantic Immigration Pilot…

Truck arrivals fall for a third consecutive week

OTTAWA, Ont. – The week of Sept. 21-27 saw a 3% drop in the number truck drivers arriving in the country, the Canada Borders Services Agency (CBSA) said Tuesday. It…

Armour service manager sees success in training and attitudes

“I have looked at trucks with big eyes since I was three or five years old,” said Dean Arseneault as he recalled growing up in the logging village of Rogersville,…

Loblaw bringing Freightliner eCascadia to Canada

Loblaw is scheduled to secure Canada’s first Freightliner eCascadia trucks, placing an order for five of the electric vehicles that will begin production in the first quarter of 2022. Call…