VR training tool tracks eyes

iMVR is bringing a layer of virtual reality to the real world of driver training. Not to be confused with a full-scale driving simulator, the training system and its…

Virtual reality system for driver training

iMVR is bringing a layer of virtual reality to the real world of driver training. Not to be confused with a full-scale driving simulator, the training system and its…

Search is on for the next HighwayStar

TORONTO, Ont. – Newcom Media is looking for Canada’s top truck driver or owner-operator, and is ready to reward them with thousands of dollars in cash and prizes — and…

Feds accelerate deductions, invest in trade

TORONTO, Ont. – The Canadian Trucking Alliance is calling accelerated capital costs allowances for tractors and trucks an “early Christmas present,” following this week’s federal economic statement. The typical asset…

Do you know Canada’s top truck driver?

TORONTO, Ont. – Newcom Media is looking for Canada’s top truck driver or owner-operator, and is ready to reward them with thousands of dollars in cash and prizes — and…

OTA begins search for new Road Knights

TORONTO, Ont. – The search is on for the 2019-20 Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) Road Knights team. Nominations can now be submitted through an online form until Feb. 1, with…

Feds pushing postal workers back to work

Each of these strike-stranded trailers at Canada Post’s Gateway plant in Mississauga, Ont., includes 2,500 parcels and packages. OTTAWA, Ont. – Parcels will soon be back on the move at…

Trucking executives share 7 tips to manage change

TORONTO, Ont. – Paper logbooks are giving way to electronic logging devices (ELDs), the data from telematics systems is being used to rethink longstanding route plans, and a new generation of workers continues to challenge the status quo. Three fleet executives share insights into how they tackle changes like these and more.

Quebec attracting small share of immigrant truck drivers

This year alone, Recruitment Conseil International (RCI) has helped more than 150 French truckers to find work in Quebec. (Photo: Marco Girardin) MONTREAL, Que. – Quebec is not alone in…

Millennial Machines: Could telematics help to attract young drivers?

Jean-Sebastien Bouchard, Isaac Instruments VP – sales TORONTO, Ont. – The trucking industry has clearly struggled to attract a younger generation of truck drivers. Millennials between the ages of 25…

CTEA heads for the Hill

OTTAWA, Ont. – The Canadian Transportation Equipment Association (CTEA) has a new home closer to Parliament Hill, with the opening of an Ottawa office. It’s hoped that having an office…

A next-generation load board

TransCore Link Logistics has unveiled the next generation of its Loadlink load board, giving members the power to combine all of their freight matching activities on Canada’s largest freight-matching…

TransCore updates load board

TransCore Link Logistics has unveiled the next generation of its Loadlink load board, giving members the power to combine all of their freight matching activities on Canada’s largest freight-matching…

RimWit loosens seized wheels

Struggling with a wheel that’s seized in place? Put the sledgehammer away. AME International has unveiled RimWit and RimWit Junior – tools to loosen stubborn truck wheels and…

RimWit tackles seized wheels

Struggling with a wheel that’s seized in place? Put the sledgehammer away. AME International has unveiled RimWit and RimWit Junior – tools to loosen stubborn truck wheels and…