Transportation It’s time we stemmed the crude flow by Roger McKnight For me, someone going up the down staircase means that he or she either can’t read, just refuses to go with the conventional or conversational flow, or is being chased…
Health & Safety Lasting benefits will emerge in the Covid-19 fight by Mike McCarron March felt like it had 120 days. Most Canadians passed the time social distancing while stressing about health, family and finances. Truckers, meanwhile, have been out there on the…
Transportation Prepare for the “new abnormal” after Covid-19 by Rolf Lockwood How are we to respond to the mess we now find ourselves in? How do we chart a course? What will life be like on the other side of it?…
Transportation How to avoid the pitfalls when buying a trucking business by Jaclyne Reive The process for buying a trucking company is not identical to the purchase and sale of other types of companies. There are different considerations to be mindful of, and…
Human Resources Is Alberta headed for another epidemic – unemployment? by Derek Clouthier I’m not sure whether it’s optimism or denial, but I feel like when all is said and done with this Covid-19 crisis, the impact will not be as severe as…
Transportation Supporting drivers on Covid-19 front lines by Terry Shaw The deadline for this article came two weeks after the world was turned upside-down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and there is just so much to talk about. The impacts…
Transportation From trucker to essential worker in one month by Al Goodhall I started the month of March as a trucker, and ended the month as an essential worker. This was the story for every worker that is part of the supply…
Regulations Regulations during Covid-19 by Doug Marcello In response to the Covid-19 outbreak, federal and state governments in the U.S. have temporarily modified regulations to help the trucking industry meet the challenge. Here is a list of…
Health & Safety Focus on what you can you control right now by Andrea Morley Anyone else feeling a little out of control during the Covid-19 pandemic? We are living in strange times, and it’s gotten us out of our routines and into a stressful…
Transportation Covid-19 is a bigger animal in the oil fight by Roger McKnight Putting something on the back burner implies that there are at least two other burners. One really hot one, the other not so much. Well that picturizes (yes, my word) where…
Transportation Updated rules for drivers with insulin-treated diabetes by Heather Ness Under an updated reciprocity agreement between the U.S. and Canada, insulin-treated diabetics may operate in cross-border trucking. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Transport Canada agreed to…
Transportation Covid-19 reminds us how essential drivers are by John G Smith Essential. It’s a word that people have come to use when describing the work of truck drivers — the men and women who remain on the job during…
Health & Safety We must do better for our drivers by Mike Millian Thank you driver, we all need to work together! I want to start off by saying I hope everyone is healthy in these trying and unprecedented times, both physically and…
Health & Safety On the brink of an economic quarantine by Roger McKnight Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Much has been said and written about the conflict between Russia and Saudi Arabia over crude oil production…
Health & Safety Unlike Covid-19, the oil crisis can be easily fixed by Roger McKnight It’s hard enough at the hardest of times to defeat an adversary you can see. It’s a really tough call when you can’t see what’s coming, or where it’s coming…
