Health & Safety
OTA will push for review of WSIB costs; premiums to rise in 2013
TORONTO, ON-- The Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) announced that premium rates paid by employers will rise by 2.5 per cent in 2013, including the rates for the trucking, warehousing and courier sectors, prompting the Ontario...
ATA asking FMCSA to acknowledge CSA’s strengths, weaknesses
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is calling on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to be more candid and transparent in its evaluations of the strengths and weaknesses of its safety monitoring and...
MTA applauds road updates, slams proposed cuts to snow-clearing budget
WINNIPEG, Man. -- The Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) has announced it is pleased with recent improvements to Highway 10 north of Brandon. On Oct. 5, the provincial and federal governments announced that Highway 10 between the Trans-Canada...