Mondou to make keynote address at Women With Drive event

OTTAWA, Ont. – Women With Drive will welcome Angela Mondou, author and leader of the national charitable organization Canada Company, as the keynote speaker at its March 3 summit in…

Big Rig Orders Plummet, Medium-Duty Remains Solid

BLOOMINGTON and COLUMBUS, IN - Two new, preliminary reports have been issued when it comes to new big-rig orders and no matter how you slice them they show huge drops while the smaller side of trucking continues at a good pace.

Inland Manitoba Port Gets the Gas

WINNIPEG, MB - Development of Canada's first and largest tri-modal inland port and Foreign Trade Zone has gotten a shot in the arm with the company Manitoba Hydro announcing a new project that will extend natural gas service and other utilities to CentrePort's 20,000-acre footprint.

New Champlain Bridge to be Toll Free

BROSSARD and MONTREAL, QC - One of the busiest bridges in Canada will be free of tolls when a replacement span in built and opened, reversing an earlier decsion.

Volvo Trucks names its Canadian Dealer of the Year

LANGLEY, B.C. – Volvo Trucks has named Pacific Coast Heavy Truck Group of Langley, B.C. its 2015 Canadian Dealer of the Year. Volvo Trucks also handed out Dealer of the…

Making the most of a second chance

Owner/Operator of the Year Heiko Lichtenberger overcomes adversity to 'Keep on trucking'

TransForce’s Transport America Acquires Optimal Freight

ETOBICOKE, ON and EAGAN, MN - A subsidiary of Canadian trucking giant TransForce Inc. has purchased a majority stake in a U.S. non-asset based truckload freight brokerage company.

Diesel Prices Decline for Third Straight Week

LONDON, ON and WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Average diesel prices in both Canada and the U.S. have turned lower for the third consecutive week as oil prices could possibly head even lower while one nation's crude exports have returned to its highest level in decades.

Think You’ve Got a Top Fleet? It’s Time to Find Out

OTTAWA, ON -- Applications are now being accepted for Trucking HR Canada's 3rd annual Top Fleet Employers program, which recognizes fleets with the top workplaces in Canada's trucking industry.

New Brunswick Considering Highway Tolls to Raise Revenue

FREDERICTON, NB -- Highway tolls and outsourcing highway maintenance are among two of many choices being considered by the New Brunswick provincial government in a report outlining possible financial moves to eliminate debt. "The choices presented in this report were brought forward by New Brunswickers through the review process," said Health Minister Victor Boudreau, who is also minister responsible for Strategic Program Review. "Not all choices contained in the report will be implemented. these are for consideration and discussion as we near the end of the review process." The review was launched in January 2015 with the goal of finding $500 million to $600 million to address the province's financial situation. Decisions will be announced as part of the 2016-17 provincial budget.

BMO Closes on Purchase of GE Transportation Finance

CHICAGO, IL and TORONTO, ON -- BMO Financial Group, the parent of BMO Bank of Montreal, and its wholly-owned Chicago-based subsidiary BMO Harris Bank N.A. has completed its acquisition of General Electric Capital Corp's. Transportation Finance business.

Investigation: Trucker Test Pass Rates Lower in GTA Than Outlying Areas

TORONTO, ON - "Aspiring truckers have a better chance of passing their road tests at most DriveTest Centres in smaller communities than they do at Toronto-area testing facilities..."

Applications open for third annual Top Fleet Employers program

OTTAWA, Ont. – Applications are officially opened for Trucking HR Canada’s third annual Top Fleet Employers program, which recognizes fleets with outstanding workplaces within Canada’s trucking industry. Submissions are being…

Ritchie Bros. Schedules 3 Big Canadian Auctions

TORONTO, ON - Industrial auction company Ritchie Bros, will have more than 2,100 trucks and related equipment items up for bid a little later this month at a single event, but if you can't make it, there are two others also set for Canada in December.

Hamilton Truck Toll Proposal Barely Defeated

HAMILTON, ON -- A plan by Hamilton Councillor Sam Merulla that the city look at charging a toll to "out-of-town" commercial trucks that use the Red Hill Valley Parkway and Lincoln Alexander Expressway has been rejected.