CBSA updating ‘legacy’ collection system, to simplify electronic payments

Every year, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) collects $30 billion in duties and taxes on goods imported into the country — trade valued at $750 billion, much of which…

CBSA busts trucker with 84 kg of suspected cocaine in trailer

A truck driver from Caledon, Ont., has been arrested and faces drug trafficking charges after approximately 84 kg of suspected cocaine was discovered in his trailer at a border crossing…

FAST enrolment center to open in Maine on Feb. 10

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the opening of a Free and Secure Trade (FAST) enrolment center at the Houlton, Me.,…

Brampton trucker, passenger charged after 100 kg of suspected cocaine found in trailer

A truck driver and passenger from Brampton, Ont., have been arrested and charged with drug trafficking after 100 kg of suspected cocaine was discovered by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)…

FAST enrolment events coming in September

Border-crossing truck drivers will be able to register for the Free and Secure Trade (FAST) program during several September events run by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and U.S.

11 charged in Ontario and Quebec driver training schemes

Ontario and Quebec police have collectively laid 11 charges in the wake of a multi-year investigation into driver training schemes that allegedly involved unlicensed training schools, interpreters completing knowledge tests…

Truck traffic quickly rebounded after border blockades were dismantled

Cross-border truck traffic rebounded sharply in mid-February, as border blockades supporting ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters were dismantled. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) processed 107,599 truck drivers from Feb. 14-20, reaching…

Truck traffic plunged during Canada-U.S. border blockades

Overall cross-border truck traffic plunged in early February as a series of border blockades emerged in the fight against pandemic-related restrictions. While the number of truck drivers was relatively flat…

Alberta and B.C. border blockades dismantled, CBSA confirms

Two blockades at the Canada-U.S. border have been dismantled, less than a day after the federal government introduced a series of new powers under the Emergencies Act. And a remaining…

Border traffic was on the rise prior to blockades, CBSA data shows

Cross-border truck volumes were on the rise in the week before blockades began to form, the latest Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) data shows. Officers processed 106,274 truck drivers from…

Truck drivers paying price for border vaccine confusion

Don Slater is unvaccinated, and he’s preparing to haul a load to Texas despite a vaccine mandate that Canada imposed on cross-border truck drivers this weekend. Before a related U.S.

Canada’s cross-border truck drivers to face vaccine mandate … again

Canada’s on-and-off vaccine mandate for its cross-border truck drivers appears to be on once again – meaning new restrictions for unvaccinated or partially vaccinated truck drivers as of Jan. 15.

BREAKING NEWS: Border-crossing Canadian truck drivers won’t face quarantines, testing under vaccine mandate

Canada’s federal government is reversing course and will not impose testing and quarantine requirements for unvaccinated or partially vaccinated Canadian truck drivers at the international border when a new vaccine…

CTA calls for ArriveCAN alternative to prove truck driver vaccine status

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is calling on the federal government to introduce an alternative to the ArriveCAN app that truck drivers need to use to prove their vaccine status…

Unvaccinated cross-border truck drivers face quarantines and screening Jan. 15

Don Slater has no plans to get a Covid-19 vaccine, and as of Jan. 15 that means the lifelong truck driver will face new restrictions when crossing the border into…