TSQ: Do company drivers do enough to take care of their equipment?

MILTON, Ont. - A recent blog from executive editor James Menzies (Want to run nice trucks? Treat your people right, the nice trucks will follow) prompted a barrage of responses from both fleet owners and drivers.

One year later

LUMBY, B.C. - It's been a little more than a year since Alex Fraser's life changed forever. On Sept. 24, 2010, the 67-year-old owner/operator was heading home on a Friday night after unloading in Edmonton.

Cancer convoys raise more than $83,000

WOODSTOCK, Ont. - A group of Canadian trucking convoys bookended the Thanksgiving holiday this October by hitting the highway in support of various cancer charities. And the end results provided a lot to be thankful for, with a combined total...

Are provincial nominee programs really the answer?

In mid-October, B.C. carriers lauded a decision by the province to permanently include long-haul truck driving among the professions qualifying for inclusion in its provincial nominee program (PNP).

Not all drivers are cut from the same cloth

What do drivers want? The simple answer is usually more money, better benefits. That's what just about every survey I've read on this topic says.

Truck parking at Confederation Bridge is adequate, industry says

BORDEN-CARLETON, P.E.I. -Is Confederation Bridge parking for trucks a major problem or a tempest on a turnpike? If you imbibe the CBC, you might think it's the former. How big the problem really is, however, depends on who you talk to in the...

Fueling for the future

BOUCHERVILLE, Que. - By about Dec. 1, Robert Transport trucks fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) will be hauling freight from Montreal to Toronto, topping up their cryogenic tanks at an LNG fueling station at the carrier's Mississauga...

Behaviour-based safety management is ‘old school’: Schneider exec

GRAPEVINE, Texas - Fleet safety programs that focus on driver behaviour are ineffective, as it's an individual's beliefs that drive their behaviour and in some cases those beliefs must be reshaped before any meaningful outcome is achieved.That...

Identifying burnout

The first couple of weeks in October brought perfect driving and weather conditions to enjoy the fall colours in northern Ontario.

To CPP or not CPP?

Back in my February column, I discussed the various changes the federal government is making to Canada Pension Plan retirement benefits.

We’re not getting any younger

Of the myriad issues facing truck transportation in North America, none may be as potentially impactful for its future as the seemingly innate inability to attract young people to the workforce. And in many respects the industry is the author...

Economic outlook

The biggest question on most carriers' minds as we head into 2012 is much like it has been in the last couple of years: What is the economy going to look like?

Fighting for your beliefs

Michael Schmidt. Remember that name. He's taken up a fight that many believe he can't win, a fight that ultimately may cost him his life.

The Good Shepherd: Part 4

The story so far...Mark is at a truck stop near Winnipeg and sees a woman talking to drivers, asking them for a ride. She's attractive, and when Mark learns she's heading to Vancouver, he offers her a ride hoping they might get intimate along...

TSQ: Should trucking companies be recruiting from overseas?

MILTON, Ont. - British Columbia's recent changes to its provincial nominee program (which provides accelerated permanent resident status to qualified workers from other parts of the world) to include long-haul truck drivers as a permanent part...