Health & Safety Smile. The dentist and chiropractor can see you, truck driver. October 29, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – Ontario dental surgeons and chiropractors have confirmed that practitioners can exercise “clinical judgement” when booking appointments for border-crossing essential workers like truck drivers. The guidance provided by…
Transportation All border crossings to collect personal contact details from truck drivers July 28, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – All Canada-U.S. ports of entry will be collecting personal contact information from truck drivers beginning July 30, completing the rollout of a program meant to support contact…
Transportation CTA social media tools to highlight trucking during Covid-19 July 22, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is building on its recent #ThankATrucker campaign, with a series of social media tools to highlight the efforts of the trucking industry…
Transportation NB Covid-19 tests for truck drivers change locations June 29, 2020 FREDERICTON, N.B. – New Brunswick continues to test the province’s truck drivers for Covid-19, but the voluntary program is changing locations. As of June 26, the collection of swab…
Transportation New Brunswick to begin Covid-19 tests at border May 21, 2020 SAINT-JACQUES, N.B. – The Province of New Brunswick plans to screen one in six truck drivers for Covid-19 as they cross the provincial border at Saint-Jacques, the Atlantic Provinces Trucking…
Transportation Truckload of sanitizer, Covid-19 message heads west April 14, 2020 CAMBRIDGE, Ont. – Shelley Uvanile-Hesch is back on the road, even if the message on the side of the truck driver’s trailer is imploring Canadians to stay home. The message…
Transportation Covid-19 reminds us how essential drivers are March 30, 2020 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…
Transportation The Essentials: #ThankATrucker March 25, 2020 Essential. It’s the word people have come to use when describing truck drivers — the men and women who remain on the job during these days of Covid-19.
Transportation ‘Canadians are recognizing how important we are,’ truck driver says March 25, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. — Susie Deridder began to notice a change in her loads as the stories of Covid-19 began to emerge. “I was hauling more food products as well, and…
Health & Safety For some truckers, it’s a smooth, but scary drive March 24, 2020 This is the second in a series of articles that will share stories from the front lines of trucking. “If this thing flies around, that is going…
Transportation Essential: Trucker stories from the Covid-19 fight March 23, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – In the fight against Covid-19, trucking is an “essential service”. While other people are asked to stay home, truck drivers and their support teams are asked to…
Transportation Foreign workers employed as truck drivers can continue to cross border March 18, 2020 MONTREAL, Que. – Truck drivers who are foreign workers and need to cross the Canada-U.S. border during their shipments will be allowed to return to Canada, Today’s Trucking has…
Transportation In the Covid-19 fight, truck drivers are on the front lines. As always. March 17, 2020 It didn’t take long for the panic buying to begin. Oh, I had heard the stories about people hoarding toilet paper as news of the Covid-19 outbreak emerged. I…
