CTA, OTA honor best truckers, Highway Hero named August 1, 2014 TORONTO -- Wayne Dixon, a driver with Muskoka Transport of Bracebridge, Ont., has been named the Canadian Trucking Alliance/Volvo Trucks Canada Driver of the Year for 2005.
BCTA rolls out driver recruitment initiative August 1, 2014 LANGLEY, B.C. -- The B.C. Trucking Association has launched a new online campaign that addresses the skills shortage in the trucking industry by having real people in the sector explain why they chose trucking as a career path.
Driver turnover rate falls, but market still tight August 1, 2014 ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The driver turnover rate among American truckload carriers declined during the second quarter of this year, but the job market for professional drivers remains tight, the American Trucking Associations reported this week.
DISPATCHER COURSE August 1, 2014 Training course offered by Transcom Fleet Services starts January 17.
Ont budget includes driver apprentice tax break, big cash for hwys August 1, 2014 TORONTO -- Truck driving is finally being treated like most other trained skills in Ontario.
WSIB slashes trucking rates August 1, 2014 TORONTO -- For the second straight year, Ontario's Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB) has cut General Trucking rates.
ICBC pulls air brake authority from alleged licence mill August 1, 2014 SURREY, B.C. -- B.C. transport officials are attempting to shut down a Surrey truck driving school accused of dolling out forged class 1 licence documents to about 160 Indian immigrant drivers.
Tow Trucks Off the Hook: MTO guarantees payment August 1, 2014 TORONTO -- Doug Nelson, the executive director of the association representing Ontario's tow-truck industry, brought some good news to the recent Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) annual conference.
’07 deadly year on NS highways August 1, 2014 HALIFAX -- There were more fatal crashes on Nova Scotia highways in 2007 than any year over the last decade.
Truckers have lower life expectancy: Study August 1, 2014 TORONTO -- Truck drivers live 10 to 15 years less than the average North American male, who lives to 76, according to a new study authored by Toronto researcher Dr. Martin Moore-Ede.
Could limiters mean even safer roads? August 1, 2014 TORONTO -- Truckers could be forgiven for wondering why the government and the Ontario Trucking Association are bent on mandating speed limiters on all trucks when the province's roads and highways are already the second safest on the continent.