Review: A night in the new Volvo VNL’s driver-centric sleeper cabin

I arrived for my sleep in the new Volvo VNL after a 15-hour travel day, weary from missed connections and your typical travel-related frustrations. In other words, for a professional…

Pulse Survey: Readers speak out on unpaid on-duty tasks

Canadian truck drivers say unpaid on-duty work is costing them hours every week — and putting safety at risk — with the most recent survey from trucknews.com showing most drivers…

Manitoba trucking industry raises $40,000 for Special Olympics

Manitoba’s trucking community celebrated National Trucking Week with a mix of fundraising, awareness, and driver appreciation events, raising more than $40,000 for Special Olympics Manitoba while launching a new anti-trafficking…

Trucks for Change lends helping hands to Habitat for Humanity

Trucks for Change (T4C) members came together in early September to help Habitat for Humanity deconstruct a home in the Waterloo, Ont., area, making room for a future multi-home build.

Manitoba campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking in trucking industry

The Joy Smith Foundation has launched a new campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking in the Canadian trucking industry. It was launched this week to coincide with National Trucking…

FONOM calls on feds to make Trans-Canada Highway modernization a nation-building project

The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is calling on the federal government to make modernizing the Trans-Canada Highway across Northern Ontario part of its nation-building mandate. The twinning of…

Three states singled out, threatened for not enforcing English proficiency OOS requirements

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is threatening to pull federal funding for the states of California, Washington and New Mexico if they don’t enforce English language proficiency (ELP) requirements…

U.S. suspends issuing of visas to foreign truck drivers

The U.S. continues to crack down on underqualified foreign truck drivers, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio taking to social media platform X to make the announcement. “Effective immediately…

Medley named Goodyear Highway Hero for helping man off the road

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company named J.B. Hunt Transport driver Adam Medley as the winner of the 41st Goodyear Highway Hero Award. Medley was driving on County Rd A in Green…

Staying on the Straight and Narrow: Why trucks jackknife and how to avoid making the 6 o’clock news

If you have ever yearned to have your name in lights, or at least make the six o’clock news, just jackknife your truck on any freeway in any major city.

Edmonton police awarded for commercial vehicle safety training program

The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) presented its 2025 National Police Award for Traffic Safety to the Edmonton Police Service’s Commercial Vehicle Investigation Unit (CVIU) for its Option…

Police seize $5M worth of cocaine from truck driver in Brantford

Brantford Police Service officers have arrested a 40-year-old Brantford, Ont., man and seized more than 150 kilograms of cocaine, exceeding $5 million in value, following multiple search warrants earlier this…

Potential flight attendant strike shines light on unpaid work. Truck drivers can relate.

‘It’s included in the rate.’ Truck drivers get that response all too often when asking why they aren’t paid for certain required on-duty tasks. Air Canada’s flight attendants are now…

Truck backups creating havoc on Sarnia streets

Various causes are being blamed for chronic truck backups through city streets in Sarnia over the past several months, with police issuing a cascade of violations. Local police have laid…

Transportation and warehousing jobs spiked in July, amid broader job losses

The Canadian economy shed 41,000 jobs in July, StatCan reported this morning, but transportation and warehousing added 26,000, a gain of 2.4%. That’s the first time the sector has added…