BC asking drivers to Be Truck Aware

VICTORIA, BC - With one-in-five traffic fatalities in BC involving large commercial vehicles, road safety insiders are calling for drivers to be more careful around trucks. The Be Truck Aware campaign was launched in time for Operation Safe Driver week, when officers across North America will be ticketing drivers for failing to share the road and follow safe driving practices.

BC unveils parking, permitting plans

DELTA, BC - British Columbia has unveiled plans to build a new 150-truck parking facility on Highway 17, streamline the permitting process for over-dimensional loads, and study emerging technologies.

B.C. to resurface parts of Highway 19

COURTENAY, B.C. - As paving season approaches, the stretch of highway 19 between Courtenay and Campbell River, British Columbia will receive a fresh coat of asphalt under two road projects.

BC to require 13,431 new drivers in next decade: study

VANCOUVER, BC - British Columbia's transportation and construction industries will need to fill 110,000 jobs in the next decade - and truck drivers will be among those most in demand, according to Asia Pacific Gateway Labor Market Outlook 2016-2025.

B.C. Trucking Company Makes Move to LNG

SALMO, B.C. - B.C.-based Sutco Contracting has just added six new Kenworths to its fleet of 70 but these six are even greener than the usual forest shade of their other trucks.

B.C. ready to recognize safe carriers

LANGLEY, B.C. -- After much planning B.C.'s trucking industry will finally be able to participate in the Certificate of Recognition (COR) program.

Construction projects forge ahead in B.C.

VICTORIA, B.C. -- Construction projects across B.C. have increased for the 21st consecutive quarter, with 863 major capital projects, worth an estimated $174.7 billion planned or underway.

Canadian Freightways veteran earns top trucker status

VICTORIA -- Adament that his equipment is always in top working order, John Beeler has racked up more than 3.75 million kilometres without a preventable accident or injury.

Challenger Motor Freight heads west

ALDERGROVE, B.C. -- Challenger Motor Freight is getting ready to open a new 10-acre terminal in Aldergrove, B.C., which will more than double its previous space.

Vancouver port clears the air

VANCOUVER -- It's not an easy task lowering air emissions when you're dealing with three different modes of transportation, but Port Metro Vancouver has exceeded their own expectations.

B.C. makes plans for tax harmony

VICTORIA -- B.C. has made plans to harmonize its provincial sales tax with the federal GST next Canada Day.

Truckers Get No Relief from Port Mann Bridge Tolls

Truckers using the Port Mann Bridge won't be offered any new relief from tolls other than the half-price evenings and overnight discount they already have, the B.C. provincial government decided.

Western provinces make a pact

REGINA -- After taking the summer to let the idea simmer, Canada's three westernmost provinces agreed to move forward on a plan to collaborate on environmental and pension issues.

New B.C. Highway 80% Complete

DELTA, B.C. - The South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR), a major infrastructure project in British Columbia - that will reduce commute times by an hour a day, according to the federal government - is nearly 80 percent completed.

OTA encouraged by HST change

TORONTO -- Ontario Trucking Association president David Bradley welcomed the introduction in the Ontario Legislature of legislation enacting the government's proposed new harmonized tax system.