Stolen Alberta plates must be reported before replacing

Lost or stolen Alberta licence plates will need to be reported to police before replacements will be issued, under a change announced Jan. 18. The missing plates can create challenges…

Dial down rhetoric around Ontario licence endorsement: VanderZwaag

Ontario has delayed plans to introduce a special licence endorsement for those who take road tests using an automated manual transmission. But one provincial training expert believes it’s time to…

Schools call for delay in Ontario licence endorsement

A group that says it represents 30 truck training schools is pushing against Ontario’s timeline to introduce a licence restriction for drivers who take road tests using automated or automatic…

Ontario to allow commercial road tests during lockdown

TORONTO, Ont. – Ontario will offer in-vehicle road tests for commercial drivers even as other road tests are cancelled during a provincial shutdown relating to Covid-19. The shutdown begins at…

U.S. waiver recognizing expired licences until Dec. 31

TORONTO, Ont. – U.S. regulators have issued a new waiver that will continue to recognize expired commercial driver’s licences (CDL) until Dec. 31, extending an expiry date that originally…

Ontario extends deadlines for plates, licences until at least July 1

TORONTO, Ont. – The Ontario Ministry of Transportation has further extended the validation period for a series of licences, vehicle plates, and other products until at least July 1 –…

Ontario closes Drive Test Centres effective immediately

TORONTO, Ont. – Ontario is closing the Drive Test Centres and part-time Travel Point locations effective immediately. “Based on the advice of Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health to…

SAAQ delays periodic inspections amid Covid-19 measures

MONTREAL, Que. – The owners of heavy vehicles that require periodic mechanical inspections in Quebec will be granted an extra month to have the work completed. The news comes…

Insulin-using truck drivers cleared for cross-border work

TORONTO, Ont. – Truck drivers with insulin-treated diabetes are now officially cleared for cross-border operations, under a medical reciprocity agreement between Canada and the U.S. Canadian commercial motor vehicle…

Ontario plates to proclaim ‘Open for Business’

TORONTO, Ont. – Ontario licence plates will carry new messages as of Feb. 1, with slogans proclaiming the province is “Open for Business” and also “A Place to Grow”.

U.S. moves closer to tougher driver training standards

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Entry-level truck drivers in the U.S. will face newly mandated training requirements as of Feb. 7, 2020. But the new training standards set out by the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will not define the minimum number of in-class or in-cab training hours, as previously advocated for...

U.S. bill would allow 18-year-old truck drivers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is applauding a federal bill that would recognize commercial drivers as young as 18, up from the limit of 21 years that…

Mind the Paper Trail: Track driver files or face the consequences

Kevin James Hickson has built a career on delivering metal. It began with local deliveries and a pickup truck before a co-worker told him about the job opening for someone…

Insurance Companies and OTA Want Mandatory Basic Training

Several insurance companies banded with the Ontario Trucking Alliance to ask the province for mandatory basic training for new drivers, a move they hope will help with the driver shortage.