BREAKING NEWS: Border-crossing Canadian truck drivers won’t face quarantines, testing under vaccine mandate

Canada’s federal government is reversing course and will not impose testing and quarantine requirements for unvaccinated or partially vaccinated Canadian truck drivers at the international border when a new vaccine…

Transport minister’s mandate includes vaccines, emissions, supply chain

Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has a mandate in hand for the coming term of office – and it includes the call for Covid-19 vaccines in the transportation sector. The…

Truckers fail to escape coming U.S. vaccine mandate

The countdown has begun toward U.S. rules that will require workers at businesses with more than 100 employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 or be tested on a weekly basis.

CTA raises alarm about vaccine mandate, Metrolinx cancels buses

Canada’s largest trucking association continues to raise concerns about the timing of a Covid-19 vaccine mandate that will apply to border-crossing truck drivers beginning in January. The Canadian Trucking Alliance…

Vaccine mandate could see 38,000 truck drivers abandon cross-border work: CTA

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) believes one in five of Canada’s cross-border truck drivers will quickly abandon international work when the U.S. requires them to prove they’re double-vaccinated beginning in…

ATA’s Spear questions vaccine mandate

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) continue to question a U.S. plan to require companies with more than 100 employees to mandate Covid-19 vaccines. In a letter to ATA members, president…

Peel Region to hold vaccine clinic for transportation workers

Ontario’s Peel Region, a known hot spot for Covid-19, will host a transportation-focused vaccine clinic July 17 and 18. As of May more than 2,000 Peel residents who had contracted…

July 24, 31 vaccine clinics open to truck drivers

Ontario’s Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR) will be supporting truck drivers through dedicated spaces at two Covid-19 vaccination clinics. The first of the Saturday clinics will be…

Vaccine clinic for drivers at B.C. Highway 91 pullout

Truck drivers will be eligible for the first dose of a Pfizer vaccine in a June 16 and 17 clinic coordinated by the B.C. Trucking Association (BCTA). Fraser Health is…

North Dakota vaccinates more than 1,000 Manitoba truckers

More than 1,000 Manitoba truck drivers have been vaccinated in North Dakota as part of a Covid-19 vaccine initiative announced in April. “This demand showcases the importance of this joint…