HOUSTON, Texas – Brian Dreher has won the Best of Show award for his 2016 Peterbilt 389 at the 38th annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs, which was held virtually this year.The announcement Friday coincided with the National Truck Driver Appreciation Week in…
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Glasvan Great Dane has received Great Dane’s top honors for outstanding customer service and reefer sales, the company announced Thursday.“It’s of great honour to be awarded as a dealer who prides itself on providing customer servic…
MONTREAL, Que. – Jean-Claude Fortin recalls precisely the day he obtained his CDL. It was March 11, 1961. He was 17 years old.Decades later, he finds himself serving as the latest chairman of the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA).
“I have been in trucki…
OTTAWA, Ont. – Nearly 19,000 fewer truck drivers entered the country during the week of Sept. 7-13, compared to the same period a year ago, the Canada Border Services Agency said Wednesday.It said 99,450 truck drivers arrived during Sept. 7-13, down 16…
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. – Prince Edward Island has become the latest Atlantic province to stop accepting truck driver applications under the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP).Nova Scotia froze the trucking segment of the program last month, repla…
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OTTAWA, Ont. – The U.S. has backed away from its latest tariffs on aluminum, just hours before Canada was widely expected to retaliate with $3.6 billion in retaliatory tariffs.“It seems cooler heads have prevailed,” said Don Moore, director – governmen…
MONTREAL, Que. — Groupe St-Henri (GSH), a leader in the semi-trailer industry in Quebec, has acquired Flexi-Van Canada, a leasing company based in Toronto, Ont.Financial details were not disclosed.
GSH said Tuesday the acquisition will help it offer su…
TORONTO, Ont. – Canadian equipment manufacturers once again find themselves in the crossfire of a trade war thanks to recent U.S. sanctions on aluminum and Canadian retaliatory measures widely expected to be announced today.U.S. President Donald Trump …
PEMBINA, N.D. ― U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Pembina Port of Entry have seized $3.6 million in counterfeit American currency from a truck arriving from Canada.The agency said the fake bills were found Friday in a commercial …
ALDERGROVE, B.C. – Al Quiring and his team of heavy-tow operators have been rescuing trapped drivers and their vehicles from the treacherous Coquihalla Highway in British Columbia for years.The 52-year-old has built up such a reputation that truckers s…
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ELYRIA, Ohio – Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems plans to demonstrate its latest safety technologies for tractor-trailers and school buses in two virtual events Sept. 24, the company said Friday.The Bendix Virtual Trucking Demo and the Bendix Virtual S…
A truck driver was arrested by Canadian border officials after $10 million worth of cocaine was discovered inside a tractor-trailer coming from the United States.
The incident is among the largest drug seizures from a truck at the U.S.-Canada border…
TORONTO, Ont. – Insurance premiums continue to push higher, driven up by everything from massive legal verdicts to the increasing price of collision repairs, but there are still things fleets can do to keep the costs under control.It’s largely a matter…