Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is highlighting a series of safety measures that have emerged in the four years since a highway crash involving a truck and Humboldt Broncos team bus.
Sixteen hockey players and staff lost their lives, and 13 were injured,…
Carriers that secured Alberta Safety Fitness Certificates (SFCs) before March 1, 2019, will have until June 28 to renew the documents – a process triggered in the wake of a fatal crash involving a Humboldt Broncos team bus.
The renewal process emerged …
Safer, more skilled commercial drivers will be travelling B.C. roads with the implementation of mandatory entry-level training (MELT) for new Class 1 commercial driver’s licence applicants, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure said in a ne…
Federally regulated carriers will need to equip trucks with electronic logging devices (ELDs), but at least one jurisdiction doesn’t seem to be in any rush to require the technology in trucks that operate exclusively within provincial borders.
A statem…
Insurance companies have been paying out more in trucking-related claims than they collect in premiums. But a new insurance industry report makes a series of recommendations to help address rising costs and the struggles to secure insurance in the mids…
British Columbia is introducing mandatory entry-level training (MELT) for new Class 1 commercial driver’s licence applicants.
RCMP investigate a 2014 commercial transport crash west of Cranbrook.
B.C.’s program will exceed the minimum requirements se…
B.C. is the latest province to require mandatory entry-level training (MELT) for commercial drivers, requiring 140 hours of training.
The new requirements will go into effect Oct. 18, 2021, and list of approved training providers will be released and p…
Rob Fleming
B.C.’S highways will be safer for everyone with the introduction of mandatory entry-level training (MELT) for new Class 1 commercial driver’s licence applicants.
B.C.’s program will exceed the minimum requirements set by the National …
Transport Canada has reaffirmed its commitment to a June 12 rollout of Canada’s electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, but with a “progressive enforcement period” lasting 12 months.Transport Minister Omar Alghabra issued a statement, saying “As Minis…