Pride Truck Sales a premier retailer of pre-owned trucks and trailers has expanded its footprint in North America with the opening of a new facility in Toledo, USA. Headquartered in Mississauga, the firm says that this new location is a result of customer requests received by the company to cater to Toledo and its surrounding […]
Harminder Singh, a 27-year old resident of Brampton, Ontario has been charged with careless driving contrary to s130 of the Highway Traffic Act (HTA) and enter false information in daily log contrary to the Ontario regulation 555/06 of section 27(1) HTA. On Friday, August 24, 2018 at 9:57 pm officers with the Napanee Detachment of […]
The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is looking for better access to immigration channels to help address a labor shortage. Writing to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the industry’s largest lobbying group has identified growing constraints that fleets face when trying to attract qualified labor – and warns that the issue will soon affect the broader […]
Xplore Technologies has unveiled an industry-first rugged mobility platform that gives customers a choice of three different 10.1” Windows 10-based mobile computer form factors that are all compatible with a single, shared accessory set. The new Xplore L10 lineup features the XSLATE L10 slate tablet PC, the XPAD L10 tablet PC with a hard handle and built-in barcode scanner option, and […]
On July 19, 2018, Leeds County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Ministry of Transportation (MTO) officers were conducting joint commercial motor vehicle enforcement on Highway 401 in the Township of Leeds and Thousand Islands. At approximately 4 p.m., officers stopped a tractor trailer that had been travelling eastbound on Highway 401, in the Township of […]
From July 15 – 21, 2018, the Ontario Provincial Police will be conducting a province-wide Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) enforcement initiative entitled “Operation Safe Trucking“. This initiative aims to reduce the number of CMV related collisions that result in injuries and deaths on OPP patrolled roads. As the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) gears up for […]
Mandatory entry-level driver training (MELT) is coming to the trucking industry in Alberta, with an expected implementation date in January 2019. Alberta’s minister of transportation, Brian Mason, made the announcement at the Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) office in Calgary, saying in the wake of the tragedy involving a tractor-trailer and the Humboldt Broncos team […]
Isaac Instruments is hosting a webinar called ELD Watch to inform participants about FMCSA’s changes and updates to the ELD mandate since it was implemented in December 2017. This live webinar is to take place on July 11, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. EST and aims to clear up confusion for carriers and review what actions […]
The announcement naming Bridging North America team as the Preferred Proponent to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the long-awaited Gordie Howe International Bridge Project was welcomed by the Canadian trucking industry as a key step toward the realization of this critical piece of modern infrastructure. “With over 2.6 million trucks a year crossing between Windsor […]
Newcom Media will be hosting a series of recruitment & resources expos to address the industry’s significant workforce shortage. The inaugural edition will be held on Saturday, Sept. 15 at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. In 2019, the event will roll out on April 6 and Sept. 14. The expos are aimed to meet the […]