Have you ever reached a point in your life when you had to pony up? A time when you had to muster up the courage to just go for it? If so, how did you respond when this happened?  Any long-haul driver knows what I am referring to here. I am now considered an old-timer,…

CTA Notice: Fake Self-Quarantine Notice Being Texted to Truck Drivers (Aug. 12, 2020) — Canada Border Services Agency is warning members of the Canadian Trucking Alliance of a “fake” text message purporting to be from the Government of Canada which demands all travellers returning to Canada from the U.S. to self-quarantine for 14 days. It…

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Are you sick and tired of everything COVID? Yeah, I know that I am. The first thing I want to say in this article is that you truck drivers are heroes! I mean that. As the USA spikes up in cases (at least at the time that I am writing this), thousands of truck drivers…

I am struck with the idea that what we are currently living through will eventually be reduced to a chapter in a history book, hopefully, sooner rather than later. We are in the middle of an event that some of us more seasoned folks have been through before, albeit a different version. Maybe not to…

I suffer from contrarianism; the inclination to do and think the opposite of what society or those around me are doing. So, while the country is loading up on debt, I find ways to shed liability and operate with less and less financial obligation. It may also have to do with my age. I remember…

Premier Ford to Truckers: Thank You!   (TORONTO – July 15, 2020) — Ontario Premier Doug Ford visited one of Ontario’s largest trucking companies yesterday and took time to thank trucking industry workers for their tireless efforts in keeping the Ontario economy moving during the COVID-19 crisis. The Premier toured Challenger Motor Freight in Cambridge…

ELD Mandate Set in Stone: Teamsters Canada and Canadian Trucking Alliance   (OTTAWA, July 14, 2020) — With less than a year to go for the implementation of the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, federal Transportation Minister Marc Garneau is once again displaying leadership on road safety by reminding the trucking industry and the Canadian public…