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Friday, April 26, 2024
The Government of Canada is committed to promoting public safety and security, including when dangerous goods are being handled or transported in Canada. Today, the Minister of Transport, Pablo Rodriguez, announced the launch of new registration requirements and a new...
Windsor Ontario Police have taken action this morning on the protests that have closed the Ambassador Bridge from Detroit. The Windsor Police tweeted at 8:15 am Sunday, "Enforcement actions continue at the demonstration area with arrests being made, vehicles...
CBC Power and Politics interviewed recently appointed United States Ambassador to Canada David Cohen last week.  He said it was "doubtful" that the border blockades and freedom would impact trade relations between the two countries. His comments came after the...
Before Russia’s forces invaded Ukraine, Russia provided one out of every 10 barrels of oil the world consumed. But as World customers shun Russian crude the global oil market faces its greatest turmoil since the 1970s. Extremely high World...
Avoid non-essential travel: The Public Health Agency of Canada is advising travellers, regardless of their vaccination status, to avoid non-essential travel internationally. November 26th, 2021, a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, “Omicron”, designated this as a variant...
Truck Driver Safety Did you see that a truck driver was hijacked on August 2, 2023? The hijacking was not the stealing of a truck or just a load. It was the truck, trailer, and driver. All three were hijacked....
As noted in mid-January, the City of Toronto’s Transportation Services team is developing a new Delivery Vehicle Permit program designed to support the delivery and courier industry and has recached out to OTA to solicit input on the programs design...
On a steep Colorado downgrade in 2019, a truck driver named Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos crashed into stopped traffic, killing four people in the fiery aftermath.  The driver reportedly lost the ability to stop his trucks due to brake failure,...
The news lately has been full of stories regarding trucks losing tires and wheels. About 95% of these issues can be traced to 2 causes, both of which are easily detected by even a cursory pretrip inspection. The first and...

Closed roads

Recently the news reported on a situation that has the potential to turn fatal, and is at the very least a major inconvenience - being stranded on a closed, desolate stretch of highway, with literally nowhere to go. Winter...