The Trucking Network is a Canadian “English and Punjabi” bilingual publication, founded in 2012. Dedicated to the hard working professional drivers and their families across North America.
Canadian economy would be "negatively impacted" by a policy requiring all international truckers to self-isolate, regardless of their reason for travelling abroad. Organizations has been working with the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety to draft resources and...
SmartDriver provides free, practical training to help Canada’s commercial and institutional fleets lower their fuel consumption, operating costs and harmful vehicle emissions. Fleet energy-management training that helps truckers, transit operators, school bus and other professional drivers improve fuel efficiency by up...
“I’ll never know if the sacrifices of losing my first marriage was worth it.” — Daymond John Listening to Daymond John made me think about two things: 1) That many successful entrepreneurs make extreme sacrifices to build their businesses and 2) Is...
“Doing the right thing isn’t always easy, in fact sometimes its real hard but just remember that doing the right thing is always right.” The above quote precisely describes the ongoing struggle of the trucking associations and human rights activists...
Operating a commercial motor vehicle can be one of the most dangerous occupations in the world. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 679 large truck occupants were killed on the job in the...
WSIB chair Elizabeth Witmer announced at the board’s AGM today that the WSIB will be holding all premium rates at their 2020 level for 2021. This means employers in the trucking industry will pay the same premium rate in 2021...
The biggest most obvious thing that happened in 2020 to all industries and people around the World is of course Covid-19. For the transportation industry this meant all essential goods that can be carried across borders is now the...
Drug smuggling unfortunately is on the rise during Covid-19. There are many people out of work right now and instead of being honest upstanding people and either getting another job or start their own business or get government money...
The image of the Professional Truck Driver has taken a hit over the last 20 plus years. It has long been considered a job of last resort, or a second career. We have all heard the statement “Can’t do...
Interacting with Canadian or American customs is something almost all of us have to do as part of our jobs. For the most part, the border agents are pretty much the same as we are, just doing their jobs...
