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.
Too Little Too Late? Ontario Nurses Finally Get a Pay Raise
Ontario's population must be scratching their collective heads over how the Doug Ford Government manages health care in Ontario. In 2019, at the pandemic's beginning, Doug Ford's government passed...
It’s getting to be that time of year again…. Tire chain season is almost here. BC requires you to carry enough chains to cover 6 tires at minimum. This means either 2 triples and 2 singles, or 6 singles...
Well, we all knew it was too good to last. Mother Nature and Old Man Winter joined forces and clobbered most of Canada with some brutal winter weather, so we’re going to go over a few tricks to make...
(March 18, 2020) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unequivocally stated that commercial truck drivers will not be impacted by new measures that will close the Canada-U.S. border to all non-essential travel. “Truckers will not be affected,” said the prime minister,...
With heavy hearts, staff and members of the Ontario Trucking Association are mourning the passing of Vernon Erb, who passed away Wednesday morning at the age of 84. OTA sent its heartfelt condolences to OTA Vice-Chair, Wendell Erb and the...
Did you know that the trucking industry experienced its first
boom in Canada by participating in the war effort? This
sector, which now transports 70% of our daily life goods in North
America, was indeed responsible for the successful preparation
of the Canadian...
A few summers back, I was golfing with some colleagues from the trucking industry in theToronto area. It just so happened that the topic of the day was the importance of driver retention and what carriers are doing to...
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned all our lives upside down. Office work may be changed forever thanks to the pandemic. As the country enters a heavy lockdown in mid-January of 2021, permanent long term changes to our society may...
Commercial driver training is once again in the public spotlight as a key to improving highway safety and avoiding catastrophic motor vehicle collisions like the Humboldt tragedy. Improvements in commercial driver training is an important element of driver and highway...
ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਦੇ ਕਸਟਮਜ਼ ਐਂਡ ਬਾਰਡਰ ਪ੍ਰੋਟੈਕਸ਼ਨ (ਸੀਬੀਪੀ) ਵੱਲੋਂ ਪਿਛਲੇ ਹਫਤੇ ਜਾਰੀ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ ਬਿਆਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਹ ਸਪਸ਼ਟ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ ਕਿ 8 ਨਵੰਬਰ ਤੋਂ ਗੈਰ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ ਟਰੈਵਲ ਲਈ ਅਮਰੀਕੀ ਬਾਰਡਰ ਨੂੰ ਖੋਲ੍ਹਿਆ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਤਹਿਤ ਇਹ ਸ਼ਰਤ...
