Truck Drivers

• Alberta introduces new learning program to replace Mandatory Entry Level Training

  The Alberta government has announced that a new "learning pathway" will replace the Mandatory Entry Level Training, which has been in place since 2019.

  Canada

  Mar 28
  
• Two workers seriously injured after driver strikes roadblock on Hwy. 400

  Two truck drivers have been taken to a Toronto trauma centre with serious injuries after a driver struck a roadblock on Highway 400 Sunday morning.

  Traffic

  Nov 5, 2023
  
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• Atlantic Canadian trucking companies call on Ottawa for more driver supports

  Some Atlantic Canadian trucking companies say they've never had to long for truckers before now. Some companies have had to make drastic moves.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2022
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• Families of Humboldt Broncos players worry Saskatchewan plans to loosen driving requirements

  Families of those killed or injured in the bus crash are raising concerns that Saskatchewan's rules for truck driving licences could be loosened.

  Politics

  Oct 27, 2022
• Truckers in the Central Okanagan offer thoughts on Ottawa protest

  On Saturday, thousands of protesters were in Ottawa, as well as hundreds of transport trucks that have seemingly shut down much of Ottawa’s downtown core to this day.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2022
• Truck convoy draws large crowd in London, Ont. on Thursday

  Well before the convoys arrived in London, a crowd began gathering at the Flying J Travel Center, with more than 100 supporters on hand by 10 a.m. Thursday.

  Canada

  Jan 27, 2022
• Truck drivers prepare for Coquihalla Highway reopening on Monday

  "It’s steep, it’s winding. There’s weather challenges. It’s just a very, very hard route so we are really happy to see highway number five reopening."

  Traffic

  Dec 19, 2021
• ‘I was shocked’: Vaccinated truck driver from Ontario forced to quarantine

  Canadian border agents told Ontario truck driver Nawaz Khan that he had to quarantine for two weeks, despite being fully vaccinated, after a 45-minute trip to the U.S.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2021
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• COVID-19: New Brunswick truckers ‘blindsided’ by new isolation requirements, association says

  The rules require truckers and regular cross-border commuters to stay at home unless it's for necessities of life by way of curbside pickup or delivery.

  Health

  Apr 26, 2021
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• B.C. government mandating new training for class 1 commercial drivers

  An Okanagan family of a Humboldt Broncos crash victim are elated that the B.C. government has now introduced mandatory entry-level training for class 1 commercial drivers.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2021