BC Trucking Association

• Southern Interior leaders support call for mandatory dashcams for semis

  The District of Barriere wants the province to consider making dash cams mandatory for all commercial semi-trucks registered in B.C. 

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  Apr 27, 2023
  
• ‘It’s getting dangerous’: Trucker wants more rest stops in Lower Mainland

  According to Lynne Fortin, the number of safe places for truckers to pull over, sleep, eat and use the washroom are dwindling -- especially in the Lower Mainland. 

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  Jul 11, 2022
  
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• ‘The goods are coming’: Pleas for patience in B.C. following reports of panic buying

  The BC Trucking Association CEO says it's understandable for people to be concerned about delays due to road closures, but there is no need to panic as items can be rerouted.

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  Nov 17, 2021
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• Okanagan truckers welcome mandatory training, but say it could exacerbate labour shortage

  Effective Oct. 18, 2021, people applying for a B.C. Class 1 driver's licence must have already completed an ICBC-approved mandatory entry-level training (MELT) course.

  Politics

  Oct 6, 2021
• Coronavirus: Meals for B.C. truckers program continues to roll

  The program was started in April to help feed commercial truckers during the coronavirus pandemic.

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  May 20, 2020
• ‘Sometimes we are hungry all day’: Food truck relief en route for truckers hit hard by COVID-19

  Long haul truckers who drive the supply chain by delivering food and other essential goods are often missing meals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  May 3, 2020
• Coronavirus: Efforts launched to help B.C. truckers access food, washrooms during pandemic

  Efforts are underway in B.C. to help truckers find the support they need to keep driving and keep communities supplied.

  Apr 2, 2020
• B.C. truck drivers struggle to find open restaurants due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Dave Earle says because of COVID-19, restaurants across B.C. have been shutting down, or not letting customers inside.

  Mar 30, 2020
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• B.C. trucker fined $1,000, gets 2 years probation for ‘shocking’ impaired driving incident

  Police say empty beer cans were found beside the big rig driver, and his two breath samples registered at nearly three times the legal blood alcohol limit.

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  Dec 21, 2019
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• ‘It could have killed me’: B.C. trucker says teens threw object into windshield as he drove

  "I was covered in glass, and I had to keep my eyes squinted because I wasn't sure of there was glass in my eyes or anything."

  Nov 17, 2019