Trucker

• Quebec trucking company ordered to reinstate driver fired for drinking and driving

  The labour arbitrator said the driver's drinking was from alcoholism — a disability — and that trucking company Groupe Robert should have made a reasonable accommodation for her.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2023
  
• Southern Alberta Truck Expo hopes to fill gaps in driver shortages

  Lane Jacobson, president of the Southern Alberta Truck Exposition Association, said these events are important to educate the community about the trucking industry.

  Jul 17, 2022
  
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• Convoy returns to London, Ont. Saturday

  Police have closed several roads in downtown as a convoy is expected to enter London, Ont., Saturday afternoon.

  Traffic

  Feb 12, 2022
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• Blood Tribe members petition to stop outsourced work in Stand Off: ‘We need the work out here’

  Members of the Blood Tribe spent the weekend protesting and petitioning. They're asking for transparency, accountability and jobs to come back to their community.

  Economy

  Apr 5, 2021
• Coronavirus: Family hands out warm meals to truckers at Regina cardlock

  Kale Nash and his family prepared 150 warm meals and spent Thursday handing them out at the Co-op Cardlock on Fleet Street.

  Apr 9, 2020
• Burnaby truck inspection blitz returns 50% fail rate, pulls 147 vehicles from the road

  Out of 297 inspections last week, Burnaby RCMP found 147 vehicles were unsafe for the road.

  Mar 3, 2020
• Exhibit at Regina library explores how truck drivers cope with trauma

  A Regina woman is pioneering research into the trauma experienced by truck drivers involved in fatal or serious collisions. 

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2020
• ‘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
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• Manitoba truckers honour local ‘champion’ with funeral convoy

  Motorists east of Winnipeg may notice a procession of trucks heading for Steinbach Saturday. Local truckers will convoy at noon in support of a mentor who lost his battle with cancer.

  Jul 27, 2018
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• Impaired driving charges laid against trucker hauling propane

  Investigators say the driver submitted to a breathalyzer test and blew nearly three times over the legal limit.

  Crime

  Apr 18, 2018