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How The Trucking Industry Can Address Freight Rate Deflation

How The Trucking Industry Can Address Freight Rate Deflation

Feb 09, 2023

Both spot and contract freight shipping rates have dropped across the board, even as inflation has climbed in other industries....

Volvo Group Venture Capital AB invests in the autonomous trucking technology

Volvo Group Venture Capital AB invests in the autonomous trucking technology

Feb 09, 2023 | Drivers, Emerging Technology

Waabi is developing next-generation artificial intelligence technology to solve autonomy at scale.

This is What Truck Drivers did Years ago...

This is What Truck Drivers did Years ago...

Feb 07, 2023 | Cross Border, Drivers

A recent 'feel good' story that best illustrates Simon Waters willingness to always assist other drivers is as follows:

Canada and Saskatchewan Invest in Infrastructure Projects to Strengthen Communities

Canada and Saskatchewan Invest in Infrastructure Projects to Strengthen Communities

Feb 01, 2023 | Saskatchewan

Today, Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, and Saskatchewan's Government Relations Minister Don McMorris, announced more than...

CTA Asks U.S. Ambassador to Support Removal of U.S. Vaccine Mandate

CTA Asks U.S. Ambassador to Support Removal of U.S. Vaccine Mandate

Feb 01, 2023

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) recently wrote to U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Cohen to solicit the Ambassador’s support in...

CTA, Teamsters Urge Labour Ministers to Protect Truck Drivers, Shut Down Driver Inc

CTA, Teamsters Urge Labour Ministers to Protect Truck Drivers, Shut Down Driver Inc

Feb 01, 2023

(TORONTO, Feb. 1, 2023) -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) and Teamsters Canada recently wrote to the Forum of Labour...

B.C. adding sensors to Interior highway to monitor commercial vehicle compliance

B.C. adding sensors to Interior highway to monitor commercial vehicle compliance

Jan 26, 2023 | Highways, Technology

The B.C. government is turning to technology to improve compliance with commercial vehicle regulations on an Interior highway.

Canada invests in clean energy initiative converting agricultural waste into diesel fuel

Canada invests in clean energy initiative converting agricultural waste into diesel fuel

Jan 26, 2023 | Fuel

On Jan. 24, 2023, Parliamentary Secretary to the federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Francis Drouin, visited the University of...

Quebec ELD mandate to be enforced April 30

Quebec ELD mandate to be enforced April 30

Jan 26, 2023 | Technology

Quebec will mandate electronic logging devices (ELDs) beginning April 30 — lagging behind other jurisdictions but applying the rule sooner...

Get to know our technology for your transportation

Get to know our technology for your transportation

Jan 23, 2023

Based in Edmonton and working directly with our international Dealer Network and several Industry-leading partners, including many levels of government,...

The STA, YWCA Saskatoon and Saskatchewan Ministry of Immigration and Career Training have launched a pilot-program to encourage more woman to participate in the trucking industry.

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