This crash on Highway 11 in Longlake, Ontario, in which two trucks collided head-on. Photo posted by Patrick Leblanc in the Facebook Hearst News Link.
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Ontario needs to increase truck driver training to include simulator training, says MPP Guy Bourgouin.
Training should include at least 20 hours on a simulator MPP Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) is calling on the government to increase truck driver training requirements. Amidst ongoing reports of fraud and corruption in truck driver licensing centers across
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