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“Then I managed to contact a reporter who worked for the New York Times, who told me what was happening to me was exactly what was happening to him. His stories were being shut down, he was being blocked. As he saw it, we had two options. One of them was quit and be a whistleblower. Or just stay, and fight it out, and keep trying to push those stories through.
…I was just reeling from all this because I thought, you know, we have betrayed our audience on a massive scale. Massive.”

Marianne Klowak testifies at the National Citizens Inquiry, 18 May 2023.

Canada’s COVID Media Disaster

May 26, 2023 Guest Contributor

On Thursday, May 18th 2023, an earthquake occurred. On that day three senior journalists described under oath how Canada’s mainstream media broke the rules and failed every ethics test during the COVID era.

Media coverage of the Freedom Convoy was so obviously dishonest because journalists had, by then, gotten used to torquing the news outrageously. After two years of mindlessly parroting every official COVID talking point, they’d ceded their independence so thoroughly they no longer cared about the audience to whom they were meant to be delivering a public service. Taking orders from above, they were playing follow-the-leader.

Last Thursday, at a National Citizens Inquiry hearing, Marianne Klowak talked about resigning from CBC Winnipeg. In disgust and despair. After 34 years on the job. In her words, “I had witnessed in a very short time the collapse of journalism, news gathering, investigative reporting. And the way I saw it is that we were, in fact, pushing propaganda.”

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Fake Trucking school case delayed again to June 7

May 25, 2023 Rita Smith

Court proceedings against individuals charged with operating fake truck driving schools have been delayed again, this time to June 7th, 2023.

In Ottawa criminal court on May 24th, Justice Grant was told by counsel for three of the four accused that they were seeking a delay of three weeks because “Counsel is having trouble meeting with the clients to decide which witnesses to call.”
Upon hearing this, Crown Attorney L. Welch remarked, “This file is already pretty old.”

Photo: "Around the Bay" by Mike Murchison

On the Road with Mike Murchison Trucking

This is God’s country

May 21, 2023 Mike Murchison

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I’ve travelled from one end of this country to the other and talked to many people from many walks of life, countries, ethic, and cultural backgrounds.

Rich, poor, middle class and those on the fringe of whatever edge they’re on. And one thing I I’ve learned is this: this is God’s Country.

Jammin’ gears, serving fries, diggin’ ditches. Whether folks are inputting numbers, selling products, or studying in the halls of our institutes of learning.

Image: National Citizens' Inquiry

News Trucking

Ottawa final hearings of National Citizens’ Inquiry

May 19, 2023 RWN Staff

The National Citizens’ Inquiry is holding its final hearing in Ottawa May 17-19th.

Electric trucks Photo: Volvo

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The most common barrier to greening fleets is cost, government report finds

May 18, 2023 RWN Staff

Very few Trucking fleets are applying for Canada’s “Green Freight Program,” Blacklocks reported on May 16th. Only five per cent of respondents to a government survey had participated in government funding programs, while only 18 per cent of trucking executives surveyed ha even heard of the program.

Gordie Howe International Bridge US Port of Entry Image: GHIB

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Gordie Howe Bridge to reduce travel time and border wait times while by-passing municipal roads

May 12, 2023 Rita Smith

New payment options for passenger and commercial accounts will use transponders, prepaid amount accounts, cash, credit and debit cards and the use of a mobile app The majority of users of the Gordie Howe bridge are expected to be commercial

U.S. States That Have Adopted California's Vehicle Standards under Section 177 of the Federal Clean Air Act. Source: California Air Resources Board, "States that have Adopted California's Vehicle Standards under Section 177 of the Federal Clean Air Act" May 13, 2022. Delaware and Pennsylvania were not included as adopters of ZEV policies. Image: Lexology

Feature/Profile Guest Contributions Opinion/Column Trucking

The effect of zero-emission vehicle policies on dedicated highway infrastructure funding in Maine

May 11, 2023 Guest Contributor

Berkeley Research Group, LLC “When zero emission vehicles replace vehicles with internal combustion engines, the demand for gasoline and, hence, federal and state fuel tax revenues –goes away. Thus, the adoption of ZEV policies likely will have a profound impact

Kristen Nagle of Canada's Frontline Nurses is the first guest on Tom Marazzo's new podcast.

Feature/Profile News Trucking

Tom Marazzo launches podcast today

May 11, 2023 RWN Staff

Tom Marazzo, former member of the Canadian Armed Forces and key supporter of the Freedom Convoy in 2022, is launching his own podcast today. His first guest is Kristen Nagle of Canada’s Frontline Nurses.

“In January 2022, Canadians put our livelihoods on the line and trucked across our country in the bitter cold, to uphold the Rights and Freedoms of ALL Canadians, because of unreasonable mandates being imposed by our Federal and Provincial governments. Mandates that violate: The Constitution of Canada, Our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, The Privacy Act, The Nuremberg Code, and multiple others,” Marazzo writes.