Air brake learning modules are being proposed as an alternative to the air brake renewal knowledge test. The proposed fee for the learning modules is $16.00, consistent with the air brake knowledge test.
Read MoreThe Truck Training Safety Association of Ontario (TTSAO) has selected February 29th, 2024 as the date for its next conference, again at the Lion’s Gate in Brampton.
“We are going to take a ‘quantum leap’ into the future,” says President Philip Fletcher of the Leap Year date. The 2024 conference will once again be held at Lion’s Gate Golf and Country Club.
The date was set at TTSAO’s Annual General Meeting which was held February 21st. Fletcher presented the Association’s financial report on behalf of Treasurer George Cierpich who was unfortunately ill. TTSAO’s fiscal position is excellent, says Chair Ken Adams: “We will be around for another 30 years,” he says.
Read More“Some of the weirdest things have happened to me in life.” Photo: Jeff Childs by Jeff Childs Three years ago today, I was hauling a slop-taker out of Ft. Mac down to Elk point. Some of the weirdest things have
Read MoreThe trucks appeared with the force of a thousand chariots charging into battle. In one fell swoop they broke us free from our terminal hypnosis. This was the moment covid was over.
Read MoreBrian Pattison of NATT; Shelley Walker of WTFC; and Samantha Clarke of DriveWise are all Ambassadors for the Know Human Trafficking program. Photo: Nico Charalambous for TTSAO “There are at least 50 Truck schools that are part of TTSAO,” says
Read MoreDr. Heider Al-Mashalah of the McMaster Digital Transformation Research Centre Photo: Asafo Addai The Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario (TTSAO) 30th Anniversary conference kicked off February 21st with speakers including Dr. Heider Al-Mashalah of the McMaster Digital Transformation Research
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TTSAO celebrated its 30th anniversary at last year's conference. In 2024, it is taking a "quantum leap forward" on Leap Year, February 29th. Image: Asafo Addai
“Training with Technology” will be a key theme at the TTSAO’s 30th Anniversary Conference February 21 and 22.
The Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario (TTSAO) is back on track with its annual conference schedule, after missing two annual conferences due to COVID-19 then hosting a “summer solution” in 2022.
President Philip Fletcher is enthusiastic about this year’s accent on technology and is particularly keen on demonstrations of simulator training.
Read MoreBack in 1970 Tommy Douglas was the only Member of Parliament to vote against Pierre Trudeau imposing the War Measures Act. He called it trying to “Kill a Mouse with a Sledgehammer.
Justin Trudeau did the same thing, only this time he used a nuclear bomb to kill Bouncy Castles.
Just look to other countries that have recently had REAL emergencies with bombs and killing in the streets like France, England, Egypt, Guatemala, and many others.
Read MoreIs it spring yet? Kyle Marshall of Visser’s Sod Farm spent most of February refurbishing one of the go-to watering trucks:
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