Dr. 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:
Read MoreSo why now? Why haul cows at my age? Hell, I’m 61 years old. I should be looking for the least amount of physical stress that might be available to me.
But no!
Read More“Enjoy the report.” Those were the last words Commissioner Paul Rouleau uttered before rising and leaving the room yesterday. The room in which he cheerfully announced that the Canadian government was justified when it invoked the Emergencies Act against festive, peaceful, working class protesters a year ago.
Which part did he imagine we’d enjoy? The knowledge that there’s absolutely no accountability in our political system? The knowledge that a vast network of supposed checks and balances (funded year in and year out by the sweat of working Canadians) offers us no protection from tyrannical, rogue politicians?
Read More“The ability to replay the e-transcript after the session allows it to be used as a highly effective tool for discussion afterward – this also opens the door to mentorship, getting highest value your most experienced drivers, and can provide a real sense of worth to retirees. Being able to assess the skillset of driver is imperative when it comes to who is asking the question.”
Read MoreSamantha Clarke, Commercial Driver Solutions Manager for Knowledge Surge/DriveWise, encourages the entire Trucking industry to support programs to end human trafficking. Photo: RWN “We are the ones who see the girls at the truck stops; they knock on our windows
Read MoreThe Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) will release its Report after it is tabled in Parliament, on February 17, 2023.
Members of the media are invited to attend a lock-up at 395 Wellington in Ottawa, where they will have access to an embargoed copy of the Commission’s report. The embargo will be lifted after the report is tabled in Parliament.
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