Full-time Truck driver, part-time musician, writer and photographer Mike Murchison made a trip to Nova Scotia in May for an important family event.
Mike’s perspective on life and work, on the road and in Canada, is unique. Today Road Warrior News is dedicating a page to some of his most interesting East Coast photos; as always, his wry and ironic captions are at least as much fun as the images themselves.
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Liberal leader Stephen Del Duca visited Thunder Bay on May 22 and promised to designate Highways 11 and 17 as Class 1 Highways. Photo: Ontario Liberal News Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca promised to designate Highway 11 and Highway 17
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The next change at Oikonen’s Taxi saw the purchase of wheelchair accessible taxis. These much-needed forms of transportation for Thunder Bay were modified mini-vans with lowered floors that used tie-downs to hold the wheelchairs in place. Since I wanted out of the propane-tanked Diplomat, I was intrigued about the mini vans.
Read More“MTO was asleep at the wheel,” says Travis McDougall of Truckers for Safer Highways.
McDougall, commenting on the May 18th arrests by Ontario and Quebec police forces of persons providing fraudulent documents and fake commercial truck driver training, congratulates the police forces but wonders why Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation (MTO) overlooked the scam for so long.
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Several individuals have been charged with fraud after a two-year investigation into allegations related to commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver training.
On May 18th, Quebec’s Economic Crimes Investigation Service, in collaboration with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), arrested 6 individuals from Montreal, Laval and Brampton, Ontario in connection with the production and the use of false documents. The documents allowed foreign clients to obtain driver’s licenses, including licenses to drive heavy goods vehicles.
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Truckers for Safer Highways is asking for your support to call on both the Federal and Provincial governments to begin an inquiry into the training of new drivers across Canada. Many new drivers are taught to ‘pass the test’ and not necessarily to become the safest and most professional drivers possible. There is no real standard for who is allowed to train new drivers within each training school, nor are these schools checked on a regular basis to ensure they are teaching to the standards laid out by the jurisdictions they are based in,” the petition on Change.org reads.
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Purolator violated the privacy rights of its employees when it demanded access to their personal medical information, a group of them is alleging.
The group of employees served Purolator with a cease-and-desist letter on April 25th, and is preparing to file a lawsuit later this month. There are both unionized and non-unionized members in the group, which currently numbers in the hundreds and which organizers hope will become thousands in the days ahead.
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Photo: Rise Up Durham Global COVID Summit, Declaration IV A Joint Statement, representing 17,000 Physicians and Medical Scientists to restore scientific integrity 17,000 Physicians and Medical Scientists Declare that the State of Medical Emergency must be lifted, Scientific integrity restored,
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“The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s Regulatory Affairs Sector is seeking input from Canadian organizations and individuals on ways to improve Canada’s regulatory system. We are piloting an online interactive engagement platform Let’s Talk Federal Regulations to help gather input on several additional topics over the coming months (e.g., informing targeted regulatory reviews, assessing needs regarding public reporting and educational materials).
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