Tuesday, May 26, 2026

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Democracy & GovernmentOpinion/ColumnRoad Safety DiscussionTrucking

Truckers’ requests, politicians’ spiels are miles apart

Justin Trudeau’s announcement yesterday of a High Speed Train from Toronto to Quebec City sounded like a counter-balance to Doug Ford’s $150 billion Brampton-Scarborough tunnel. It feels like we are engaged in some kind of political fantasy one-upping exercise, in

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Opinion/ColumnRoad Safety DiscussionTrucking

A Northern plan for safer highways

Enforcement, open scales, road maintenance, use of rail by John Vanthof, MPP Temiskaming-Cochrane Road safety has many factors, but there are issues that add disproportionately to dangerous conditions. When I was first elected, it was mainly winter maintenance. The Liberal government

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Media releaseTrucking

Chamber pinpoints most tariff-vulnerable cities in Canada 

Saint John, Calgary, and Windsor most vulnerable Ottawa, ON — According to new analysis released February 11th by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Business Data Lab, Saint John, New Brunswick, Calgary, Alberta, and Windsor, Ontario, are the Canadians cities most vulnerable

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Shuniah inspection station closed again

Should open “At least 16 hours per day on business days:” Truckers for Safer Highways Travis McDougall of Truckers for Safer Highways dropped in on the Shuniah (Thunder Bay) inspection station and found it closed, again. “It’s only been open

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