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Canadians protest carbon tax, MP raises; new convoys include Farmers and Truckers

April 2, 2024 RWN Staff

Yesterday, citizens across Canada again took to bridges and highways in protests reminiscent of the 2022 “Freedom Convoy.” In many areas, Farmers joined Truckers with their agricultural vehicles. April 1st 2024 marked not only a 23 per cent increase to

Work begins on cleaning up the Baltimore bridge site. Photo: PBS

Baltimore bridge collapse means months of turmoil

April 2, 2024 Guest Contributor

“Effects on supply chain unlike anything ever experienced” by Don Taylor On Tuesday March 26, the Singaporean-registered container ship Dali experienced an as yet undetermined malfunction and collided with the southern support town for the Frances Scott Key bridge spanning

The business impacts of the collapse of Baltimore's Key Bridge are going to be "epic" says Trucker Don Taylor. Photo: PBS

Opinion/Column Trucking

It’s Friday; but Sunday’s coming

March 29, 2024 Rita Smith

It’s not a time management tip; it’s an attitude “It’s Friday, but Sunday’s coming.” That’s not a time management tip; that’s an attitude to see you through the worst of times. This week, watching the video clip of the Francis

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News Trucking

Budget’s better highways all good news, Truckers say

March 27, 2024 Rita Smith

Highway 101 “looks like someone drove along throwing hand grenades out the window” While virtually none of the highway infrastructure projects listed in Ontario’s 2024 Budget are new, even the re-announces are good news, says Travis McDougall of Truckers for

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News Trucking

“We can hope” $15M will hire more inspectors: TTSAO

March 27, 2024 Rita Smith

Budget funds earmarked for boosting “Transparency and Accountability” in schools “We can hope,” about the $15 million announced in Ontario’s March 26 Ontario Budget says Philip Fletcher, president of the Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario (TTSAO). “If this money

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Democracy & Government Trucking

Government no longer answers to you

March 24, 2024 Guest Contributor

by Donna Laframboise I’ve recently mentioned that public health officials in New Brunswick refuse to explain their pandemic decisions. People who turned our lives inside out for two years now don’t feel any obligation to defend their reasoning. But our problem is

Dan Kelly of the CFIB explains how much money Canada owes small businesses. Image: CFIB

Democracy & Government News Trucking

CFIB say small business owed $2.5B in carbon tax rebates

March 20, 2024 Guest Contributor

$32 billion has been collected in carbon tax revenue since 2019, reports the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). “Though the government promised to rebate 9 per cent of that amount to small businesses, only 0.17 per cent has been

Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria officially opened the new $30 million inspection station near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Photo: @PrabSarkaria

News Road Safety Discussion Trucking

Minister Sarkaria officially opens Thunder Bay inspection station

March 16, 2024 Rita Smith

Increased inspections, improved training needed for Trucking safety, Sarkaria says Ontario’s Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria was in Shuniah on March 15th to marking the opening of a new commercial vehicle inspection station on Highway 11/17, generally referred to as the

Screen grab from CBC's undercover camera videotaping a driving instructor explaining how students pay to receive forged certificates which state they have received training they did not receive. Photo: CBC

News Trucking

Driving schools selling certificates, forged documents in CBC undercover report

March 11, 2024 Rita Smith

“Biggest lesson? It’s easy to cheat the system” The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) sent reporters with hidden cameras undercover to expose driving schools selling fraudulent certificates for cash. The result was angry instructors, with at least one sending threatening texts