Trans-Canada is more like an endurance contest than a national transportation route By James Murray – NetNewsLedger THUNDER BAY – For anyone who has driven the Trans-Canada Highway through Northern Ontario in the winter, the experience can feel more like
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Womens' Trucking Federation Canada CEO Shelley Walker at a 2023 announcement. Photo: RWN
Transportation, Colleges, Justice ministers, Northern NDP members need team approach to safety UPDATE: This article was updated at 11pm February 28th with comment from the Women’s Trucking Federation of Canada, and a new photo. Newly-elected Premier Doug Ford should waste
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Conservative Doug Ford; Green Party Mike Schreiner; NDP Leader Marit Stiles; Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie squared off at the Ontario Leaders' debate on February 17th. Image: CPAC
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
Read More“No date set at this time” in fake Trucking school trial The long-awaited sentencing hearing for Gurpreet Singh and Gurvinder Singh scheduled to occur February 14th did not take place. Road Warrior News assigned a reporter to be at the
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CTV paused this surveillance camera footage a moment before the impact which killed this pedestrian crossing Wilson Avenue in Toronto. Image: CTV
Impact caught on camera, 81 year old woman dies A horrifying news clip aired by CTV on February 12 shows the moment before an 81-year-old pedestrian was hit and killed by a dump truck at a Toronto crosswalk. The clip,
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Guy Bourgouin; Lise Vaugeois; and John Vanthof all represent Northern Ontario ridings for the NDP. Image: John Vanthof
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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T4SH's Travis McDougall has only found the $30M Shuniah inspection station opened twice, although he drives by it every week. Image: T4SH
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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This crash on Highway 11 in Longlake, Ontario, in which two trucks collided head-on. Photo posted by Patrick Leblanc in the Facebook Hearst News Link.
Five fatalities and four critical injuries STATEMENT by Truckers for Safer Highways: It is with deep sadness that we, Truckers for Safer Highways, find ourselves addressing yet another tragic week on Ontario’s roads. The ongoing lack of proper enforcement and
Read More“An entrenched, lucrative and dangerous immigration scheme exploiting newcomers and putting lives at risk“ “His new employer had sent the 26-year-old rookie driver out to navigate a semi-trailer through treacherous mountain passes. ‘There was no training,’ says Mr. Singh, who
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