The 401 was closed in both directions at Exit 566 Shannonville near Deseronto on the afternoon of March 23rd for a major accident involving numerous tractor trailers. It re-opened just after midnight.
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ck driver training was in the spotlight in a press conference held March 22nd to call for improved highway safety in Northern Ontario. Politicians and Trucking professionals believe that at least some, if not all, of the tragic accidents which took place over the March 17th weekend could have been avoided.
MPP Lise Vaugeois
Travis McDougall of Truckers for Safer Highways published a statement on March 18 noting that “The amount of collisions and commercial vehicles off the road should be embarrassing to us all.”
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On January 7, 2021, Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney announced that Ontario would invest in Rest Stops. “The Ontario government is improving 14 existing truck rest areas, building 10 new rest areas and adding 178 additional truck parking spaces at four
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Northern Ontario saw such egregious accidents involving commercial trucks over the March 17th weekend, NDP member Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay-Superior North) sponsored a press conference to call upon Ontario to address persistent safety issues including road conditions and driver training.
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NDP MPP John Vanthof (Timiskaming–Cochrane) opened his remarks on March 22nd by offering condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in commercial vehicle accidents on the weekend of March 17th.
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“A 75-year-old from Ignace has been identified as the victim
in this morning’s collision east of Dryden.
The Dryden and Ignace OPP say they responded to the collision on
Highway 17 near Camp Lake Road
involving a tractor-trailer unit and a snowplow.
The OPP says the driver of the tractor-trailer unit
did not receive any injuries,
and highway 17 remains closed.
The identity of the 75-year-old from Ignace was not released.
The Special Committee hearing on interference by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Canadian elections heard last night that such interference has been long-standing and highly organized.
Gloria Fung of the Canada-Hong Kong link testified that the CCP broke Elections Canada laws regularly over the years, paying volunteers to help preferred candidates and making illegal campaigns donations. Illegal donations were fairly easy to track, Fung said, “because the numbers came with decimal points. They had been made in a foreign currency.”
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Dutch farmers, inspired by Canadian Truckers, surprised the world and shocked the sitting government by winning provincial elections on March 16. Photo: Patriot Smoothie, Facebook The newly-formed Farmers’ party has stunned Dutch politics, and is set to be the biggest
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“Stories from the Road,” Taylor’s memoir about driving long-haul trucks across North America maintains steady sales on Amazon as both a print book and audiobook.
Friends and family members loved Taylor’s stories around the campfire so much, they convinced him to write the stories in a book. Image: Friesen Press
This anecdote, published as part of RWN’s original review of the book in 2022, remain
