Industry Stories Archives - Alberta Motor Transport Association

‘I liked the trucks and I just kept going from there’

Apr 4, 2023

East West Express driver Emile De Petigny hangs up the wheel after 50-year career Growing up on a Saskatchewan farm, Emile De Petigny’s first experience driving truck was helping his dad in the field, picking up bales with a five-tonne truck. “Well, Dad would put it...

Dave’s Truck Stop: Responding to a Collision: Four things to have within arms reach

Dec 23, 2020

Dave ElniskiSafety OfficerCaveman Transport Ltd.Lethbridge, ABBack in 2019, I was trucking a load of hay into Saskatchewan. En route, I was stopped at a small town railway crossing when a car failed to stop for an oncoming train. The car crossed the...