News

As of April 13, 2017, the Government of Canada introduced legislation to legalize, regulate and restrict access to cannabis. Bill c-45, the Cannabis Act is expected to come into effect July 2018.

A message from the Western Canada Highway News

The Western Canada Highway News is currently reserving advertising space for their fall edition – the National Trucking Week issue.

June 26, 2017 – Alberta’s commercial drivers showcased their skills June 24 at the 69th annual Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) Provincial Truck Driving Championships at Westerner Park in Red Deer.

Edmonton International Airport (EIA), the City of Leduc and the Government of Alberta are partnering to fund design work for a new Leduc interchange.

CTA has unveiled an exclusive online diesel price mapping tool for trucking industry members to look up and compare current wholesale diesel prices across Canada.

The deadline for completing Trucking HR’s first comprehensive industry compensation benchmarking survey is July 14, 2017.

CTA: Members of the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) and the rest of the supply chain have experienced delays and other challenges bringing goods into Canada from the US because of recurring Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) system degradation issues.

Trevor Fridfinnson, Chief Operating Officer at Bison Transport is pleased to announce that Mike Gomes has been named as Bison’s Vice President, Maintenance, effective immediately.

It has been brought to our attention that there seems to be more Long Combination Vehicle (LCV) operators who do not comply with the regulated speed limits in both the Alberta LCV Permit and the Memorandum of Understanding for Rocky Mountain Doubles and Turnpike Doubles.