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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.

CTA: Since January 1, 2017, there have been about 30 outages of CBSA’s EDI/portal systems due to an antiquated computer system. Despite CBSA’s best efforts to mitigate these incidents, the system crashes keep happening with no easily-attainable solution in sight. Meanwhile, trucking companies, their drivers, as well as customers are being significantly impacted by these outages.

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Trucking HR Canada: Trucking HR Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Linda Young—Vice-President of Human Resources and People Development for Bison Transport, to its board of directors.

CTA: The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) believes whenever a commercial vehicle is required to enter a truck inspection station, is stopped by mobile enforcement where a cursory review of compliance is completed, or is given an electronic inspection (e.g. weigh station by-pass), it should be recognized as having undergone an inspection.

After the AMTA announced a rebrand earlier this year, PIC has followed suit officially introducing its new branding April 29 at the AMTA Leadership Conference and AGM in Banff.

Women Building Futures: Over 300 employers choose Women Building Futures (WBF) to help recruit and train women for the transportation, construction, and maintenance industries. In fact, many WBF programs are entirely driven and funded by industry partners. Each year, WBF has been able to add new programs and capacities on the basis of the generous support of industry leaders who want to see their sectors evolve.

The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations have announced the summer hour schedules for Wild Horse, Montana and Chief Mountain, Montana.

The Canadian Trucking Alliance produced a multimedia toolkit to assist industry, governments as well as injury prevention stakeholders in promoting truck driver safety at workplaces and shipping facilities.

The Federal Liberal government introduced its long-awaited legislation today which lays out the parameters for ending the century-old prohibition on cannabis and regulates it for recreational use.

Trucking HR has introduced a new professional development webinar series specifically designed for HR personnel, and anyone in the trucking and logistics sector looking to learn practical insights and tips to help address key HR Challenges.

Amarjeet Sohi, federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and Brian Mason, Alberta Minister of Infrastructure and Minister of Transportation have announced funding for 10 bundled highway rehabilitation and improvement projects in the province.

In 2016, cargo losses reported to Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) totaled $42 million, but the true cost of cargo theft in Canada is estimated to be in the billions.