Lance Skoog, an inspector with Alberta Justice and Solicitor General took third place in the North American Standard Hazardous Materials/Dangerous Goods and Cargo Tank/Bulk Packagings Inspection at the 2017 North American Inspectors Championship (NAIC) Aug. 7-11.

Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation announced the province and U.S state of Michigan were completing North America’s first national, cross-border automated vehicle test drive on July 31.

After many years of discussion and collaboration, and a successful pilot project, Alberta Transportation has announced, as of July 1, 2017, New Generation Wide Base Single Tires (NGWBST) are allowed to run on provincial highways.

For employers interested in obtaining further assistance in developing and implementing a health and safety management system that will satisfy the requirements of the Certificate of Recognition (COR) program, as well as many of the contractor registries, the Safety Tool Box is an optimum way to go.

The federal and Alberta governments have announced a combined commitment of $162 million to improve traffic flow into Peace River by constructing a second bridge for westbound lanes.

CTA: The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) submitted its comments to Global Affairs Canada to help frame Ottawa’s discussions with the US involving the modernization of cross-border trucking in upcoming NAFTA trade negotiations.

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) announced the Regulations Amending the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (International Harmonization Update, 2016), were published in Part II of the Canadian Gazette.

CTA: For the second consecutive year, truckers led the battle against prostate cancer by raising the most money of any organization in Canada during Prostate Cancer Canada’s increasingly popular #PlaidForDad fundraising campaign.

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.

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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.

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.