CTA Release: Transport Canada, the Provinces and Territories, through the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA), have approved an hours of service exemption for federally regulated carriers related to the fight against COVID-19.

CTA Release: The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has answered calls from members to produce a living document cataloguing best practices, tips and resources for trucking companies as they attempt to continue their operations while battling the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

CTA Release: Keeping Canada and America’s trucking industry moving during this ongoing battle against the spread of COVID-19 means that commercial truck rest areas must remain open and accessible to North American truck drivers at the front lines of keeping both economies functioning.

CTA Press Release: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unequivocally stated that commercial truck drivers will not be impacted by new measures that will close the Canada-U.S. border to all non-essential travel.

CTA Release: As policy makers and industry stakeholders work together in stopping the spread of COVID-19 across North America, the Canadian Trucking Alliance and the American Trucking Associations spoke in one voice today in calling on governments on both sides of the border to consider contingencies in the event of government office shutdowns while ensuring cross-border traffic continues to function as efficiently as possible.

CTA News Release: The Canadian Trucking Alliance is commending the Federal Government’s declaration that commercial truck drivers are essential workers who will be exempt from the requirement to self-isolate for at least 14 days upon entering Canada from abroad.

Due to the current and growing concern surrounding COVID-19, the AMTA has decided to cancel the following upcoming courses:

Canadian Trucking Alliance: With President Trump’s deceleration of national state of emergency yesterday, it triggered a suspension of federal Hours of Service rules for interstate carriers under certain conditions – mostly related to the goods they haul. CTA has been forwarded some information this morning with clarifications related to this suspension. Please see below. As all items related to the issue , they are extremely fluid and CTA will do its best to provide members with updates as they occur.

In light of the COVID-19 outbreak around the world, the Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) has been and will continue to provide up-to-date resources to membership, employees and the public as news unfolds.

At a national press conference March 11 in Toronto, Trucking HR Canada released The Road Ahead: Addressing Canada’s Trucking and Logistics Industry Labour Shortage.

In a release from the Alberta Government March 11, the Province said $5.7 billion over the next three years will be invested in maintaining and repairing highways and supporting water management and flood recovery projects, stemming from Budget 2020.

In a recent release from the Alberta Government, the Province will spend more than $50 million over the next four years to add passing lanes, building a new rest area and improve intersections and turnouts on Highway 881 between Lac La Biche and Anzac.

The AMTA has been informed, that with Transport Canada (TC) releasing further clarifications regarding electronic logging devices and their certification process once ELDs become mandated June 2021.

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Trucking HR Canada has announced it will host a national press conference March 12 announcing the release of its Labour Market Information Report: The Road Ahead: Addressing Canada’s Trucking and Logistics Industry Labour Shortage.

Following only four months after the 2019 release, it was expected there would not be a lot of changes to the prior budget plan. Finance Minister and President of the Treasury Board, Travis Toews, addressed delegates with the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on Monday, March 2 about the new release.

For East-West Express drivers Gordon Jones and Harold Westendorp, it’s the draw of the open road that has kept them behind the wheels for a collective century.

In a release from the Alberta Government, government, the Municipal District of Greenview and the County of Grande Prairie have reached a cost-sharing agreement to twin Highway 40, south of Grande Prairie.

CTA Release: The newly minted Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) Commercial Insurance Task Force held its first meeting in Edmonton yesterday, with CTA and Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) members providing a voice for the commercial trucking industry.