Truck News Blog

• Why delegation is the key to growing a truck repair shop

  Most repair shop owners didn’t set out to run a business — they just wanted to fix trucks. But growth changes that. As workloads increase and teams expand, the hands-on […]

• What a recent Supreme Court ruling means for your insurance coverage

  For most people, reading their insurance policies is the last thing they would do in their spare time. They are long, technical, and often filled with exclusions that make it […]

• Highlights from THRC’s Calgary Workforce Bootcamp

  Last month at THRC’s Trucking and Logistics Workforce Bootcamp in Calgary, Alta., leaders from two THRC Top Fleet Employers — Trimac Transportation and Caron Transportation Systems — joined CEO Angela […]

• Private fleets are strong operations, not vanity projects

  I read with interest, and some anger, a recent opinion piece in trucknews.com, The Private Fleet Creep: How to turn private trucking from threat to opportunity, by industry veteran Mike […]

• Pump Pain: When distant wars hit home at the diesel pump

  Trucking can’t catch a break. Just as industry sentiment was beginning to improve — new truck orders ticking upward, spot market rates showing resilience, and supply and demand finally drifting […]

• OTA shifts strategy, taking truck safety message directly to the public

  The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is celebrating 100 years of industry leadership this year. The organization’s longevity is rooted in its ability to evolve and adapt to ever-changing market realities, […]

• The Private Fleet Creep: How to turn private trucking from threat to opportunity

  Carriers have had more thrown at them in the last five years than most industries see in a generation. Covid-19 chaos. Driver Inc. Exploding insurance costs. Driver shortages. Rate pressure. […]

• Shortchanging truck drivers is shameful

  You work, you get paid, that’s how it should work. If you are a truck driver, you work and sometimes don’t get paid. Not paying drivers for the work they […]

• When it comes to emissions, Canada can’t afford to go it alone

  The Trump administration has spiked the GHG Phase 3 rules, leaving Canada in a quandary about what to do next. In February, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rescinded the ‘Endangerment […]

• Gordie Howe International Bridge vital to Canadian and US economies

  The decision to construct the Gordie Howe International Bridge exemplifies how two long-standing allies and trading partners can work together toward shared economic benefits that strengthen both nations. As in […]