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Truckers' strike threatened for Port Metro Vancouver
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (70+ words) Drivers say port not honouring agreement to set and enforce minimum rates Image | Port Metro Vancouver containers - trucker strike Caption: A man walks on an overpass at a Port Metro Vancouver container facility in Vancouver, B. C. (CBC) Image | Striking container truck…...
Shipping more goods on the Great Lakes could take more trucks off Hamilton roads, expert says | CBC News
3+ week, 1+ day ago (988+ words) As political and business leaders push for more cargo movement across the Great Lakes, one expert says shifting freight from highways to waterways could ease truck congestion and lower emissions, but only if governments and industry make major investments first....
Commercial truck drivers 'set up for failure,' says NDP MPP in Thunder Bay, Ont. | CBC News
3+ week, 2+ day ago (656+ words) Lise Vaugeois says she wasn't surprised by the provincial auditor general's report on commercial truck driver training " but the findings are still incredibly concerning, especially in northern Ontario. "We know that truck drivers have not been getting the training that…...
Ontario to inspect all career colleges offering truck driving within 6 weeks, following scathing audit | CBC News
3+ week, 2+ day ago (302+ words) All Ontario career colleges that offer commercial truck driver training will have been inspected by the end of next month, the province's minister of colleges and universities said Wednesday. Nolan Quinn said the province has already inspected 14 colleges that offer…...
Are Ontario's truck drivers getting enough training? Ontario's auditor general says no
3+ week, 3+ day ago (123+ words) CBC Are Ontario's truck drivers getting enough training? Ontario's auditor general says no A new report by the province's auditor general said Ontario is not effectively monitoring commercial truck driver training, leading to many unqualified drivers on the roads. CBC's…...
Auditor general flags problems with commercial trucker training and licensing in Ontario | CBC News
3+ week, 3+ day ago (319+ words) Ontario is not effectively monitoring commercial truck driver training and licensing regimes, leading to many unqualified drivers on the roads, the province's auditor general found in a special report released Tuesday. Shelley Spence said her office has uncovered career colleges…...
Saskatoon delivery drivers walk off the job over pay cuts and unsafe conditions | CBC. ca
3+ week, 4+ day ago (139+ words) Saskatoon delivery drivers walk off the job over pay cuts and unsafe conditions CBC Saskatoon delivery drivers walk off the job over pay cuts and unsafe conditions More than 120 delivery drivers contracted by Dragonfly have walked off the job in…...
Saskatoon delivery drivers walk off the job alleging unsafe working conditions, repeated pay cuts | CBC News
3+ week, 4+ day ago (721+ words) When a dog bit Dhrumit Desai while he was out delivering a package, he said he called his supervisor. "The first thing they wanted me to do is to complete the route instead of going to the hospital," he told…...
Trump tariffs are having a "compounding" effect on the steel industry: Cobden
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (125+ words) CBC Trump tariffs are having a "compounding" effect on the steel industry: Cobden Fourteen months into U. S. President Donald Trump"s trade war, tariffs are taking their toll on the steel industry, says the head of the Canadian Steel Producers Association....
Race is on to move overturned barge before start of P. E. I. s spring lobster season
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (155+ words) CBC Race is on to move overturned barge before start of P. E. I. s spring lobster season Lobster fishers who are about to start their spring season in North Lake, P. E. I. , have another concern as setting day approaches " one many say is a…...