Infrastructure B.C. cracks whip to prevent trucks hitting overpasses December 14, 2023 British Columbia is taking tough action to prevent truck drivers from crashing into highway infrastructure. Trucking companies involved in infrastructure crashes will see stronger consequences that escalate for repeat offences,…
Infrastructure Bay of Fundy ferry won’t be removed from route, Rodriguez says December 1, 2023 Federal Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez said the ferry that operates between Digby, N.S., and Saint John, N.B., will not be moved to another route next year. In a post on the X…
Infrastructure Canada establishing new Supply Chain Office December 1, 2023 Canada is establishing a National Supply Chain Office to help respond to future supply chain disruptions like those that emerged during Covid-19. The announcement comes just days after the U.S.
Infrastructure Kicking Horse Canyon upgrades essentially complete November 30, 2023 B.C. has opened new westbound lanes on the Trans-Canada Highway through Kicking Horse Canyon, essentially concluding Phase 4 of the work on the four-lane divided highway. Construction is pausing for…
Infrastructure U.S. creates new multimodal freight office November 30, 2023 The White House has launched a new Office of Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy to oversee maintenance and improvements to the U.S. freight network and supply chains. The new entity,…
Infrastructure Mission, B.C., to reroute heavy trucks out of downtown area November 27, 2023 The Lower Mainland city of Mission, B.C., will reroute heavy truck traffic out of its downtown core, as part of a road improvement project led by the provincial government that…
Infrastructure Work progresses on widening Ontario’s Highway 17 between Renfrew and Arnprior November 22, 2023 Ontario has completed the first phase of work to widen Highway 17 from two to four lanes between the towns of Renfrew and Arnprior, with the opening of a new…
Health & Safety Ambassador Bridge owners look to carry more HazMat November 21, 2023 The Detroit International Bridge Co., owner of the Ambassador bridge connecting Windsor and Detroit, is proposing to add two classes of hazardous materials that shippers could carry across its four-lane…
Infrastructure 18 Wheels Logistics expands to Toronto market November 17, 2023 18 Wheels Logistics has opened its first Toronto-area warehouse. Located at 2510 Royal Windsor Drive in Mississauga, the facility is 115,000 sq.-ft. and has more than 7,000 pallet racks. The…
Infrastructure Groupe Robert opens new food distribution center November 17, 2023 Groupe Robert’s automated food distribution center in Varennes is now ready to receive pallets of fresh and frozen foods from customers. “It took almost three years to the day to build…
Infrastructure Windsor study aims to update truck route network November 9, 2023 Windsor, Ont., has launched a truck route study to help update the road network that ensures goods can move through the community which includes the cross-border…
Infrastructure ATA takes truck parking fight to Senate subcommittee November 8, 2023 The American Trucking Associations (ATA) took its fight for truck parking to a U.S. Senate panel on Nov. 7, arguing that a national parking shortage represents a growing safety hazard.
Infrastructure St. Lawrence Seaway’s Unifor workers ratify three-year deal November 3, 2023 Unifor members at the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) have ratified a three-year collective agreement, according to a news release. Unifor said the maintenance, operations and clerical group voted…
Infrastructure Clogged highways come at a steep cost November 3, 2023 This column would have been completed sooner, but I was stuck in traffic. There’s nothing unusual about that. Not in the Greater Toronto Area. The commute from my home in…
Equipment Diesels ‘as we know them’ won’t be here forever November 2, 2023 If I owned a small to medium-sized fleet, and wasn’t planning to sell out to one of the big boys, I think my head might be spinning. So much change…
