Commercial trucks banned from left lane of Coquihalla Written by: Carmen Weld for Mission City Record Starting this week, the B.C. provincial government has banned commercial vehicles from using the far left lane on the Coquihalla’s Snowshed Hill between Box Canyon and Zopkios. The move is the first in the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s No…
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Owner of Company Involved in Humboldt Crash Charged Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured in rural Saskatchewan six months ago when their bus was involved in a crash with a semi-truck owned by the Calgary-based company. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, who was driving the semi unit, was charged earlier this year with dangerous driving…
October 4, 2018
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Goodbye Summer – Snow Expected on Some BC Highways by: Mission City Record Fall is still more than a week away but drivers on some B.C. highways might feel like winter is already arriving. In a special weather statement Thursday morning, Environment Canada said a cold front crossing 100 Mile and South Thompson regions could…
Smoke From Wildfires Pours Into Lower Mainland AINSLIE CRUICKSHANK – StarMetro Vancouver Metro Vancouver’s air quality warning remained in place for a seventh day as the smoky haze that’s settled over the region thickened Monday, following a slight reprieve this weekend. With fires burning to the north, south and east, the Lower Mainland airshed — sandwiched between…
Uber Kills Self Driving Truck Program Written by: Kristen Houser BYE, BYE AUTONOMOUS SEMI. Just under two years ago, Uber bought Otto, a startup focused on developing self-driving trucks. Now, Uber is bidding adieu to its plans for autonomous shipping, at least for the time being. On Monday, the company revealed in a statement that it’s closing its self-driving…
Surrey Trucking Firm Loses Appeal Written by: Keith Fraser (kfraser@postmedia.com) A Surrey trucking company has lost its appeal of a court order that it pay more than $350,000 in restitution to 29 temporary foreign workers it hired as long-haul truckers. Last year, Harlens Trucking Ltd. pleaded guilty to two immigration offences related to the hiring…
OPP Lays Nearly 700 Charges Sources: CBC News The Ontario Provincial Police laid 697 charges against commercial drivers and took 63 transport trucks out of service during Operation Corridor, a 24-hour safety blitz conducted last week. In partnership with the Ministry of Transportation, police stopped 1,692 trucks from June 13 to 14. Speeding topped the list of…
June Snowfall on Okanagan Connector Written by: Kelowna News Staff Environment Canada has issued a weather warning for snow on the Okanagan Connector this weekend. After a warm and largely dry month of May, a wet and cool weekend is in-store for much of the southern B.C. Interior. High elevation travellers routes in the Okanagan may…
Side Guards Will Save Lives Written by: Tim Bousquet Halifax has recently introduced a law requiring all trucks owned by the city or working for the city to feature side guards, a potentially life saving modification to trucks that prevent something called “right hook” deaths. Below are two incidents, and the reasoning why some in the…
