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- Life after MacKinnon
- The captain is back...with 5 tips for your business
- Is it science or politics that’s driving hours of work legislation?
- Mind, Heart or Feet: Which do you value most as a leader?
- MTO AUDIT
- Appeal Granted: Sandhu back to court in September on cocaine trafficking charges
- Money talks; and the silence is deafening
- Decisions Decisions
- Sailing the ship without the captain
- 1 Week before XMAS What's IN Store
- State of the Union- they're not heavy, they're my brothers
- When to listen. When to push back.
- Time to google yourself
- With the unemployment rate so high, why is there a shortage of truck drivers?
- Protect your ASSets
- We need creativity to deal with the driver shortage, not repetition of past practices
- 10 Tips for the Newbie Sales Person
- The industry continues to shrink but not the opportunities
- Location, location, location.
- Should Canadian carriers be allowed to recruit drivers from overseas?
- The recession’s focus on cost control has proved a boon to green projects that deliver an ROI
- Living Benefits
- The Road Ahead – Some economic forecasts for 2012
- Magic buttons, little closes, and other keys to a deal
- The Great Canadian Truck Chase--anything else on TV?
- Jim Mill's Stories
- SMS Methodology (SMS)
- When is the Right Time?
- Are You A Get A Deal Junkie?
- A Game Changer!
- Private fleets: Benchmark yourself
- What helps you see the Forest Through the Trees!
- Alleged cocaine-smuggling trucker Sandhu back to court Monday
- Can big business lack flexibility and get away with it?
- think big, think ahead, take risks
- journey to the east--mystery traveller
- Dealing with Your Boss: Download your Free Guide Here
- That is correct THE TOP 25 List
- Political Gridlock!
- Let Them Work!
- The Ultimate Plan to Dealing with Difficult People: A Free PDF Download
- What did the recession teach you?
- Summer is almost over 2 weeks to Labour day
- Happy birthday to we
- You tell me what makes a Great Truck Photo - Congrats to Alain LaCharite for making it into the 2012® Wowtrucks Calendar!
- Get off the Bench and into the Game!
- Freedom 55, who needs it!
- Cargo fraud is on the rise. Here’s how to fight back
- Summer 2011
- Why is blogging good for the soul and your web rankings?
- Those Crazy Latvians
- Do You Fully Understand the Latest Transportation Industry Lingo?
- Want to run nice trucks? Treat your people right, the nice trucks will follow.
- 2 Success Tools for Everyday Life: If you want to be an A-Lister, these B Lists will get you there!
- Summer is upon us AGAIN!
- Driver Trainers
- In Praise of Skid Schools
- The Incredible Power of Authenticity for Business & How Social Media can help you find it
- ready for the surge
- What did we do before Tim Horton’s?
- Are you missing sales opportunities on the web? Here are 10 common mistakes to avoid!
- Are you missing sales opportunities on the web? Here are 10 common mistakes to avoid!
- Heading to Fergus & Rodeo du Camion: The 2012 Wowtrucks® Calendar
- Dan Pautler--on the road again
- It’s time that I made time for that!
- Engaging your audience
- There can only be one vision
- Thinking Big and Small
- Hanging on to the Dreams you Build
- Teamsters Truck Museum to be Reborn in Merritt? and MVSA soldiers on
- MSM’s Bob Murray on managing under the new normal
- TCA JOBehaviors
- Do You Want to Get Better at Giving Feedback to Others?
- The economic recovery is here and it’s real. Now what?
- Supervising Friends and People you worked with: What's the Plan?
- alleged bulk cocaine trucker to get another day in court
- In memory of Barry Holmes
- Regret for the Past is a Waste of Spirit
- How new technology is about to change how we think about economies of scale and our supply chain practices
- Spotting or Dropping Equipment at Shipper or Receiver
- Does your Team see Power or a Person?
- Just be YOU. A lesson learned in Vegas.
- In BOND???
- Get ready to be impressed with Hino’s new hybrid COE
- Spec’ing for ergonomics
- 3 Secrets to Getting Employees to Play on the Same Team - Complimentary Teleseminar
- truckers packing heat
- The Rebels at Tim Horton’s
- It’s time for a cell phone ban blitz
- Are we there yet?
- Are the proposed changes to US trucking’s hours of service rules based on solid science?
- The Definition of Recreation - Don't Pound your Boss, Pound some Weights!
- Back to Basics
- Owner/Ops: Are you entitled to share of $15M settlement?
- more women on the road
- A Monday Power Tip: Use Reflection to Become a More Effective Listener
- 2011: The Year of Choice
- Hand Held Debacle !
- Who's good to go working for?
- 2011
- Come Together
- On the Firing Line
- It's snowtime! Have you cleaned your trailer roof?
- Owner Operators Success
- Time to kill the sacred cow: goodbye longnose
- Why you don't talk to media at the scene of an accident
- BLACK FRIDAY/U.S. THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
- Women on the Road
- Why the driver shortage is your friend
- The Loyalty Department - The Squeaky Wheel Gets the ...
- WINTER DRIVING PART 2
- Who will you Vote for?
- Ray’s Rules for Managers of People, Part 2
- Seen any speeding LCVs ?
- No valid argument against EOBRS
- Credibility by Association
- IN MEMORIAM: Vic Pettigrew
- CHAINS ALREADY?
- Truck driving: A great job for people who hate people?
- It takes a long time to instill confidence and no time to instill panic
- Ray’s Rules for Managers of People, Part 1
- Training Training Training Anyone see a pattern
- Ontario rest stops still a joke
- It's Better on Top
- What you need to know about the 'Law of Average' as it applies to Leadership (Corporate & Personal)
- Ray’s Rules for Recruiters
- The Secret To Success - WYAO
- Two things keeping US fleet execs up at night
- An Often Overlooked Ingredient in Great Leadership
- First non-electric truck in Canada, circa 1900
- for your perusal
- Why analysis, planning, and carrier relationship building are about to become a whole lot more important
- FEAR: Use it!
- August is upon us!
- Ray's Rules for Safety Managers
- Hourly pay: Is there any way?
- Let’s not bury the Fergus Truck Show before it’s dead
- Top Ten B2B Website Tips
- No better time than the present to determine your best path out of this mess
- Life is Hard. Get over it.
- jobs, power drinks, bicycles and planned obsolescence
- Why AEDs should be part of any safety program
- Dispatcher Rules
- Where have all the women truckers gone?
- Eight Lessons Big Business Can Learn From Small Business
- 9 Post Recession Tips for Marketing a Diversified Transportation Mix
- Ray's Rules for Dispatchers
- My Top 10 Undisputable, Post Recession, Business Basics!
- Four fuel-saving tips from Volvo
- Renewal Time
- In Praise of Pristine Fleets: Part Deux
- Ditch Your Expectations!
- Fear may drive markets but solid fundamentals drive economic recovery
- Freight Rates are on the Rise
- Controversy ! What isn't anymore
- Is it time for a much different approach to infrastructure funding?
- Ray’s Rules for Owner Operators
- the great white whale
- Summer is around the corner.
- Don’t break out the bubbly just yet
- Intermodal Business Primed for Growth
- Driver trainers: get your act together
- Your chance to get great images of your truck(s): Winnipeg/Area Truck Photo Shoot June 5-6, 2010
- Why smaller is better in trucking acquisitions
- In praise of pristine fleets
- Motor carriers are going to have to fix the capacity mess on their own
- Cautious Optimism
- Is the Economy really picking up?
- Power to the People
- Why Mark Seymour believes it's time to take the initiative on rates
- Treat Your Children Well
- LCV drivers: Show them the money!
- Don’t waste a good recession
- The Sun and a Clean Shave: A Great Principle for Leaders and Managers.
- WAITING TIME
- conjectures from the side of the road
- RAY’s Rules Continued
- Putting Freight Where it Belongs
- Get Organized!
- It’s time to start exploring “the undiscovered country”
- Driver’s dream job?
- Opportunity in 2010 starts with education
- On the Road with Ross Mackie (conclusion)
- Thinking of becoming an O/O?
- DUE DILIGENCE
- Own the Podium
- On the Road with Ross Mackie
- who will speak for truck drivers?
- A Yard Check! WHY ?
- Ray's Rules
- whatever happened to lane discipline, and what is it?
- Down in the dumps: Can you still make a decent living driving dump trucks?
- Controversy
- What’s the future of trucking?
- Get your 2010 Wowtrucks® Calendar compliments of Shell Rotella®
- Get What you are Worth in 2010
- To unionize or not to unionize, that is the question
- Radical! You Bet It Is
- Major trends sure to shape the world of freight transportation in 2010
- Have a great 2010 driver and don’t join the club!
- As we close the book on ’09, I leave you with two stories that will make you smile
- A/Z licence restrictions: Once again, Ontario has it wrong
- Cut to the Chase
- A sucker for slogans
- It’s déjà vu all over again
- Here we go again (OR STILL)
- British Columbia--where the real trucking was done
- Smart decisions require insightful information
- Why Not I thought?
- What happened to the baby carrots?
- Here’s your chance to speak out on Canada’s lack of truck parking
- 09 rules rules and more rules
- Kudos, Canucks
- An important reminder on avoiding generalizations
- Be Accountable
- Mixed messages
- ARE YOU, YOUR DRIVERS, AND YOUR FLEET PREPARED?
- dance with me trucker
- Will you be getting H1N1 vaccination?
- Get ready for eManifests
- Annual Safety Meetings Anyone
- Owner Operator Choices
- Europe and North America
- Life is a Highway
- Trucker fined for smoking in his truck; Did I call it or what?
- Things I forgot to tell Dave
- Are you ready to adjust and thrive in a carbon-constrained future economy?
- Driver versus Dispatccher
- Observations from a recent road trip
- Why truckers truck
- Driver Shortage 101 Not
- Networking
- Finally – A freight index relevant to our marketplace
- snippets of Canadian Trucking History
- New commercial drivers, driver instructors held hostage by DriveTest strike
- Life lessons from Brutus the Big Red Truck
- INSURANCE RENEWAL TIME
- To be or Not to be?
- Turning Up the Heat: Managing Conflict
- Voluntary or NOT?? Time will tell
- Are you ready for the recovery?
- How to Be A Better Shipper
- Finding Dave Nemo
- Virgoe killer doesn’t learn
- Driver Disability Insurance ?
- Good to Bad and Back to Good (“How The Mighty Fall and How To Stay On Top”)
- Still ticked about speed limiters? Direct your anger where it’s deserved.
- Roy Craigen shares tips on ‘empowering for productivity’
- shunters of the world unite
- OBAC’s Ritchie taking a few “liberties” of her own on speed limiter debate
- Can Class 8 sales possibly get any worse?
- WE DID IT, DIDN'T WE!
- Questions remain about speed limiter enforcement tactics
- BAG LADIES UNITE
- Here come the Mules: North America's three off road shunt truck mfgs go head to head
- We’re all a bunch of twits
- Twitter: A great way to get in the loop and stay in the loop
- YOU WANT A REEFER
- Tweet, tweet…
- Canadian fleets to meet EPA2010 head on?
- The light at the end of the tunnel is not as bright as we had hoped
- Trucker as Anti-Hero, do we need a new truck driving hero?
- Senior drivers: The Minister responds
- C.I.F.F.A. and LOGISTICS INSTITUTE are joining together
- Will Ontario’s LCV pilot project succeed?
- Step up and show leadership
- Whee, Fit!
- The Trouble with Puro
- CFMS offers sneak peak at speed limiter enforcement tactics
- PDAY (PASSPORT) DAY
- Do-it-yourself vs. outsource the job? You’ll be working either way!
- aussie rules vacation
- Why national truckload carriers are making moves in the regional haul markets
- An alternative look at diesel power
- Burning rubber with Bridgestone
- WHY? INTEGRITY? CREDIT?
- Competing with the “undead”
- Emergency 101
- Swine flu: Media hype or a real concern?
- “Special periods” vs. “Economic downturn”: a world of euphemisms makes food for thought
- long trains a' coming; is the 401 ready for this?
- Tis THE SEASON FOR TRUCK SHOWS
- Embracing the frugal lifestyle? Shadow a senior
- Beware of UFOs
- The search is on for the 2009 Owner/Operator of the Year
- Industry original, Mike Lobraico, will be missed
- HOW DOES HAVING An ACCIDENT MAKE YOU MORE PROFITABLE?
- Seeing straight at the border
- dead cat bouncing
- Effective networking - a critical business skill for good times and bad
- Due to recent budget cuts…the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off
- Routine Check: A poem
- Where there’s solidarity, there’s hope
- SCREECHED IN OR SCREECHED OUT
- and now for some good news
- Live from Louisville (with daily updates)
- Six months later, I still say it’s better to think with your head than your tire iron
- The challenging world of LTL freight in 2009
- Speed limiters, where are you?
- OH NO!!! AN ACCIDENT
- Comparing apples to speed limiters
- Removing roadblocks to developing a ‘green’ economy
- Light at the end of the tunnel or just a mirage?
- Leading your trucking company through turbulent times – Part 3 – Avoiding some common business strategy flaws
- How bad is it?
- Business Networking 101 – Part 2
- THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL IS ??
- It’s all in the details
- Leading your company through turbulent times – Part 2 – Create a Business Plan
- Business Networking 101 – Part 1
- This story will have a happy ending.
- EPA2010 - Myths and Realities: Part 4
- Transportation professionals: I need your help
- Why the good may depart with the bad in this grim year
- Leading Your Trucking Company through Turbulent Times - Part 1 - The Essential Business Skills
- Cooking up numbers for political gain
- EPA2010 - Myths and Realities: Part 3
- Give Us a Chance
- EPA2010 - Myths and Realities: Part 2
- The loopholes in Ontario’s CVOR system are glaring and unacceptable
- The changing world of freight transportation in 2009
- EPA2010 - Myths and Realities: Part 1
- At long last, Canadian satellite radio providers talk merger
- The impact of economic stimulus on the North American transportation industry
- Expect More
- What is SAFETY??
- OUT WITH THE OLD! IN WITH THE?????
- 2009 What is in store ?
- A Christmas poem
- Ontario police seem trigger happy in enforcing cell phone law
- Bobby in the school yard and Harper in Ottawa both made the classic bully mistake
- Coalition will crumble, but damage has been done
- Diesel tax cut could be in jeopardy
- Is this the time to buy or sell a freight transportation company?
- Tis the season to be reasonable. So should we axe the Christmas party?
- Should we bail out the auto sector?
- Ontario to place further restrictions on young drivers
- The desire to consolidate may be there but the cash is not
- Why there are renewed hopes for infrastructure investments
- Giving credit where it’s due
- Global credit crisis proves devastating for truck OEMs
- Small motor carriers quickly running out of alternatives
- Carriers Need Comprehensive Business Strategy to Survive the Credit Crunch
- Large carrier growth strategies likely on hold for some time
- Current downturn will forever change NA trucking landscape
- Left with more questions than answers over demise of Sterling brand
- Glimmers of hope after a terrible week
- What is the impact of the financial crisis on the trucking industry?
- Don't be a boob: turn off the boob tube
- Enter the bizarro world of US politics
- Fuel pricing: Is there a better way to deal with this constantly shifting target?
- Change creates opportunity: Don’t be afraid, just get started
- Dropping the dime
- OTA poster campaign a great idea, but begs a question
- We should choose our heroes more carefully
- Why truckers should oppose Liberal Green Shift plan
- The changing world of LTL freight transportation
- Is a carbon tax necessarily bad?
- Have a heart
- Managing new generation drivers
- Manitoba trucker criticizes RCMP response to Greyhound killing
- Desperate times can bring out the worst in people
- Drive and Deliver does just that
- The stupidity has to end
- Cummins switch puts momentum on SCR’s side
- Why we're close to another capacity crunch -- really!
- Don’t Blame it all on the Freight Recession
- Why another trucking capacity crunch is on the way -- really!
- Don’t Blame it all on the Freight Recession
- And the 2008 Owner/Operator of the Year is...
- Between the lines: Q2 reports offer a look ahead
- The Demise of Jevic Sends a Loud Message to the Trucking Industry
- Speed limiters: post-mortem – a different view
- Speed limiters: A post-mortem
- Neil Young aims to “Repower the American Dream”, but not through his music
- Speed limiters: What “could” or “would” happen versus what “did” happen
- Is this what you wanted to hear about speed limiters?
- Summary of the public hearings on speed limiters: Part 2
- Summary of the public hearings on speed limiters: Part 1
- Do speed limiters always mean better mileage, less emissions?
- Quality shippers can be a tough nut to crack
- Does an Ontario cell phone ban make sense?
- Con artists exploiting trucking companies when at their most vulnerable
- 100% of fuel tax windfall should go towards infrastructure
- The real costs of rising fuel prices
- Mudslinging over speed-limiter debate has gone too far
- Rolling protests are not the answer
- Understanding the science behind global warming
- Alberta continues to hold out on speed limiters, hours-of-service
- Fuel costs having a trickle-down effect on store prices
- Competing engine technologies will offer fleets a choice
- Speed limiters: Non-compliance by O/Os may be costly for carriers
- It’s good to finally hear from you!
- Taking a position on Ontario’s speed limiter legislation
- Want to clear the air? Show us the money
- Cost increases are becoming a worrisome and long-lasting trend
- Is B.C.’s “carbon” tax little more than a thinly-veiled fuel tax?
- Stability systems: Is the CTA initiative a moot point?
- HDAW Report: Why fleets buy
- HDAW Report: The risks of carrying non-brand name parts
- Internet images offer a preview of International’s newest truck
- Zero Waste and winning the oil end game
- HDAW Report: Long live the independent garage
- How do you deal with trailer snow and ice accumulation?
- Living on the edge of healthy profit margins
- Steampunk -- a trend you should know about
- Dealing with rates: you reap what you sow
- Mandatory anti-rollover devices? Why not?
- Band of brothers?
- Bjorn Lomborg and contributing editors on TV
- Where's the boldness?
- Road rage – has it come to this?
- HoS tops list of concerns for US trucking execs
- A deeper look at offshore brands and retreading practices
- Are offshore tires affecting retreading practices?
- An emissions-free truck plant – is it possible?
- A European outlook on cargo security
- There’s plenty to be learned at trucking conferences
- Are offshore tires gaining acceptance?
- Don’t get too excited about latest shipment levels
- The Truck of Tomorrow
- Transportation now on the wrong side of the growth hump
- What’s wrong with this picture?
- Boom in automotive shipments only a short-term reprieve
- Emissions standards should apply to older trucks too
- Why 100% scanning of containers is 100% wrong
- How NOT to help truckers with their costs
- It’s so crazy it might just work
- Trucking may be the lion of the transportation industry but it’s not exactly growing fat on its kills
- Complexity will radically change the trucking industry
- Infrastructure upgrades desperately needed
- It’s just lip service until you drink from the fountain of youth
- What drives the success and fuels the fears of motor carriers?
- Ontario waste oil heater ban now official
- Keeping fit is a constant challenge for drivers (and writers)
- Road carnage – when’s it going to end?
- While we’re at it, let’s limit all vehicle speeds
- I drove a truck (and didn’t kill anyone!)
- Always be prepared!
- ‘Hypermiling’ poses safety risks
- Waste oil heater ban likely to move forward
- Banning rush hour deliveries in TO would be costly
- Nostalgic recollections of a bygone production era
- Will 2007 be the summer of discontent?
- Readers are getting pee’d off over roadside messes
- Problems with the Ice Core data
- The Great Global Warming Swindle
- Baird’s fears about Kyoto are worth considering but so are the many answered questions
- Cops in trucks? Now that’s a great idea!
- Spring’s an ugly time of year thanks to litterbugs
- US trucking industry says ‘We’ll pay more tax’
- Jumpers ruin other lives on their way out
- Report from Americana 2007
- Hungry for meal claims rights? Scott Taylor will fill you up.
- Live, from Louisville
- So that’s how much per hour?
- Changing trade patterns point to long-term challenge for trucking
- Is Canada finally ready to invest in its infrastructure?
- The Mexicans are coming – are you worried?
- Road tolls, market forces and climate change
- XM, Sirius to merge?
- Can you help solve this mystery?
- Practice what you preach
- Global warming: I’m hopping off the fence
- Is industry consolidation about to slow down? Not a chance
- OPP to rein in colourful Sgt. Woolley
- A small truck blitz – it’s about time!
- Pay attention, people!
- A feel-good holiday story
- Hours of Service Delays – they would be “criminal” if they weren’t so “Canadian”
- THE BASEMENT FILES: Research that should be filed but NOT forgotten
- New Year, new wishes
- A campaign worth supporting - let’s do our part
- Cheers, to those of you on the road
- Speak up or don't speak at all
- There is such thing as bad press
- The top 25 stories in 25 years
- Cabotage urged for Prairie provinces, Mid-west states
- CSR opposes LCBO deposits
- Inhumane treatment for a grieving trucker
- Are you afraid?
- Gummy Bears fight global warming
- Time to crown Owner/Operator of the Year is near
- Ambrose position on Kyoto
- The fight over papermill sludge
- Ontario lights a fire under smokers
- Driver's seat
- Truck News is looking for truckers with hidden talents
- Working the Crowds
- Slack capacity? It won't last long
- The truth about cats and dogs
- Truckers: The best kind of people
- Sign up today for your free Shell ROTELLA SuperRigs 2006 calendar
- Calling all Nova Scotians
- Trucking needs a baby boom
- 2006: Another record year for truck sales or cause for concern?
- Slipping and sliding in Michigan
- Is our coverage of the speed limiter debate fair?
- Things are warming up in Tampa
- Surf's up at TMC
- Ban egos, not trucks
- Getting the writers on the road
- Want to improve the shipper-carrier relationship?
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