TORONTO (Reuters) — As Canada braced for a freight rail stoppage that could hit industries ranging from autos to agriculture, the trucking sector said it faced higher demand it could not meet. Unless labour agreements are reached, Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, which hold a duopoly, plan to indefinitely halt operations on […] Read more
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Rail stoppage would affect a variety of industries
REUTERS — Canada’s freight rail network could come to a grinding halt this week, likely extracting a huge economic toll across industries as the country’s two leading rail companies plan an unprecedented work stoppage. Both Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City plan to lock out workers on Thursday as talks with the Teamsters […] Read more
Truckers request more flexibility
Sector cites animal welfare concerns as it asks for more flexibility in enforcing hours of work while transporting livestock
The Canadian livestock sector wants flexibility in the enforcement of truck driver hours-of-work rules to account for unforeseen circumstances. Animal transporters said they don’t want to be fined for taking animal welfare into consideration if they are unexpectedly delayed and exceed the maximum 13 hours of truck operation per day. However, Transport Canada said the […] Read more
Displaced Ukrainians find jobs in agriculture
New Canadians from the Ukraine are often educated and eager to work but find it difficult to navigate language barriers
Many Ukrainian newcomers have arrived at Regina International Airport over the last year and half clutching onto bags packed with the only belongings they have left from their former homes. The Russian invasion carries on in Ukraine, while these select few, after having passed multiple health exams and other legal hurdles, have made it to […] Read more
Young woman takes over family trucking company
A Sask. university student makes the decision to assume responsibility for her father’s firm following a death in the family
CANDIAC, Sask. — She celebrated her 21st birthday this June in a bin shovelling grain. With a trucking company to run, Leanne Kotylak had no time for elaborate coming-of-age parties. While the farm-raised woman has always loved anything to do with trucks and farming, she was thrust into the role of owner and operator of […] Read more
Producers face crunch time in fertilizer logistics
When you drop by your normal fertilizer supply outlet only to find they are temporarily out of phosphate, sulfur, urea or something else you want, it probably isn’t the fault of the person sitting at the blender controls. The entire logistical system is struggling.
U.S. trucker shortage worsens
Vaccine mandates have intensified a long-term shortage of truckers in the United States, the industry says. “There’s no question that the vaccine mandates between the United States and Canada right now are creating difficulty,” said Jon Eisen of American Trucking Associations, speaking at a Washington, D.C., panel discussing supply chain woes. However, the underlying issue […] Read more
Blockade hits major Man. border crossing
UPDATED – February 10 – 1520 CST – Reaction from Manitoba Pork added – A protest that began early this morning has shut down the main border crossing between Manitoba and North Dakota. At around 9 a.m., the RCMP alerted Manitobans that traffic was not moving through the Emerson border crossing, which connects Highway 75 […] Read more
Ford, Toyota halt some output as U.S., Canada warn on trucker protests
WINDSOR/OTTAWA/WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Ford and Toyota on Wednesday both said they were halting some production as anti-coronavirus mandate protesters blocked U.S-Canada border crossings that have prompted warnings from Washington and Ottawa of economic damage. Many pandemic-weary Western countries will soon mark two years of restrictions as copycat protests spread to Australia, New Zealand […] Read more
BLOG: Trucker unrest result of misguided public policy
Vaccine mandates affecting the trucking industry have understandably prompted a determined and outraged response from a number of Western Canada’s truckers and rural residents. A proportion of Canada’s commercial truckers who drive big rigs are opposed to federal rules that limit their mobility, as well as their ability to earn a living. Similarly, many farmers […] Read more
