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Today's Trucking serves as Canada's premier business magazine dedicated to the trucking sector. It provides insightful context and analysis on current issues, offering thorough examinations of regulations, management challenges, and the latest products and technologies. Truck News operates as the online platform for Today's Trucking. It features a daily news service that concentrates on the Canadian trucking industry, supplemented by a variety of detailed articles, expert opinions, and analyses.

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Service Ontario’s IRP delays hurting trucking companies

4 days ago | trucknews.com | Leo Barros

Bob Cousins is a worried man. He’s got a brand-new truck sitting in his yard outside Ottawa for the past couple of weeks, awaiting plates to begin working. He’s making $3,200 a month in truck payments on an idle vehicle. If the truck was in service, he’d have been earning a profit of about $100 a day. “It quickly adds up,” he said. Ontario has made changes to the administration of the international registration plan (IRP) leading to backlogs and delays.
Shippers, carriers need to share risk to drive zero-emission adoption strategies

1 week ago | trucknews.com | Krystyna Shchedrina

Shippers and carriers say sustainability remains a shared priority, but transitioning to zero-emission freight still hinges on pilot projects, cost-effective technologies, and deeper, stronger partnerships to share the risks and ‘walk the walk’.
Paschenko named National Recruiter of the Year

1 week ago | trucknews.com | Leo Barros

Krista Paschenko was named the 2025 National Recruiter of the Year at the National Recruiting & Retention Symposium in Burlington, Ont. Paschenko, a Contrans Tank Group recruiter based out of Woodstock, Ont., said that she was surprised by the honor, and it was “good and humbling.”She has been a recruiter for 20 years and comes from a family of truck drivers. “My grandfather, father, uncles, brothers, and cousins are truckers.
Economic storm clouds - and a silver lining

1 week ago | trucknews.com | Mike McCarron

I can always count on Murray Mullen, the top dog at the Mullen Group, to provide a little dry powder for a future column. Take his last quarterly call. Discussing Q1 2025, Mullen noted that trucking bankruptcies are at levels not seen in a decade or more. Conditions for many carriers are so dire that they may no longer be viable acquisition targets.
Trucking leaders say Driver Inc. hurting compliant carriers amid industry headwinds

1 week ago | trucknews.com | Leo Barros

There isn’t a lot of recruiting going on at the moment in trucking. The threat of tariffs from south of the border and resulting economic uncertainty are some of the hot topics giving industry leaders sleepless nights. Stephen Laskowski, president of the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA), said that the group’s members are having trouble keeping the lights on. They are dealing with a shrinking economy exacerbated by competitors using the Driver Inc.
CTA urges Carney to tackle underground economy, enforcement failures

1 week ago | trucknews.com | Krystyna Shchedrina

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has urged newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney to address what it describes as a “state of lawlessness” in Canada’s trucking sector and to prioritize productivity reforms as the country faces economic and trade challenges.
5 tips to cut fuel costs for trucking fleets

1 week ago | trucknews.com | Krystyna Shchedrina

As fuel prices remain volatile and sustainability expectations rise, fleets are under growing pressure to reduce operating costs while improving environmental performance. According to Samsara, even small gains in fuel efficiency can lead to significant savings, especially when multiplied across dozens or hundreds of vehicles. “It’s no secret that fuel has historically damaged operating expenses in some industries.
‘Pre-buying’ goes mainstream, affecting U.S. economy and freight markets

1 week ago | trucknews.com | James Menzies

Truckers are familiar with the concept of pre-buying trucks in advance of cost increases, usually associated with new emissions regulations. However, that concept has gone mainstream as importers and consumers rushed to make purchases ahead of the imposition of U.S. tariffs on imported goods. The phenomenon has caused economists to furiously revisit their forecasts and to try to make predictions based on unprecedented circumstances.
Thumbs Down: Truck driving is just a game for some schools

1 week ago | trucknews.com | Leo Barros

Many years ago, I enjoyed flying various types of aircraft – from single propeller planes to mighty passenger jetliners. A popular flight simulator game was a fun way to live my piloting dreams behind the safety of a desktop computer. Line up the airplane on the runway, apply full power, release the brakes, accelerate to rotation speed and gently raise the nose to climb. All this was done with the help of a joystick plugged into the computer. A good set of headphones added to the illusion.
OTA marks progress in fight against driver misclassification, labor abuse

1 week ago | trucknews.com | James Menzies

The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) says it is making headway in its fight against the misclassification of drivers, under a scheme it refers to as Driver Inc. Three key provincial and federal agencies — Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation (MTO), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) – gathered at the Whitby, Ont., inspection station in March to explore the issue and raise awareness.