50-Year Heavy Hauler Wins 2018 Driver of the Year Award
Lowell Thompson is much more soft-spoken and assuming than your typical trucker. But for over half a century – and an incredible 7.5 million accident-free miles – this year’s Volvo Trucks-Ontario...
View Article‘Innovative’ Jim Thomson Wins Prestigious OTA Service to Industry Award
Eccentric. Creative. Passionate. But most of all, an insatiably hard worker. Those are just a few of the many words that friends, industry colleagues and family effortlessly offer up to describe Jim...
View ArticleFlipper & Crusty: Heroes and Friends
Bison Transport drivers Craig “Flipper” Sutherland and Laurie “Crusty” Clifford are best friends. They drive the same route every day, one ahead of the other; they hang out with each other’s families;...
View ArticleSavings Lives? Challenge Accepted!
Terry McKnight doesn’t consider himself a hero, but the men and women he works with, the family that cherishes him and the many people he has helped over the years, would affectionately disagree....
View ArticleOTA Honours Heroic Bison Driver, Ashish Patel and Family
On July 1, 2021, as many Canadians were celebrating the national holiday, Shilpa Patel received the kind of visit no one expects – and no one would ever want. It was late in the afternoon when two York...
View ArticleWanted: 2023 Driver of the Year & Truck Heroes. Nominations Now Open
Truck drivers are the lifeblood of our industry. Any fleet owner or manager knows how critical truck drivers are to driving commerce, building a customer network and representing the industry to the...
View ArticleManitoulin Named Top LTL Carrier in Canada for Quality by Mastio & Company
Manitoulin Transport ranked No. 1 in the Mastio & Company’s 2023 edition of the Canadian national less-than-truckload (LTL) customer value and loyalty study. The company reports the comprehensive...
View ArticleNorthbridge Insurance Names Skelton National Safety Award Winner
Northbridge Insurance has given its National 2023 Northbridge Insurance Transportation Safety Award to Skelton Truck Lines Ltd. Launched in 2021, the award was created to recognize carriers with...
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OTA’s Geoff Wood Honoured by MTO
Established in 1996, the Ministry of Transportation Road Safety Achievement Awards aims to recognize the outstanding contributions of individuals, groups and organizations who work to improve the...
View ArticleT4C and Trucking HR Canada Announce New Award
There’s a new award coming to the Canadian trucking industry that will recognize positive contributions to local communities and general social good. The award, called the T4C Achievement of Excellence...
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