Current regulations and by-the-kilometer pay discourage and penalize drivers from resting when they feel tired or stopping when road conditions are bad.

Comment: Semi safety needs a wider scope

A safer trucking industry is more than just driver training

Details are still emerging about the recent collision between a bus carrying seniors and a semi in southern Manitoba. It is now clear that the truck had right of way. However, police have not yet determined cause or potential culpability. What we know for certain is that this is one of the worst road accidents

A vessel is seen arriving at Odesa in southern Ukraine under the Black Sea Grain Initiative on April 12, 2023. (Photo: Yulii Zozulia/Nurphoto via Reuters Connect)

Loss of Black Sea grain deal not seen as threat to global supplies, for now

Alternate routes exist but would be more expensive

Geneva | Reuters — The end of the Black Sea grain deal would not pose an immediate threat to the world market as Ukraine would still be able to export supplies, although at such a high cost that production in the war-torn country would likely fall even further. Turkey, Ukraine, Russia and the United Nations


File photo of Highway 363 near Moose Jaw, Sask. (Mysticenergy/iStock/Getty Images)

Spring road bans loom across Prairies

Mid-March weight limits pending for heavy trucks

MarketsFarm — The looming spring melt across Western Canada will likely disrupt some grain and livestock movement over the next few weeks, as seasonal spring road restrictions come into effect across the Prairies. Spring road restrictions set axle weight limits for vehicles moving on certain roads to reduce the damage heavier loads can cause during

highway 34 potholes

At an impasse: Potholes, floods and detours

Lack of north-south RTAC routes leaves a chunk of southwest and central Manitoba vulnerable to shipping disruptions, businesses say

Glenboro and Holland, Man. weren’t like their fellow communities to the east in early May. Heavy precipitation in late April had not made them islands, like some towns along the Red River, which had been isolated by flood water. In fact, the area in central Manitoba was one of the first to see producers hit the field, in



Trucking protests ignored the real issue — a chronic driver shortage.

Empty cabs plague Canada’s trucking sector

There’s just not enough drivers out there to meet the growing demand for trucking

Dramatic protests, originally centred around vaccine mandates for truckers, may have grabbed a lot of recent headlines. But the real problem in trucking has been overlooked. There simply aren’t enough drivers out there, and there haven’t been for years. The trucking sector was already raising the alarm over trucker shortages prior to the pandemic. The

Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate requires all truckers coming into Canada to be fully vaccinated or, if a Canadian driver who is partially vaccinated or unvaccinated, must face testing and quarantine upon re-entry.

Empty roads a headache for hog producers

Truck drivers are at a premium and that’s a serious problem for the pork sector

There have not been enough trucks on the road to keep the pork sector ticking smoothly, and the Manitoba Pork Council says it is seeing serious impacts. General manager Cam Dahl said that, as well as general transportation disruptions through the sector, there have been issues with trucks at the Canada-U.S. border. “I’m getting reports

Screengrab from a 2019 video profiling a day in the life of an Agropur bulk milk grader. (Agropur Cooperative via YouTube)

Agropur to shed bulk milk handling in Quebec, Nova Scotia

Unnamed buyers to take over Quebec milk runs

Dairy co-operative Agropur is stepping away from hauling farmers’ milk in two of the provinces where it does business. The Quebec company announced Monday it would sell its Quebec bulk milk hauling business to unnamed “companies whose core business is transporting liquid food products,” and would also halt its milk transport work in Nova Scotia.


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No delays expected in fertilizer distribution

National fertilizer association doesn't expect any disruptions to deliveries

Should farmers expect delays to fertilizer deliveries heading into spring seeding? “Not if we can help it,” Fertilizer Canada CEO Garth Whyte said Thursday.”We’ve weathered all the rail system disruptions that we had over the last six months, and now, with COVID-19, we’re doing OK. “We’ve put contingency plans in at our manufacturing plants, at