Wait Over Weight
Coming from Vancouver, I had just crossed the border into Washington, and about five miles later, I stopped at a rest stop to use their facilities. I parked my truck and went in, a...
Blogs
On The Road Again
When Willie Nelson sings the following, he describes exactly how I feel about trucking when everything runs smoothly. "On the road againGoin' places that I've never beenSeein' thin...
Driving Through My Memories
It’s over - well, maybe! One is never quite sure. In the past, every province in The Great White North has seen white manna fall from the sky every month of the year. We can only h...
Humboldt Tragedy_MELT program
Looking Back After Five YearsJaskirat Sidhu was the truck driver that pulled out in front of the bus carrying the Humboldt hockey team. He had taken a one-week driver training cour...
Winter Storms
Winter began early in some provinces and states this '22/'23 season and has been particularly brutal in many locations. At least by now, one would think that the professional drive...
Sports and Life Lessons
I'm a sports fan, and I love playing, cheering and coaching them. Soccer, football, skiing, boxing, volleyball, golf, basketball and hockey all have provided me with countle...
The Piggy Bus Encounter
It was a Monday morning in October, and things were running normally around our place. It was a school day but we were also shipping a couple of Hogs off to the slaughterhouse for...
All Experience…
One day I had my truck in a repair shop in Chilliwack, BC, when another customer that owned Regier Trucking asked if I knew Saskatchewan very well. He told me that a shop employee...
Halcyon Days of Trucking
When I think back to the early days when I was a young inexperienced driver, the trucks were basic, nothing like the warm, quiet, and over here in Scotland, the mostly automa...
Time to Reset!
Bobby McFerrin sings, "Now listen to what I said, in your life expect some trouble But when you worry, you make it double But don't worry, be happy, be happy now." He's def...
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