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A Survey of Canada’s Best & Worst Roads

BY MAREK KRASUSKI

The Canadian government under the stewardship of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has committed to doubling investment in infrastructure in order

to modernize the country and improve the economy. Investment will rise to $125 billion over the next 10 years from the current $65 billion. Part of that fund will be targeted to investments in roads, bridges, transportation, ports, and border gateways. According to Prime Min-ister Trudeau, “Government has a responsibility to act decisively and for the public good. Canada’s economic growth was made possible by building ambitiously. We must do so again if we are to transform our transit and transportation systems, create more liveable commun-ities, and ensure that we adapt to a changing climate.”

This is good news for the transportation sector, not least for commercial drivers who travel this country’s best roadways while at the same time forced to negoti-ate highways through hell, those derided transportation routes noted for their poor conditions, reduced visibility and danger.

According to Transport Canada someone in Canada dies every four hours in road crashes; the majority hap-pening on roads with speed limits higher than 60 km/hr.

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Defining the “best” and “worst” roads is open to interpretation. Highways like the 401 for example are well maintained, flat and straight, but earn a bad reputation for a high num-ber of accidents. Dubbed Carnage Alley, this high-way from London to the border is known for fatal accidents and vehicle pile ups due to unnoticeable ice patches. Other sections can be nerve wracking for drivers because of wind gusts and snow squalls in areas close to large water bodies and heavy concentrations of truck traffic. Parts of the QEW, particularly at the Niagara Peninsula, can be treacher-ous due to high winds and heavy snowfall.

Heading northward, Highway 69 has undergone dramatic improvements with a divided, four lane highway most of the way to Sudbury. Some parts are still under construction so drivers are cautioned to slow down when ap-proaching construction zones. Highway 144 north-ward from Sudbury to Tim-mins has earned a dubious reputation for its sharp bends bordered with rock cuts, narrow lanes and an absence of shoulders. One MTO official insisted it meets all regulations but anyone who has driven it knows well its perils. The 80 kilometre section run-ning from the hamlet of Gogama north to Highway 101 has been dramatically improved over the past years. Replaced asphalt

and the occasional pull-over lane make the drive through this wilderness passage much more pleas-ing and safer.

The same can’t be said for Timmins itself, accord-ing to CAA’s 2015 listing of the province’s Top 10 Worst Roads of 2015. Tim-mins topped the list with three of Ontario’s worst roads, though to be fair the identified roads, Algonquin Boulevard East, Algonquin Boulevard West and River-side Drive (an extension of Algonquin), are municipal roadways and not high-ways. Conversely, many sections of the previously mentioned Highway 144 south from Gogama to Cartier north of Sudbury have been under construc-tion for several months. Surface conditions here can be treacherous.

Appeals have been made to the Ontario and Fed-eral governments to widen Highway 17 from Ottawa to North Bay due to the high number of fatalities and increased truck traffic along this stretch of the Trans Canada. The same highway further west from Sault Ste. Marie to Wawa is known as much for its breathtaking vistas of Lake Superior as for its ferocious winter storms.

In the province of Sas-katchewan, Highway 354 near the community of Dilke earned the dubious distinction as the prov-ince’s worst road in 2015. Conditions that denote ‘worst’ in that province in-clude roads with potholes, cracks, poor signage, inad-equate shoulders, and nar-row widths that jeopardize safety.

Provincial Road 280 took top prize in 2015 for CAA’s Worst Roads Campaign in the province of Manitoba. The roadway is considered a lifeline for residents in the northern part of the province. Other sources point to a section of High-way 11 in eastern Mani-toba as close contender. A 50-kilometre section be-tween Lac du Bonnet and Traverse Bay is considered dangerous with a total of five fatal collisions in 2014.

Alberta’s Highway 63 running to Fort McMurray and serving the oil sands industry presents a toxic mix of blowing snow and black ice for driv-ers. Reports say the fatal ingredient is impatience from drivers eager to pass industrial, slow moving traffic loaded with heavy machinery and equipment. Passing on this two lane highway has caused an inordinate number of head on collisions, so much so that many oil sands work-ers, at least until the most recent spate of layoffs, refused to drive the high-way during shift-change days. Twenty two people have died on the highway and over 250 injured. Ef-forts are underway to twin the 63.

With its mountain pass-es, rugged terrain, and ocean influences, Brit-ish Columbia highways can be treacherous for the inexperienced. The Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt, British Columbia links the lower mainland to the Okanagan. Travelling over mountain passes can make driving risky business with snow bursts from mountain tops.

A different challenge is presented on Highway 3 from Hope to Princeton where bluffs, curves, and the absence of guardrails can unnerve drivers. An alternate route into the BC interior, and the only one before the Coquihalla was built, is Highway 1 known for rockslides and tractor trailers forced to crawl up steep hills at a snails’ pace.

Rated as one of the most dangerous routes in the world is the road from Tibbitt to Contwoyto in the Northwest Territories. Stretching some 600 kilo-metres, this winter road is built mainly over frozen lakes which present real danger for rigs, some of which have fallen through thin ice. In today’s climate of global warming Can-ada’s winter roads, which have traditionally been life-lines for supplies to remote northern communities, are under increasing threat. In the wake of the recent climate change conference in Paris, Aboriginal leaders are lobbying governments to address the perilous state of winter/ice roads which are no longer ca-pable of supporting the weight of trucks and cargo as they once did. As ice roads gradually become a thing of the past, In-digenous communities are lobbying for more permanent transportation infrastructures. Charlie Angus, MP for the riding of Timmins-James Bay, said the Government will have to address the need for a network of roads to remote communities sooner than later now that climate change has pushed the issue to the top of the

agenda.According to the CAA,

Highway 40 which runs along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec has been desig-nated as one of the nation’s worst highways due main-ly to deterioration to the point that some sections of the road have collapsed.

Eastern Canada has its share of bad roads with Nova Scotia taking lead with three of the worst 10 roads in Atlantic Canada. These are Gillis Point Road, Washabuck Centre, N.S, Marble Mountain Road, River Denys, N.S, and Ter-radore Lane, Hammonds Plains, N.S. Prince Edward Island’s reputation escaped besmirchment, accord-ing to the CAA’s national worst roads survey, but Newfoundland was not so lucky. Many of Newfound-land’s roads are charac-terized by potholes and muddy ruts. Route 480, also known as the Caribou Trail near Burgeo, tops the list of the province’s worst roads. Route 434 ranks as the sixth worst road in Atlantic Canada. New Brunswick roads were not spared either. Charters Settlement Road came second among the list of Atlantic Canada’s worst roads. Route 616 in Keswick Ridge and Route 105 at Mactaquac also achieved monikers as the region’s worst roads.

More than 900,000 kilo-metres of roads and high-ways provide a network of transportation routes through this country’s towns and cities. It’s not surprising then that parts of this massive network of interconnecting links

will fall into disrepair. Ac-cording to the Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety, less traffic congestion and better road and highway conditions could reduce road-related fatalities by as much as 250 lives and injuries by 16,000 each year. The CAA (Can-adian Automobile Associa-tion) is taking the initiative to lobby governments to improve roads and high-ways which the CAA says are falling apart.

While there is much to improve on Canada’s road-ways, there is much to praise as well. The past 30 years have seen signifi-cant improvements and safety measures which have increased comfort with better road surfaces and enhanced safety. More highways are being four-laned (Highway 69 is a good example), often with medians that reduce head-on collisions. On many two-lane highways additional lanes have been added to provide safer passing opportunities. Transport Canada says that more guardrails have been added on curves to pre-vent drivers from veering off highways, and paved shoulders reduce the risk of losing vehicle control. Rumble strips - those cor-rugated, bumpy strips on the edge of highway lanes - vibrate vehicles once they hit the strip, thereby alert-ing drowsy or inattentive drivers to their imminent departure from the road. Converting intersections on highways to round-abouts has reduced col-lisions by as much as 60 to 70 percent, Transport Canada says.

While Canada ramps up infrastructure improve-ments Canadians should remind themselves that they too are responsible for their own well being, and that of others, by driving safely and in accordance with road conditions.V

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Best & Worst Roads – A Survey of Canada’s Roads

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4 FEBRUARY 2016


Nipigon Bridge Damage Impacts East to West Transportation LinkBY MAREK KRASUSKI

It’s ironic to think that of all the major occur-rences that can nega-

tively impact trucking, it takes just a small glitch to halt the industry. Such was the case on Sunday, January 10 when the flow of goods was halted at the Nipigon River Bridge on the Trans-Canada Highway after bolts in an expansion joint that tie the bridge to the road snapped and ele-vated the bridge about two feet above road surface.

Communities in the area opened their doors to

stranded motorists while many considered their op-tions. Those however were very few. The only alternate route was to make the pro-tracted detour through the United States which added many hours to a trip. Trans-port trucks were backed up for several hours as some considered rerouting through the United States to avoid the impasse the broken bridge created for traffic flow between Mani-toba and Ontario. But for a truck travelling from Thun-der Bay to Toronto, the cir-cuitous US route would add

another 350 kilometres. It was also an option easier said than done since com-mercial drivers would have to supply an eManifest to US officials, including the value of the cargo they were carrying. Industry officials were urging both national governments to waive the cargo-value con-dition under these emer-gency circumstances.

Another irony is that the Nipigon River Bridge 100 kilometres east of Thunder Bay is new, and marked as the first cable-stayed bridge in the country, an engineer-

ing marvel which has been lauded as a potential tourist destination.

On Monday morning the bridge was partially reopened to one lane of traffic. Good news for truck-ers, but only those whose weights did not exceed Highway Traffic Act limits. Those who went beyond weight limits were not per-mitted to use the bridge. The lengthy delays, how-ever, were relieved for most

as alternating east and west bound traffic moved slowly over the bridge, guided by a pace vehicle limiting speeds to 25 km/hr.

The bridge boasts some impressive statistics. It is the most expensive bridge in Ontario to date and the first cable-stay bridge, her-alded as a “magnificent structure” by the province’s Northern Development and Mines Minister, Michael Gravelle. 2012 figures pro-

vided by the MTO state that 1,300 commercial trucks crossed the old bridge every day, transporting 17 million kilograms of food and manufacturing goods across the country daily with an estimated average value of $100 million.

As might be expected under emergency condi-tions, calls for a better infra-structure plan that will prevent future hold-ups are getting louder.V

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MTO Hopeful of 2 Lanes Open by End of February

In a teleconference up-date with industry and media on the ongoing

Nipigon River Bridge clos-ure, Ontario Transporta-tion Minister Steven Del Duca says he is confident the bridge will open to two lanes (one each way) by the end of February.

He said experts and en-gineers will soon decide on one of two options to reconnect the bridge. That construction work will then proceed over the next six weeks or so. Dur-ing this period, Del Duca warned there will be occa-sions – mostly during off-peak times and overnight – when the bridge will be fully closed temporarily. He said industry will be notified in advance of full closures and additional restrictions – identifying OTA as a prime source for helping to keep the indus-try updated.

There is still no alterna-tive road around the bridge other than to enter through the U.S. However, while carriers should plan for the additional restrictions in their operations as they

are announced, Del Duca stressed the occasional full closures will not be exces-sive. He said he expects them to last only between one and two hours at a time.

Currently, alternating eastbound and westbound traffic is moving across a single lane at 25 km/h, with each commercial truck requiring an escort vehicle to cross. Average wait times are about 5 minutes, MTO reports.

In the meantime – thanks to a temporary emergency contingency plan negotiat-ed between OTA and bor-der officials on both sides of the border – carriers also have the option to trans-port Canadian domestic goods in-transit through the U.S. using a limited data set at select ports of entry. Go to ontruck.org/truckers-hail-decision-to-temporarily-relax-u-s-in-transit-rules/ for more details on that option.

Longer term, Del Duca spoke about building-in re-dundancies for the future. He said negotiations are taking place between gov-

ernment and First Nations communities – perhaps on the issue establishing alternate routes.

He also reported that eng ineer ing depar t -ments f rom Western University and National Research Council of Can-ada have been contracted to find out why the bolts failed and the bridge joint came apart. He said their discoveries will provide “solutions” to ensure the same thing doesn’t hap-pen again.

He also said that all parts of the bridge and cables were manufactured in North America and built in accordance with all Can-adian codes and standards.

OTA will continue work-ing with MTO on receiv-ing the latest updates and communicating new in-formation with members. Also, check the OTA web-site, ontruck.org frequently as well as the MTO’s traf-fic/traveler info website 511, www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/trip/.

A r t i c l e c o u r t e s y o f the Ontar io Trucking Association.V

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Do We Need Roads Where We’re Going?BY JEFFREY PARKS

I recently saw a few movies, most notably Back to the Future II and

Tomorrowland, and I real-ized how much we dream of a utopian world where our transportation needs are not grounded by the reality of rubber meeting the road.

We live in the future. The year is 2016 and we are poised on the brink of flying cars, hoverboards and anti-gravity roadways, right? Actually no. Our past science fiction dreams of utopian roadways and floating automotive mar-vels are just impractical fantasies.

Let’s face it, our rubber tires are planted firmly on asphalt and that’s the way it’s going to remain for a long, long time. And because our tires touch the road, and create wear with each passing mile, we have to be diligent about the upkeep and mainten-ance of these roadway resources.

NASA recently supplied us with a selfie taken by the Mars Curiosity rover showing some major wear and tear on its tires. Curi-osity has been on Mars since 2012 and after 4

years its tires are begin-ning to show significant damage, to put it mildly. Cracks and holes are vis-ible and tread wear is evi-dent. And why wouldn’t it be? This is Mars we’re talking about with wildly swinging temperatures and travel conditions that include, boulders, crevices, dust and grit everywhere.

So far, Curiosity has trav-eled about 8.6 kilometers and is expected to travel around 19 kilometers (12 miles) for the duration of its mission.

So what’s my point? Well it probably wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that despite our tech advances and our abilities to tra-verse vast interplanetary distances, many of our own roads and the infra-structure that supports them are in less than ideal condition. For truckers (and probably Martians too) this isn’t the greatest news.

Our highway systems, both in the US and Can-ada, are the lifeblood of our economies. Our good friends in the trucking industry who experience downtime due to faulty road conditions know the value of investment in our

highways, and all of us depend on those truckers for their contributions to the upkeep of these roads.

What kind of money does it take to shore up our sagging transportation infrastructure and what is currently being spent? Here’s a bit of dollar to dollar comparison for you.

In the US, the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act was enacted in 1956 when President Eisenhower signed the bill into law. At the time it authorized $25 billion for the construction of 41,000 miles (66,000 kilometers) of the Interstate Highway System over a 10-year period, and was the lar-gest public works project in American history. The need for a highway system to unite our US roadways was as much a program for the defense of the country as it was a public asset.

In November of 2015 the US House of Representa-tives passed a bill allocat-ing $300 billion in trans-portation and infrastruc-ture programs to address the country’s failing roads and bridges. Experts in the field have taken issue with the measure, saying it’s far too little to adequately

take on the widespread transportation problems we face. President Obama, in fact, had proposed a much larger appropriation of $478 billion.

As politicians disagree about how to replenish the Highway Trust Fund which pays for all this, we are starting to see more discussion about a pro-posed mileage tax, meant to replace the federal gas tax which currently cap-italizes the Trust Fund and which has not increased since 1993.

How would such a mile-age tax shake out with the trucking industry? Good question. I can im-agine there are quite a few truckers who log countless miles on the road who would have some choice words on that subject.

Being implemented in 2015-2016 we also have the New Building Canada Plan, a $53 billion dollar program to provide long-term, flexible funding to provinces, territories and municipalities for a wide range of infrastructure projects.

However much money is allocated and spent, one can’t deny the absolute necessity of addressing our

infrastructure now, and taking a hard look at the standards and attention to detail that is necessary for such huge undertakings.

The recent failure of On-tario’s newly built Nip-igon River Bridge (a work in progress at this point) drives home an auspicious point. What happens when a road failure impacts travel through an essen-tial corridor, such as The Trans-Canada Highway linking Eastern and West-ern Canada, or anywhere that limits essential access to large populations?

And beyond our high-ways, what about the up-keep of our side roads; the service roads, truck routes and logging roads? How will these keep pace with-out constant diligence and funding? If you drive for a living, it pays to do a little reading and explore some of these details. As mun-dane as they may seem on the surface, we rely on our ability to travel safely and efficiently and there are resources to guide us. Here’s a few useful links.

I encourage you to take a look at the great Facebook page maintained by the TransCanadaHighway.com website. www.facebook.

com/TransCanadaHigh-way / ?fref=nf) There is tourist, traffic and roadway information updated con-tinually.

Also take a look at On-tario 511 Traveller Infor-mation Services at www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/trip /index.shtml for access to Ministry of Transportation highway information.

On another note, OTR tires will be the focus of the Tia OTR conference in San Diego on February 17, 2016. It is well worth a visit if you or your company has any interest in learning more about OTR tires. This is a showcase of all that the modern industry has to offer. And RTA (Retread Tire Association) will be there. We won’t have a booth but we will attend and meet any of our mem-bers and our great friends in the trucking industry who we can connect with.

We at RTA are wish-ing all Ontario Trucking News, Western Trucking News and Eastern Truck-ing News readers a happy and prosperous 2016! If you have any questions about retreading, please contact us at [email protected]

ONTARIO TRUCKING ASSOCIATION

Brantford Posts Winter Truck Weight Limits for Lorne Bridge

The City of Brant-f o r d a p p r o v e d a b y - l a w a n d

directed staff to post a maximum gross vehicle weight of 30 tonnes for the period from Nov-ember 1 to March 31 of each year for the Lorne Bridge (Colborne Street West from Gilkison Street to Brant Avenue/Icomm Drive).

A structural analysis of the Lorne Bridge con-ducted in accordance with the Canadian Bridge design code, referencing

construction drawings as well as a detailed field in-vestigation and structural analysis, concluded that the spandrel arch bridge has sufficient capacity to carry the current load-ing; however the load capacity is reduced when temperature affects are taken into account, spe-cifically between Novem-ber and April.

As per the MTO Ontario Traffic Manual, under some circumstances such as structural weakness, it is necessary to limit the

gross weight of vehicles on bridges on a seasonal basis. The City of Brant-ford will be posting “Max-imum Tonnes” signs (sin-gle gross weight) on both approaches to limit loads on the Lorne Bridge.

Heavy vehicles that would normally travel on Colborne Street West will be required to use an alternate truck route between November 1 and March 31 to detour around the Lorne Bridge. Alternate truck route signage will be installed

at critical intersections north and south of the Lorne Bridge. The signage will direct heavy vehicles operators to the Veterans

Memorial Parkway Bridge over the Grand River.

P lease contact Rob Smith, C.E.T. , Trans-por ta t ion Techno lo-

gist ([email protected]) or by telephone at 519.759.1350, if you have any questions regarding the above information.V

6 FEBRUARY 2016

How Bank Covenants Affect Your Trucking BusinessBY BRUCE SAYER

Understanding the terms of your loan agreement and the

covenants that apply is critically important prior to committing your com-pany’s future financial health to the control of your bank. Every loan agreement made between a bank and a trucking company will carry some form of financial covenant to protect the bank. Know-ing how these covenants affect your trucking busi-ness is a critical consider-ation when choosing the right funding solution for your company.

A financial covenant is a set of conditions in a com-mercial loan that requires the borrower to fulfill cer-tain conditions or which forbids certain actions. These covenants will likely dictate limits, forcing your company not to exceed certain financial ratios. They will also enforce cer-tain actions upon you that must be complied with in order to safe guard the in-terests of the bank. These actions will define a strict payment schedule and will likely include obligations

to maintain a minimum level of working capital, carry specific insurances and more.

At minimum, the bank will insist on analyzing your balance sheet and income statement on a regular basis. It could also involve more complex conditions such as requir-ing bank approval on all major financial decisions that you make.

Loan covenants are generally associated with financial benchmarks of your business’ per-formance and are closely monitored by the bank to assure adherence. Coven-ants are tested monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually, depending on the risk the bank associ-ates with your business. It is important to note that at any time, the bank has the right to conduct spot checks and demand ac-cess to your financials.TYPES OF BENCHMARKS

Working Capital: The measure of cash or liquid assets available for the day to day operation of your company. It is a calcula-tion of current assets (cash reserves, accounts receiv-

ables and other assets that will convert to cash within 12 months) vs. current liabilities (things that you will have to pay within 12 months). Banks require a ratio ranging between 1.2 and 2.0. If your working capital ratio is 1.5 this would mean that you will have $1.50 of available cash to pay for every $1.00 you have to pay out.

Debt Service Cover-age Ratio: This cash flow metric reflects your com-pany’s ability to service its debt obligations. The ratio is a calculation of your company’s net cash flow during a specific per-iod of time divided by the required debt payment during that same period. Normally a ratio of 1.2 or higher is required. This translates to your truck-ing company having more than $1.20 in net cash for every $1.00 of debt.

DEBT-TO-EQUITY RATIO

This ratio (sometimes referred to as a Leverage Ratio) is a financial, liquid-ity ratio that compares your company’s total debt to total equity. A higher ratio indicates that more creditor financing (debt)

is used than shareholders and investor financing (equity). The debt to equity ratio is calculated by div-iding total debt by total equity. If your company has a long-term debt of $125,000 and sharehold-er’s equity of $100,000, then the debt/equity ratio would be 125,000 divided by 100,000 = 1.25. It is important to realize that if the ratio is greater than 1.0, the majority of assets are financed through debt. Banks prefer to see a ratio below 1.0 for most indus-tries, but recognize that trucking is a highly capital intensive industry, and therefore tends to have relatively high debt-to-equity ratios.

BORROWING

BASE TERMS AND

COMPLIANCE

It is common for banks to require a monthly cer-tification process in order for your company to draw upon the line of credit. As an example; the bank may establish a borrowing base formula that limits your company to draw up to a maximum of 80% of the business’ current Ac-counts Receivable. Gener-

ally, monthly monitoring of the Accounts Receiv-able is required to assess its aging status. Due to the aging of Accounts Receiv-able, trucking compan-ies often find themselves with ineligible receivables which results in restricting access to funds. In this in-stance, the company now has a dilemma, needing to pay down the line of credit to meet the borrowing base without having the available funds to do so.

UNDERSTAND THE

IMPLICATIONS

It is clearly understood that the banks demand and wield the upper hand when your trucking busi-ness is in need of funding. It is important to consider

all forms of funding solu-tions prior to signing a commercial loan agree-ment with a bank. There are excellent alternative financial options available to trucking companies that are much easier to qualify for and manage. Invoice Factoring, Cash Advance on loads in transit and Asset Based Lending pro-vide immediate access to funds, yet retain far greater levels of control with you, the company owner.

For more information about funding options and the benefits of invoice fac-toring, contact Accutrac Capital at 866.531.2615 or visit us online at: www.ac-cutraccapital.com.V

FEBRUARY 2016 7

FLEET MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Risks & Exposures of Your Fleet Management Spreadsheet

BY ROBERT MACKAY

Spreadsheets can be great tools in your business for one

time reporting or in-depth analysis. Microsoft Excel is generally free with virtually every new PC. So naturally many companies use it to log and manage their fleet’s maintenance activities. It’s free, and let’s face it, who doesn’t like something that’s free?

But beware; there are a number of risks and ex-posures associated with managing your equipment repairs and maintenance using a spreadsheet. These risks and exposures can have a dramatic and nega-tive impact on your fleet costs, or in your ability to stay in compliance with the department of transporta-tion and your insurance company.

It is estimated that be-tween 3% and 5% of all spreadsheet entries have some form of error, omis-sion, or inconsistency. Spreadsheets lend them-selves to mistakes. Errors in formulas or row / col-umn selections can lead to incorrect calculations and totals. Exiting out before saving can cause you to lose your entries. Accident-ly deleting, data corruption, and viruses can cause you

to lose all your data. Shar-ing outdated or obsolete versions of a spreadsheet can lead to even more mistakes.

While some advanced functions inside Excel al-low the protection of cells, rows, and columns, it is limited, and provides little control over data entry errors. Spreadsheets lack the built-in edit checks that ensure the mainten-ance information that is recorded is complete and is reasonable.

The lack of data con-sistency can make it im-possible to get clear and consistent reporting with-out spending a great deal of time digging into the filing cabinet. Descriptions, names, parts, and main-tenance tasks can all be spelled differently and/or abbreviated.

The lack of maintenance

details robs fleet managers of the summary informa-tion that they rely on to make good decisions about their fleet. Most organiza-tions that manage their fleet maintenance and repairs with a spreadsheet(s) sel-dom capture enough detail. Often, handwritten forms are part of the process, resulting in duplication of effort. Plus, the potential exists for their spreadsheet to be updated with incom-plete or completely different information from what was handwritten on the form.

Spreadsheets are ineffi-cient and do not lend them-selves well for search and audit. More often than not, historical search is relegat-ed to searching through ac-counts payable records and filing cabinets, and combin-ing all this information with what has been recorded on the spreadsheet. This is

especially true for DOT and Insurance audits. It is not unusual for specific inquir-ies to take hours or days to complete.

Where there is a separate spreadsheet for each unit (which is a method used by many companies), it is often accompanied by con-fusing folder structure and file saving procedures that very few in the organization actually understand. Plus, it lacks the ability to view the entire fleet as one.

Most companies, espe-cially smaller ones that have fewer than 100 units, are unaware that there are affordable fleet mainten-ance software options on the market today for small to medium sized fleets.

Some fleet maintenance software titles even have features built into the soft-ware that makes it resem-ble a spreadsheet, but has

the program controls built into the program to help prevent data entry errors and omissions.

Fleet maintenance soft-ware makes it possible to more easily track and man-age maintenance and fuel costs, parts and warranty information, maintenance scheduling, and more.

If you are entering fleet maintenance records, fuel purchases, odometer, or hours meter readings usage using a spreadsheet(s), and your fleet is in excess of 20 units, fleet maintenance software should be a ser-ious consideration for 2016.

Robert Mackay is Presi-dent of Fleet Harmony Inc. Canada’s first and only fleet management software for the Cloud.

Contact Rob by phone at 844.527.6669 or by email at [email protected]

8 FEBRUARY 2016

CROSS BORDER SERVICES

Recapture Of Dangerous Drug LordBY DAWN TRUELL

For many years now we have been aiding in the fight against

terrorism, and one of the biggest fights is against drug trafficking and smuggling. I’m sure by now we have all heard of Joaquín Guzmán, better known as “El Chapo,” an extremely dangerous excuse for a human being. Guzmán is worth over 1 billion dollars himself and is the head of the Sinaloa Cartel; unfortunately his wealth is all derived from drug monies and count-less murders. Being the head of one of the world’s largest drug cartels, Guz-mán has committed more murders and trafficked more drugs than any other Car-tel leader in history. Guz-mán takes pride in calling himself “The Biggest Drug Lord Of All Time”. Guzmán has single handedly raised more uncertainty among government officials, law enforcement, drug dealers, smugglers and the Cartel themselves than any other. While Guzmán is back in the supposed highest security prison in Mexico, the same one in which he escaped from only six months ago for the second time, federal law enforcement is trying to extradite him to the U.S.A.

Sean Penn conducted a recent interview for the Rolling Stone magazine, which ultimately led to the recapture of El Chapo. While we are all thrilled with this outcome, we have to won-der, at what cost to Penn. The Mexican authorities had been tracking Penn during his visits with El Chapo. Mexican actress Kate del Castillo, the daugh-ter of famed Mexican actor Eric del Castillo, who knew Joaquín Guzmán person-ally, helped to arrange the secret meeting in the moun-tains of Mexico with Sean Penn while Guzmán was on the run in October just three months before he was captured Friday, January 8, 2016. He was caught during a shootout in which at least five people were killed in his hometown of Los Mochis, Culiacan, Mexico. He has

since been sent back to the same prison that he had escaped from, twice now! Brilliant!

Kate del Castillo had writ-ten an appeal in 2012 for El Chapo in which she pleaded with Guzmán to do good and to “traffic with love”. Guzmán’s lawyer was cred-ited with contacting Kate and said that his gringos were anxious to tell his story; they were led to be-lieve that there was going to be a movie created about El Chapo’s life. Penn had described some high secur-ity measures like disposable cell phones and some sort of encrypted communications in order to keep the meeting as secret as possible. During the interview they discussed such matters as drugs and drug smuggling back to the days when El Chapo began his career in this sinister profession. Guzmán was asked whether he felt at all responsible for the high level of drug addiction and terrorism around the world. He stated that he has no remorse for anything he has done and that he is not at all responsible for the drug problems in the world.

Mexican President Enri-que Pena Nieto agreed that extraditing Guzmán to the U.S.A. for trial should be done, especially after the embarrassing second suc-cessful escape from Mex-ico’s highest security prison. Guzmán’s lawyer, Juan Pab-lo Badiillo, challenged this of course. Former Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam stated that this extradition would only happen in 300-400 years, once Guzmán completed his sentences in Mexico.

When Guzmán was cap-tured he was found in a small house in Los Mochis by the Marines. However, he and his security chief, El Cholo, fled through storm drains, ran to stolen es-cape cars but were later found and arrested on the highway.

El Chapo must now face the judges from our cit-izens across the world, law enforcement and the court system all the way up to

God. The most dangerous drug lord of all time, whose cartel smuggles multi ton shipments of heroin, meth-amphetamines, cocaine and marijuana around the world, but mostly into the U.S.A. and Canada, has been caught again. Unfortu-nately this drug lord has very good friends in very high places in the U.S.A., so see-ing what the end result will

be remains uncertain. Let’s keep our eyes peeled over the next few months.

Free Trade across the Americas was invented not by who you might think - not the U.S. President or the Prime Minister of Canada. The inventor you ask? None other than Pablo Escobar, the wealthiest drug lord of all time with a net worth of over $100 billion dol-

lars. Joaquín Guzmán fol-lowed closely in Escobar’s footsteps in this unbur-dened capitalism. We can only hope that this monster never gets out of prison. Will this stop the drug traffick-ing? Unfortunately no, these drug lords have established channels through which the drug trafficking and smug-gling will continue. Our law enforcement teams across

North America need to focus on catching cartel members in order to cease this activity.

For further information regarding all Anti Terrorism programs, Safety & Security, C-TPAT, FAST, PIP, TTP & CSA, please contact Dawn Truell, Cross Border Services at: www.c-tpat-certified.com, [email protected] or [email protected]

FEBRUARY 2016 9

BUSINESS INSURANCE MATTERS

SABS Changes June 2016

BY LINDA COLGAN

In order to control the landscape of the acci-dent benefit premiums

(which in Ontario are sub-ject to the most extreme losses across Canada) it was legislated in 2010 that benefits would be reduced with the option to “buy back” prior policy limits.

The industry at large an-ticipated some relief on the heavily burdened accident benefit coverages.

Since 2010 it has been a contentious issue between coverages, definitions, and putting the onus on the general public to de-termine what potentially could happen and to insure adequately. An example is non catastrophic injury try-ing to be pushed into a cat-astrophic category to reap the benefits of the higher echelon of benefits. This is just one of the issues plaguing the automobile industry as it relates to the constant attack on protecting the integrity and overpayment of coverage,

or alternatively trying to pay the proper limits for the coverage that should apply to the injured party.

All Ontario automobile policies renewing after June 1, 2016, will be sub-ject to amendments in limits and definitions as per the Ontario Legisla-ture filed Bill 251/15. A snapshot of some of the changes contains:

CATASTROPHIC LIMITS

A newly combined med-ical, rehabilitation and attendant care benefit of $1,000,000 will be in effect as of June 1, 2016. This af-fects the current potential amount of recovery from $1,000,000 for medical and rehabilitation, and another one million for attendant care.

CATASTROPHIC

IMPAIRMENT

The definition of catas-trophic impairment is sub-ject to amended criteria for traumatic brain injuries for adults and children.

There are newly adopted criteria for amputations, loss of vision, mental and behavioural impairments, as well as reference to the newly defined medical tools that can be utilized to make such assessments.NON-EARNER BENEFITS

As of June 1 2016 the six month waiting period is replaced with a four week waiting period; however the benefit is no longer payable to anyone under the age of 18 or beyond a two year period.

MEDICAL,

REHABILITATION &

ATTENDANT CARE

BENEFITS

The newly adopted re-gime will dilute the non catastrophic medical/re-habilitation and attendant care benefits to $65,000 from the current $50,000 for medical/rehabilitation and additional $36,000 for attendant care. The insurer’s exposure to these benefits will cease post

accident after five years, however this time span does not relate to children under the age of 18 who were injured at the time of the accident.

OPTIONAL BENEFITS

FOR MEDICAL,

REHABILITATION &

ATTENDANT CARE

Since 2010 the Ontario auto policies have been subject to $100,000 non catastrophic medical/re-habilitation and $72,000 attendant care limit – which will be eliminated in the next round of changes effective June 1, 2016. The option to purchase cover-age and enhanced cover-age will be introduced. For example, within the cat-astrophic impairment cat-egory an optional benefit for limits up to $1,000,000 for medical/rehabilitation and attendant care will be available.

Ontar io automobi le policy holders will be able to purchase new med-

ial/rehabilitation and at-tendant care benefits of $130,000. As well, policy-holders can purchase the existing optional $1 mil-lion combined medical/rehabilitation and attend-ant care benefit that is currently available.

With these changes some personal automobile poli-cies will appear that the premiums will be reduced. It’s the labyrinth of chan-ges that must be reviewed with intensity to determine the proper coverage for the potential exposures, or to have the coverage as it was will take some intense decision making efforts and additional cost.

Linda has been a trans-portation insurance Broker since 1986 and is currently Senior Account Executive with Bryson & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc.

To contact Linda call 416.809.3103 or email [email protected]

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SPECIAL REPORT

Truck Falls Into Pristine Georgian Bay Waters,But the Damage was ContainedBY MAREK KRASUSKI

The trucking industry faces a lot of chal-lenges in its daily

operations, but rarely is it faced with retrieving trucks from the bottom of water beds. Such was the difficulty faced by Coco Paving Inc. in early Decem-ber when its 45 ton cargo truck fell into the Killarney Channel in the village of that name about an hour west of Highway 69 some

115 kilometres south west of Sudbury. The village has gained an international reputation as a wilder-ness tourist destination known for its escarpments with breathtaking views, abundance of wildlife, and outpost for vessels travel-ling the North Shore of Lake Huron.

The truck, which was carrying a shipment of silica from Badgeley Island, about 6.5 kilometres west

of the village, slipped off a barge in the harbour. Badgeley Island has a silica quarry which is excav-ated by Coco Paving, the truck’s owner. Witnesses could smell fuel from the submerged vehicle which was carrying 450 litres. The accident brought in the Ministry of Environ-ment & Climate Change, officials from the muni-cipality, the Sudbury & District Health Unit, Coco

Paving and KR Thompson, the contractor brought in to assist with the cleanup. The Canadian Coast Guard was in charge of the retrieval and remediation initiative. The truck was reported to have slipped into the water when the barge on which it sat started to take on water.

No hydrocarbons were found at the time of the spill but officials closed off the water supply to residents because the pipes which feed the lake water into the water treatment plant were too close to the spill. Potable water was trucked into the community and made available to residents at the municipal office. The vehicle was 11 feet wide and lay on its side in about eight feet of water below the surface.

Divers were later sent down to stem the flow of any additional fuel leakage.

The fuel that did spill was contained by absorbent booms and vacuumed up.

Some 11 days later a barge and crane was float-ed in from southern On-tario to lift the truck from its watery depth. Officials said the parties responsible for the accident undertook best efforts to assist in the clean-up and that they will

be held liable for all costs related to retrieval and cleanup.

Killarney, with a full time population of about 500, is known for the multi-million dollar yachts that moor at its harbours during the summer months and for the rich and famous who have visited this wilderness mecca over the decades.V

FEBRUARY 2016 11

Uniroyal Launches Commercial Truck Tires in U.S.

Greenville, South Carolina – The Uniroyal® brand

is pleased to announce the launch of six com-mercial truck tires in the U.S. market. The new tire line provides an affordable offer for every tire position and application – from long-haul to regional to on-/off- road, including dry van, flat bed, construc-tion, and pick-up and de-livery vocations. Two of the tires, Uniroyal® RS20™ and Uniroyal® LS24™, are SmartWay®-verified and meet the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements for outstand-ing fuel efficiency.

“We are pleased to bring the Uniroyal brand, which has been in the U.S. pas-senger and light truck mar-ket for over 120 years, to the U.S. commercial truck market,” said Donna Murphy, Business Seg-ment Manager for Uniroyal Commercial Truck Tires. “Uniroyal truck tires pro-vide affordable, reliable solutions for commercial truck operators.”

DuraShield® construc-tion, at the heart of every Uniroyal tire, provides a unique combination of features for durability, de-pendability and retread-ability. Three strategic features – including pyr-

amidal steel belts, insulat-ing belt edge strips and a heavy gauge inner liner – work together to reduce stress, promote endurance and protect the tire’s cas-ing. Uniroyal commercial truck tires are backed by a four-year manufacturer’s limited warranty. Certain tires used in long-haul and regional applications are also covered by a one-retread limited warranty.

The new Uniroyal line consists of six tread de-signs with 28 sizes:

– U n i r o y a l ® L S 2 4 ™ : SmartWay-verified long-haul all-position tire opti-mized for the steer axle

– Uniroyal® LT40™: Long-

haul and regional trailer tire

– U n i r o y a l ® R S 2 0 ™ : SmartWay-verified region-al all-position tire opti-mized for the steer axle

–Un i roya l ® RD30™: Regional and long-haul drive tire

– Uniroyal® HS50™: On-/off-road all-position tire

optimized for the steer axle–Uniroyal® HD60™: On-/

off-road drive tireUniroyal is one of the

world’s leading tire brands for passenger and com-mercial cars, pick-ups, light trucks, minivans and sport utility vehicles. Dating back to 1892, Uniroyal has de-veloped a reputation for

providing affordable and dependable tires, including its Tiger Paw® and Laredo® tire series. Uniroyal now offers commercial truck tires to bring that same value to the trucking in-dustry. To learn more about the new Uniroyal commer-cial truck tires, visit www.UniroyalTruckTires.com.V

BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS

Expansion of Wilson Tire Manufacturing Plant

Bridgestone Amer-icas Tire Operations (Bridgestone) is

pleased to announce that it is expanding the company’s Wilson, North Carolina pas-senger tire manufacturing facility as part of a five-year, $164 million investment to meet market demands and invest in newer, more efficient technology. The multi-phase expansion of the 42-year-old, nationally recognized facility, which is one of the company’s most environmentally sustain-able plants, is expected to break ground in early 2016, and will improve the plant’s global competitive position by installing leading edge technology, expanding production capacity and lowering costs.

Phases one and two, which will total nearly $100 million, will focus on the addition of 167,000 square feet of manufactur-ing space to accommodate new tire assembly ma-chines, materials handling

systems, curing presses and associated equipment to increase plant capacity by 3,000 tires per day, bringing daily production to 35,000 by 2018. The new equipment also will allow the plant to respond to the increase in global demand for higher rim size tires, as well as improve quality and productivity while reducing costs.

The Wilson plant has been a leader in tire manu-facturing innovation during its 42- year history, and cur-rently manufactures 32,000 passenger tires a day. It was the first Bridgestone tire manufacturing facility to produce run-flat tires, and in 2016, will begin producing the company’s DriveGuard tires, the first full line of premium, all season replacement tires engineered to go up to 50 miles to safety after a puncture.*

The county’s single lar-gest industrial employer, the plant last underwent an

expansion in 1999, when it added 85,000 square feet to the facility. The plant team has achieved numerous safety awards, including marking the safest year in its 42 years of operations in 2012 - a record it broke in 2013, and certification earlier this year as a Ris-ing Star facility from the North Carolina Department of Labor. The plant also has received recognition for its environmental ef-forts, including three Green Factory Environmental Achievement Recognitions at Honda’s 22nd annual Environmental, Safety and Ergonomics Symposium in 2014. In addition, it was the first tire plant to earn ISO 50001 certification, reach Superior Energy Per-formance (SEP) Mature Pathway certification and the first plant in the world to achieve Underwriters Laboratories’ (UL) land-fill waste diversion claim validation for Zero Waste to Landfill.

For more company news, visit www.BridgestoneAm-ericas.com.

*At a maximum speed of 50 mph. Reparability depends on the tire dam-

age, amount of pressure loss and vehicle operating conditions.V

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TIRES & WHEELS

FEBRUARY 2016 13

TIRES & WHEELS

IN THE NEWS

ISP’s Poised to Benefit From New RegulationsBY MIKE WHALEN

“Ottawa, On-tar io , Can-ada – Sep-

tember 14, 2015. Heavy Duty Aftermarket Canada (HDAC), the Commercial Vehicle Solutions Network (CVSN) and the Truck and Engine Manufacturers As-sociation (EMA), together with the Equipment and Tool Institute (ETI) and the Auto Care Association (AutoCare) are pleased to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the access to heavy-duty vehicle service and repair information. The MOU addresses the availability of service and repair in-formation for Model Year 2010 and later trucks and buses over five tonnes sold in Canada and the United States.”

Two important develop-ments in the news re-cently will have a major impact on the Canadian and U.S. trucking industry.

One is the recent an-nouncement that a co-alition of independent aftermarket associations, including the Commercial Vehicle Solutions Net-work (CVSN) and Heavy Duty Aftermarket Can-ada (HDAC), has signed a Right to Repair Memo-randum of Understanding (MOU) with the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association. The MOU includes agreement by the Auto Care Association and the Equipment and Tool Institute (ETT).

This opens the door for an independent service provider (ISP) to access the tools and diagnostic information necessary to perform maintenance functions on the newer trucks and buses, over five-tons sold in Canada and the U.S. beginning with the 2010 model year. By January 1, 2018, OEM proprietary PC compat-ible diagnostic software

will also be available to the independent service provider (ISP). This means the Independent Service Provider will be able to compete with the Original Equipment Dealer for the repair of new vehicles.

To date the Independent Service Provider, a rapidly growing segment of the truck and bus parts and service aftermarket, has had to enter into a parts supply agreement with the OE Dealer of the truck in for repair to access the necessary technical information necessary to perform that repair. This effectively has frozen out the independent after-market parts supplier of drivetrain and electrical system components.

However, with this MOU the ISP will now have sup-ply choices that will tend to reduce the cost of repair for the fleet and owner operator. Now, to retain the ISP’s business, the

OE truck dealer will need to make sure the selling prices of their parts are in line with those of the In-dependent Parts Distribu-tor. And, those fleets and owner operators with in-house service capabilities will now have a choice as to where to buy parts and components.

The other topic receiv-ing news coverage is the growing shortage of technicians qualified to work with the latest truck technology. This shortage is fuelled by four current forces. The growth of the truck population, the re-tirement of older trained technicians, completion from the off-highway equipment segment – a segment that usually of-fers a higher rate of pay – and, the drop in the number of students mak-ing this a career choice.

Over the past few years many fleets that main-tained an in-house main-

tenance department have downloaded maintenance to a qualified ISP that had access to the information, tools and components necessary to service their make of truck. But, access to repair information was a must to be considered as a service provider. Up until now this was limited to those operating older vehicles.

The Right to Repair MOU provides fleets and owner-operators, looking to move away from in-

house maintenance, the opportunity to download maintenance to a qualified Independent Service Pro-vider now able to service all makes of trucks at a competitive price – par-ticularly those operators with a mixed make fleet.

This is all good news for the independent parts distributor who will now have the opportunity to provide parts and com-ponents to fleets that they were unable to in the past.V

14 FEBRUARY 2016

TRAILER WIZARDS LTD.

Trailer Wizards Opens New Large Edmonton Facility

Mississauga, On-tario - Trailer Wizards Ltd. has

moved their Edmonton branch to a larger purpose built facility at 12516 - 184th Street NW, Edmon-ton, AB, T5V 1T4, con-veniently located between Anthony Henday Drive and Yellowhead Trail off of 184th Street.

This new facility, in the heart of the industrial sec-tion of the city, is situated on an expansive 58 acres, featuring 25 trailer service bays, four wash bays, and a seven-bay parts depart-ment. The new site more than doubles the capacity in acres and increases the number of bays by ten from their previous loca-tion, where Trailer Wiz-ards served the Edmonton community for over 30 years.

“This new Total Cus-tomer Care Centre is our biggest location yet,” Gary Myroniuk, Vice President of Trailer Wizards’ Prairie

region explained. “It was built with the customer in mind, with more space for the growing market and for us to provide our award-winning, customer friendly and professional trailer solutions that our customers expect from us.”

Trailer Wizards will continue to provide their customers with trailer solutions from the new facility, including rentals, leases, new equipment, service, and storage. As well, a portion of the 58-acre property will provide

customers with load and store servvices.

The facility is open Mon-day through Friday, 7:00 am - 5:00 pm.

Trailer Wizards Ltd. is Canada’s largest and only national commercial trail-er rental, leasing, sales,

service, parts, and stor-age company. For over 50 years, Trailer Wizards Ltd. has been delivering professional commercial trailer solutions with fast, customer-friendly service while continuously driving out costs. Trailer Wizards

Ltd. is a 2014 winner of Canada’s Best Managed Companies program and provides “Local Service… Nationwide.” For more information, visit www.trailerwizards.com and follow on Facebook, Twit-ter or LinkedInV

FEBRUARY 2016 15

KEEPING YOUR VEHICLES CLEAN

Top 5 Results of Clean Trucks

BY JACK JACKSON

There a re many reasons to have a clean truck. We

thought we would list the top 5 results of a clean truck this month as we are into the most dif-ficult time – winter – to keep any vehicle clean.

COMPANY IMAGE IS

ENHANCED

The public view of your company is a profes-sional image that you truly care about the way you are portrayed on the highways and at cus-tomer locations. If you

care about your image it is probable that you care about your business, your employees and your customers.

EMPLOYEE MORALE

INCREASES

Like anyone who feels a sense of pride after washing their car, it is just the same for your employees, especially drivers. Imagine show-ing up to a dirty, dusty office building every day with grime and filth. Im-agine if your computer screen, your window to the world in your of-fice, was filthy and the screen was full of dead bug parts and a film of dirt. Not a good feeling to start your day. Even employees who don’t drive the trucks have a sense of pride in the company when viewing crisp, clean trucks in the parking lot ready to drive to their customers.VEHICLES LAST LONGER

Ask any mechanic or auto manufacturer and they will tell you that never wash ing your vehicle only leads to issues, no matter which area of the continent you live. Salt and dust, d ir t and oi l not only lead to rust on the body, but the inner parts of your vehicle’s underside begin to feel the lack of care as well. People respect clean vehicles

and will go out of their way to make sure they take care of them. It just makes common sense.

LOWERS OVERALL

COST OF MAINTENANCE

Washing, too, lowers the cost of maintenance on brakes, body, elec-tronics, handles – the list goes on. As with any ma-chinery that is ignored, v e h i c l e c o m p o n e n t s break down sooner and cost more for replace-

ment parts.CUSTOMER REFERRALS

By showing you care about your staff, your ve-hicles and your company lead to caring more for your customers. Percep-tion is reality. Check out the largest companies in the world with a strong market presence. How did they get that big and have such a great cus-tomer base? Ask yourself the question, “What do

their vehicles look like?” I think you will find the answer as to how they view their image.

Awash Systems Corp. is the premier wash design company that solves washing where no one else can. Email Jack Jack-son, President of Awash Systems Corp.,[email protected] or call 800.265.7405, visit our website at www.awashsystems.com.V

VIPAR HEAVY DUTY

TransAxle LLC Joins VIPAR

Crystal Lake, Illi-nois - TransAxle LLC is the new-

est company to join the VIPAR Heavy Duty net-work of distributors as a stockholder. Based in Cinnaminson, New Jer-sey with 28 locations throughout the U.S., the

company is led by its CEO Dave Olsen and a veteran management team.

TransAxle, founded in 1979, is a leading remanu-facturer of transmissions, differentials, hydraulic pumps and other spe-cialized components for light to heavy duty truck

markets. It has developed an unparalleled reputa-tion for providing import-ant truck components on a same day or next day basis to minimize customer downtime. It also serves as a distribu-tor of brake and clutch products, specialty drive

train components and hydraulic parts to a broad range of customers.

For more information on TransAxle, visit www.transaxle.com.

For more information on VIPAR Heavy Duty, visit www.vipar.com or email: [email protected]

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FEBRUARY 2016 17

ACCOUNTING, TAX & BOOKKEEPING

Account & RecoRds MAnAgeMentBookkeeping For Your

Business & Personal FinancesToll Free: 888.644.2333

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FBc“Canada’s Small Business Tax

Specialist”™“Year-Round Tax Planning, Tax Preparation and Bookkeeping. We come to You – We’ll meet you at a time and place convenient

to you.”Toll Free: 800.265.1002

[email protected]

AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING: SALES & SERVICE

niAgARA seRvice & supply ltd.150 South Service Road

Stoney Creek, ON L8E 3H6Toll Free: 800.268.5076

Tel: [email protected]

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Wilson instRuMents ltd.43 Crowe Bay Heights, R. R. 2

Campbellford, ON K0L 1L0Tel: 705.653.2403Fax: 705.653.5560

[email protected]

AUTOMATED LUBRICATION SYSTEMS

BekA luBe pRoducts inc.“Technology you can rely on.”

2830 Argentia Road, Unit 9Mississauga, ON L5N 8G4Toll Free: 888.862.7461

Tel: 905.821.1050Fax: 905.858.0597

[email protected]

AUTOMATED LUBRICATION SYSTEMS

Flo coMponents ltd.“For Total Lube Solutions,

Go With the FLO!”

50 Admiral Blvd.Mississauga, ON L5T 2W1

Tel: 905.671.2355Toll Free: 800.668.5458

Fax: [email protected] www.flocomponents.com

Components by:

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s.e.t.i. inc.Service, Experience, Technology,

Innovation!

386 Steeles Avenue East, Unit 2Milton, ON L9T 1Y4Tel: 905.878.7161

[email protected] orwww.seti-imports.com

CHROME ACCESSORIES

RoAdking chRoMe & detAilingLocated in the Roadking

Truck Stop Calgary95¢ Nut Covers • Custom Orders

SHOWROOM OPEN 7 DAYS

4949 Barlow Tr. S.E.Calgary, AB T2B 3B5Tel: 403.276.7555

www.roadkingchrome.com

CLEANING & DETAILING

Road King Chrome & Detailing

RoAdking chRoMe & detAilingInterior Cab/Sleeper Cleaning

On-Site • Mobile • Polishes & SuppliesLocated in the Roadking

Truck Stop CalgaryOPEN 7 DAYS



CLUTCH PRODUCTS

clutch distRiBution centRe inc.Specializing in all types of new and reman

clutches, clutch components, new and used flywheel exchanges, and flywheel grinding. Pick up and delivery within the

GTA available upon request. Fast and friendly service since 1986. Mention this

ad for a discount.81 Northline Road

Toronto, ON M4B 3E9Tel: 416.745.9220

Alt. Tel: 416.742.0003Fax: 416.759.5890

[email protected]

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Fil-MoR AutoMotive & clutch pRoducts ltd.

A proud Canadian remanufacturer of quality Heavy Duty & automotive clutches since 1980. Specializing in heavy duty & custom made clutches including our own

Torque Master Clutches.81 Northline Road

Toronto, ON M4B 3E9Toll Free: 800.677.9038

Tel: 416.759.2245Fax: 416.759.5890

[email protected]

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Resurfacing all types of flywheels and repairing lugs. A good line of clutch related

components including clutch brakes, clutch forks, drive lugs, release bearings,

pilot bushings/bearings, master/slave cylinders, flywheels and alignment tools.

COMPLIANCE SERVICES

cRoss BoRdeR seRvicesC-TPAT, FAST, PIP, CSA, SCAC, MC, DOT,

CVOR, NEXUS, Bonding, Training Programs & Seminars.

Dawn Truell, B.B.A., B.A. Psy1450 Headon Road, PO Box 93005

Burlington, ON L7M 4A3Tel: 905.973.9136

[email protected]

www.c-tpat-certified.com

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dAnAtec educAtionAl seRvices ltd.“Changing the way you train since 1985. Canada’s leading provider of TDG Training

& Services”201-11450 29th Street SE

Calgary, AB T2Z 3V5Toll Free: 800.465.3366

Tel: 403.232.6950Fax: [email protected]

COMPLIANCE SERVICES

itR cAnAdA inc.P. O. Box 402, 140 Market Drive

Milton, ON L9T 4Y9Toll Free: 888.812.0099

Tel: 905.693.0660Fax: 905.693.0332

[email protected]

DPF CLEANING

dpF cleAning speciAlistsClean and Care of your DPF is our only

business with replacement of popular part numbers.

5325 Outer DriveWindsor, ON N9A 6J3

Toll Free: 877.373.2580Tel: 519.737.6005Fax: 519.737.0005

[email protected]

DRIVESHAFTS

pAt’s dRiveline“Over 30 years of Driveline Manufacturing

Expertise”

ONTARIO

#1, 7337 Pacific CircleMississauga, ON L5T 1V1Toll Free: 877.438.3155

Tel: 905.564.3155Fax: 905.564.3166

[email protected]

ALBERTA

14715-116th AvenueEdmonton, AB T5M 3E8Toll Free: 800.661.8826

Tel: 780.453.5105Fax: 780.452.3555

[email protected]

DRIVER SERVICES, RECRUITMENT & EMPLOYMENT

kee huMAn ResouRces“Your Goals Are Our Priority.”

6760 Davand Drive, Unit 9Mississauga, ON L5T 2L9Toll Free: 800.661.0377

Tel: 905.670.3426Fax: 905.670.3436

[email protected]

E-CIGARETTES

king’s vApe shopStarter Kits • E-Juice • Supplies • “Kick

Your Ash”Located in the Roadking

Truck Stop Calgary

VAPE SHOP OPEN 7 DAYS



FACTORING, FINANCE & FOREIGN EXCHANGE

AccutRAc cApitAl solutions inc.“Accutrac provides cash flow solutions

structured specifically for the freight and trucking industry. We’ve made factoring easy to understand and affordable with one low cost, all in. Qualification is easy

and funding is available same day.”

74 Mississaga Street EastOrillia, ON L3V 1V5

Toll Free: 866.531.2615Toll Free Fax: [email protected]

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J d FActoRs

315 Matheson Blvd. EastMississauga, ON L4Z 1X8Toll Free: 800.263.0664

Tel: 905.501.5000Fax: 905.501.0395

[email protected]

[email protected]

• • •

liquid cApitAl MidWest coRp.“Same-day and weekend funding,

customized personal service, equipment leasing.”

176 Seacliff Drive WestLeamington, ON N8H 3Y5Toll Free: 877.653.9426

Tel: 519.419.5044Fax: 855.295.6605

[email protected]

FASTENERS, FITTINGS, HOSE & SHOP MAINTENANCE

SUPPLIES

F.B. Feeney hARdWARe

“Serving the industrial and trucking

aftermarket since 1952.”

7515 Kimbel Street

Mississauga, ON L5S 1A7

Toll Free: 800.363.0639

Tel: 416.750.4610

Other Tel: 905.405.1275

Fax: 905.405.0616

[email protected]

www.feeneyhardware.com

• • •

Multi-line FAsteneR

supply co. ltd.“Serving fastener needs for Industrial,

Automotive & Maintenance Trades.”

1100 Courtney Park Dr. E., Unit 5

Mississauga, ON L5T 1L7

Tel: 905.677.5088

Fax: 905.677.4917

[email protected]

www.multilinefasteners.com

FUEL ADDITIVES & LUBRICANTS

Bennetts poWeR seRvice

pRoducts

P. O. Box 51016, RPO Tyndall Park

Winnipeg, MB R2X 3C6

Toll Free: 877.778.4440

Tel: 204.694.1777

Fax: 204.633.0133

[email protected]

www.powerservice.

FUEL & LUBRICANTS DIRECT

Blue WAteR West ltd.Suppliers of Esso Fuel and Mobil

Lubricants to all sizes of businesses large

or small, stationary or on the go, on land

or at sea.

3162 Thunderbird Cres.

Burnaby, BC V5A 3G4

Tel: 604.420.4331

Fax: 604.420.4137

[email protected]

www.bluewatergroup.ca

The PrOducts & services directOry is your direct route to professional companies serving your local trucking market across Canada.Include your company in the directory by contacting Barb Woodward by phone at 613.476.2247, fax at 613.476.9967

or email at [email protected]. Visit us online at www.woodwardpublishing.com.

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FUEL FIRED HEATERS

polAR MoBility

(cliMAte contRol systeMs)Fuel Fired Heaters for pick-up trucks to

Class 8 Trucks. We can help with your Environmental Responsibility, increase your profits by decreasing your Carbon Footprint and

reduce Fuel & Maintenance Costs.7860-62 Street S.E.,Calgary, AB T2C 5K2

Toll Free: 800.309.8155Tel Calgary: 403.279.3633

Tel Edmonton: 780.465.5068Tel Red Deer: 403.340.3166

[email protected]

FUEL UPGRADERS & ENHANCERS

Xp3 cAnAdA

(d.B.A. RepstAR Agencies inc.)Xp3 is an all-in-one, multi-functional fuel

upgrader with a 25 yearproven track record, upgrading over 4 billion litres of fuel globally every year.

363-63 Goulet StreetWinnipeg, MB R2H 0G1Toll Free: 800.507.4107

Tel: 204.800.1313Toll Free Fax: 800.905.6942

[email protected]

INSURANCE BROKERS

BAiRd MAcgRegoR insuRAnce BRokeRs lp

At Baird MacGregor you are under our shield of protection. We are known

throughout the business community for our commitment to acountabilty, consistency, innovation and excellence in all that we

do. We have specialized in providing cost-effective insurance and unique risk

management solutions since 1979.825 Queen Street EastToronto, ON M4M 1H8

Toll Free: 800.263.3030Tel: 416.778.8000Fax: 416.778.4492

[email protected]

• • •

BRyson & AssociAtes insuRAnce BRokeRs ltd.

“It’s not what you pay: it’s what your GET for what you pay.

Transportation, Logistics, Cargo, Fleet Safety Management Services & Bonds.”

Toll Free: 800.661.5196Tel: 905.426.8787Fax: 905.426.4959

[email protected]

INSURANCE BROKERS

cAnAdiAn insuRAnce BRokeRs inc.1 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 415

Toronto, ON M4P 3Z1Tel: 416.486.0951Fax: 416.489.5311

[email protected]

• • •

eRB And eRB

insuRAnce BRokeRs ltd.What you want to protect the most.We

protect the best!

30 Queen Street NorthKitchener, ON N2H 6N2Toll Free: 800.265.2634

Tel: 519.579.4270Fax: 519.741.1977

[email protected] or [email protected]

• • •

hAllMARk insuRAnce BRokeRs ltd.“The Transit Authority”

10 Konrad CrescentMarkham, ON L3R 8T7Toll Free: 800.492.4070

Tel: 905.475.4070Fax: 905.944.0273

[email protected]

• • •

huB inteRnAtionAl ontARio ltd.Transportation Insurance

24 Seacliff Drive EastLeamington, ON N8H 0C2Toll Free: 800.463.4700

Tel: 519.326.9339Fax: 519.326.0128

[email protected]

• • •

Jones deslAuRieRs insuRAnce MAnAgeMent inc.

Transportation InsuranceBroker/Advisor™

2375 Skymark AvenueMississauga, ON L4W 1Y6Toll Free: 877.232.9996

Tel: 416.240.5695Fax: 416.259.7178

[email protected]

INSURANCE BROKERS

neWMAn insuRAnceProviding innovative insurance solutions &

unparalleled risk management support.Talk to one of Newman’s dedicated

Transportation Insurance Specialists to get the right coverage at a

competitive price.62 Dundas Street WestBelleville, ON K8P 1A3

Toll Free: 800.653.1924Tel: 613.968.6705Fax: 613.968.9437

[email protected]

• • •

sAlvAtoRe insuRAnce

BRokeRs ltd.“It takes knowledge & experience to keep a truck on the road. Use our experience to

help drive your company to success.Call one of our trucking insurance

specialists today.” 1 Pinehill Drive, Suite 2

Lower Sackville, NS B4C 1N4Toll Free: 866.865.0025

Tel: 902.865.0025Fax: 902.865.5343

[email protected]. salvatoreinsurance.ca

• • •

the cg & B gRoup,pARt oF ARthuR J. gAllAgheR

cAnAdA liMitedPackage policies for both local and long

haul fleets.120 South Town Centre Blvd.

Markham, ON L6G 1C3Toll Free: 800.267.6670


LUBRICANTS

Rp oil liMitedRP Oil Limited is a distributor of

automotive and industrial lubricants. As an independently owned and operated

company we’ve been aggressively servicing southern and central Ontario for

over 40 years giving us the experience and know-how to keep your vehicle running

smoothly.1111 Burns Street E. Unit 3

Whitby, ON L1N 6A6Toll Free: 800.335.6623

Tel: 905.666.2313Fax: 905.666.2761

[email protected]

LUBRICANTS

totAl cAnAdA inc.220, av Lafleur

Lasalle, QC H8R 4C7Toll Free: 800.463.3955

Tel: 514.595.7579Fax: 514.367.5767

www.total-canada.ca

ON-BOARD TRUCK SCALES

#11-1642 Langan AvenuePort Coquitlam, BC V3C 1K5

Toll Free: 800.663.0854Tel: 604.944.1481Fax: 604.944.1482

www.vulcanscales.com

PERMITS & LICENCINGDRUG COLLECTION

730 peRMit seRvices inc.Established in 1992, our experts have

detailed knowledge of the filing systems for permits, accounting and audits.

CARDINALBox 755, 2085 Shanly Road

Cardinal, ON K0E 1E0Toll Free: 800.410.4754

Tel: 613.657.1244Fax: 613.657.1453

info@730permitservices.

MISSISSAUGA6885 Davand Drive, Unit #4Mississauga, ON L5T 1J5

Tel: 905.670.2208Fax: 905.670.0208

[email protected]

WOODSTOCK535 Mill Street

Woodstock, ON N4S 0A9Tel: 519.537.8658Fax: 519.537.7956

[email protected]

PERMITS & SERVICES

c.u.t.c. inc.Serving the Transportation industry since

1989.

1295 Crois CarolLaval, QC H7W 1G3

Toll Free: 866.927.8294Tel: 450.687.8294Fax: 450.687.6963

[email protected]

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REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS

polAR MoBility (kingtec)Affordable refrigeration alternative for the Small to Medium Business. Proven Grade

Materials and Technology with Nation Wide Coverage.

7860-62 Street S.E.,Calgary, AB T2C 5K2



[email protected]

RUST PREVENTIVE PRODUCTS

kRoWn coRpoRAte“Krown offers a superior line of rust

inhibiting products and body maintenance programs to help keep your trucks on

the road.”35 Magnum Drive

Schomberg, ON L0G 1T0Toll Free: 800.267.5744


SATELLITE RADIO

siRius XM cAnAdA inc.Double the Savings with 3 Months Free +

$100.00 Mail-in Rebate.400-135 Liberty StreetToronto, ON M6K 1A7

Toll Free: [email protected]/rebate100

TARPS & TARPING SYSTEMS

loAd coveRing solutions ltd.“Keeping You Covered”

5499 Harvester RoadBurlington, ON L7L 5V4Toll Free: 800.465.8277

Tel: 905.335.2012Fax: 905.335.8499

www.loadcoveringsolutions.com

• • •

quick dRAW tARpAulin systeMs“Quick Draw Tarpaulin Systems are a

premium quality rolling tarp system for flatbed trucks & trailers, serving the trucking industry for over 20 years.“

4975 8th Concession Road, RR 3Maidstone, ON N0R 1K0Toll Free: 800.266.8277

Tel: 519.737.6169Fax: 519.737.6205

[email protected].

TIRE BALANCING

counteRAct BAlAncing BeAds70 Watson Parkway South, Unit 8

Guelph, ON N1L 0C3Toll Free: 800.572.8952

Tel: 519.837.3331Fax: 519.837.3088

[email protected]

TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS

polAR MoBility (doRAn)The Doran Tire Pressure Monitoring System continuously monitors tire

pressure and temperature data with simple installation, programming and

operation. It has a multiple built-in alert setting which provides warnings against FastLeak™ events, driving on low tire

pressures and high temperatures.7860-62 Street S.E.,Calgary, AB T2C 5K2



[email protected]

TOWING SERVICES

A toWing seRvice ltd.Servicing GTA, Ontario and USAA company you can count on!

185 Bartley DriveToronto, ON M4A 1E6

Toll Free: 800.773.7952Tel: 416.656.4000Fax: [email protected]

• • •

ABRAMs toWing“Service Across Ontario”24 Hour Heavy Towing

Toll Free: 888.667.5438Tel: 416.398.2500www.abrams.com

• • •

Action AutoMotive,toWing & RecoveRy

“Meeting Your Service Needs in Eastern Ontario with a Mobile Mechanic on staff to

assist you while on the road.”P. O. Box 126

Trenton ON K8V 5R2Toll Free: 800.551.6151


www.actiontowingtrenton.ca

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TOWING SERVICES

goBBo toWing & RecoveRy ltd.85 Pondhollow RoadSudbury, ON P3E 6C1

shop5238 Hwy. 69 South

Sudbury, ON P3E 4N1Toll Free: 800.261.4252

Tel: 705.523.2341Fax: 705.523.2817

[email protected]

• • •

k.B.W. toWingKBW Truck Transfer ServiceHeavy & Medium Towing,

Flatbed Specialists.1 Towns Road

Etobicoke, ON M8Z 1A1Toll Free: 866.616.6379

Tel: 416.255.4443Fax: 416.252.2558

[email protected]

TRAILER MANUFACTURERS[ TANKERS ]

BedARd tAnkeRs inc.Leader in Dry Bulk, Liquid, Liquefied

Compressed Gas & Cryogenic Road Tanker Trailers.

5785 Place TurcotMontreal, QC H4C 1V9

Tel: 514.937.1670Fax: 514.937.2190

[email protected]

TRAILER SALES, LEASING, RENTALS & SERVICE

FoRt gARRy industRiesProud distributors of Lode-King, Midland

Manufacturing, Arctic Manufacturing, Landoll, Float King and more.

[email protected]/trailers

• • •

sMARtWAy tRAileR RentAls2891 Sideroad 10

Bradford, ON L3Z 2A4Toll Free: 888.747.7667

Tel: 905.775.6700Fax: 905.775.7250

[email protected].

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tRAnscouRt tAnk leAsingToll Free: 866.934.5744

Contacts:Ontario & Eastern Canada

Tony [email protected]

Western CanadaKevin Quick

[email protected]

TRANSPORT COMPANIES

cARMen tRAnspoRtAtion gRoup3700 Weston Road

Toronto, ON M9L 2Z4Toll Free: 866.857.5166

Tel: 416.667.9700Fax: 416.667.8272

[email protected]

www.carmentransportationgroup.com

• • •

the RosdAle gRoup“As a transportation & warehousing

service provider since 1969, The Rosedale Group, has a proud history of meeting

the industry-specific requirements of our customers. We, as a company, have a

fundamental belief that our people make the difference in how we consistently deliver total customer satisfaction.”

6845 Invader CrescentMississauga, ON L5T 2B7Toll Free: 855.721.3962

Tel: 905.670.0057 ext 4612Fax: 844.314.5953

[email protected]

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tRAnsX liMited“The strength & commitment of our people provides TransX with the ability to respond effectively & creatively to the needs of our customers & an everchanging economy, & is the primary reason why, year after year, TransX has one of the best performance

records in the industry.”7459 McLean Road

Guelph, ON N1H 6H9Toll Free: [email protected]

www.drivetransx.ca

• • •

XAn systeMs inc.We are a family owned transportation business specializing in temperature

controlled and dry freight loads established in and successfully growing

since 2003.16700 Bayview Avenue, Unit 214

Newmarket, ON L3X1W1Tel: 647.933.2765Fax: 647.933.2764

www.xansystems.com

TRANSPORT TRAINING

kee tRAining AcAdeMy“Your Goals Are Our Priority.”

6760 Davand Drive, Unit 9Mississauga, ON L5T 2L9Toll Free: 800.661.0377

Tel: 905.670.3426Toll Free Fax: 866.329.5331

Fax: [email protected]

TRUCK & TRAILER REPAIRS

gReig tRuck & tRAileRLet US see to your Repair Needs!

Just minutes off Hwy 401 @ Exit 526.

2 Foster Stearns RoadTrenton, ON K8V 5R8Tel: 613.394.5005Fax: 613.394.2736

[email protected] [email protected]

• • •M.t.t. RepAiR seRvices inc.

A family-owned & operated business that has been providing quality repairs &

services since 1975.We operate out of a 14,000 sq. ft. building

with 11 bays including a truck & trailer paint bay & 2 sand-blasting bays.We are also an accredited vehicle

inspection station that allows us to conduct annual safety inspection to all of

your trailers.

1868 Drew RoadMississauga, ON L5S 1J6


TRUCK CUSTOMIZING

quAlity collision centReQuality Collision Centre has been providing

superior collision & body work for heavy trucks, trailers & cars since 1979.

When you bring your vehicle in to Quality Collision Centre, you can be assured of timely turnaround, expert repairs &

complete satisfaction.

12 Clarke Blvd.Brampton, ON L6W 1X3

Tel: 905.451.8550Fax: 905.451.7627

[email protected]

TRUCK DELIVERY

AcAdiAn dRiveAWAy185 Carrier Drive

Toronto, ON M9W 5N5Toll Free: 800.668.1879

Tel: 416.679.1977Fax: 416.679.1988

[email protected]

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dRive stAR shuttle

systeMs ltd.1625 Stone Church Road East

Hamilton, ON L8W 3Y5Tel: 289.285.3022Fax: 289.285.3026

Toll Free Fax: [email protected]

TRUCK EQUIPMENT

FoRt gARRy industRiesSales and NSM certified installation of

snow plows, sanders, mixers, dump bodies and more.

[email protected]/equipment

TRUCK EXHAUST SALES & SERVICE

A & A eXhAust systeMsA one-stop total exhaust and emission

solution provider. Our products, services and manufacturing abilities enable us to provide our customers with the highest standards in exhaust parts and services.

480 Grays RoadHamilton, ON L8E 2Z4

Toll Free: 800.461.2495Tel: 905.578.4303Fax: 905.578.4381

[email protected]

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teXis tRuck eXhAust“Diesel Performance Specialists”

1850 Gage CourtMississauga, ON L5S 1S2Toll Free: 800.267.4740


www.texisexhaust.com

• • •

the tRuck eXhAust plAceSince 1982 we have been a one stop exhaust

shop for the trucking industry as well as the heavy duty exhaust needs of industrial,

farming, manufacturers and mining industry.We have been helping fleets, owner-

operators, brokers, truck repair facilities, municipalities and manufactures get their equipment up and running and their trucks back on the road with minimal down time.

1365 Bonhill RoadMississauga, ON L6T 1M1Toll Free: 800.385.8801

Tel: 905.670.0100Fax: 905.670.8128

[email protected]

TRUCK LIGHTING & ACCESSORIES

gRote industRies co.230 Travail Road

Markham, ON L3S 3J1Toll Free: 800.268.5612

Tel: 905.209.9744Fax: 905.209.9757


www.grote.com

TRUCK LIGHTING & ACCESSORIES

sWs sAFety WARning systeMsCanada’s Go-To Manufacturer, for Amber Beacons, Minibars, Traffic Directors and

Backup Alarms for the past 49 years. Exellent prices with the industry’s best

warranties.

7695 Blackburn Parkway,Niagara Falls, ON L2H 0A6Toll Free: 877.357.0222

Tel: 905.357.0222Fax: 905.357.9122

[email protected]

TRUCK PARTS & SUPPLIES

ALBERTA

CALGARYFoRt gARRy industRies

5350-72nd Avenue SECalgary, AB T2C 4X5


EDMONTONFoRt gARRy industRies

16230-118th Avenue NWEdmonton, AB T5V 1C6Toll Free: 800.663.9366


www.fgiltd.com

GRANDE PRAIRIEFoRt gARRy industRies

10610-82nd AvenueClairmont, AB T0H 0W0Toll Free: 866.424.5479

Tel: 780.402.9864Fax: 780.402.8659

[email protected]

LLOYDMINSTERFoRt gARRy industRies

5701-63rd AvenueLloydminster, AB T9V 3B8Toll Free: 800.661.9709

Tel: 780.875.9115Fax: 780.875.1403

[email protected]

RED DEERFoRt gARRy industRies

170 Queens DriveRed Deer, AB T4P 0R5


MANITOBA

BRANDONFoRt gARRy industRies

1440 Highland AvenueBrandon, MB R7C 1A7


www.fgiltd.com

TRUCK PARTS & SUPPLIES

MANITOBA

WINNIPEGFoRt gARRy industRies

2525 Inkster Blvd.Winnipeg, MB R3C 2E6Toll Free: 800.282.8044


www.fgiltd.com

ONTARIO

MISSISSAUGAFoRt gARRy industRies

731 Gana CourtMississauga, ON L5S 1P2Toll Free: 888.456.6567

Tel: 905.564.5404Fax: 905.564.8455

[email protected]

SUDBURYFoRt gARRy industRiesToll Free: 866.328.7725

Tel: [email protected]

THUNDER BAYFoRt gARRy industRies915 Walsh Street West

Thunder Bay, ON P7E 4X5Toll Free: 800.465.5044

Tel: 807.577.5724Fax: 807.475.9033

[email protected]

ALBERTASASKATCHEWAN

REGINAFoRt gARRy industRies1523 Ross Avenue East

Regina, SK S4N 7E5Toll Free: 800.552.8044


SASKATOONFoRt gARRy industRies

3455 Miners AvenueSaskatoon, SK S7K 7K9Toll Free: 800.772.4599

Tel: 306.242.3465Fax: 306.933.4850

[email protected]

• • •

MiniMizeRMinimizer has been in business for over 30 years. If it’s on/in a heavy duty truck and

can be made of polymers, Minimizer is the brand most trusted.

We have the only lifetime guarantee in the industry with products proven where it

matters most - on trucks & trailers.500 Minimizer Way S.E.

Blooming Prairie, MN 55917Toll Free: 800.248.3855

Tel: 507.583.2112Fax: 507.583.7540

[email protected]

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TRUCK SALES, LEASING, PARTS & SERVICE

geRRy’s tRuck centRe“Your Complete Transportation Business

Partner.”4049 Eastgate Cres.London, ON N6L 1B7

Toll Free: 800.363.4380Tel: 519.652.2100Fax: 519.652.6593

[email protected]

• • •

suRgenoR tRuck gRoupEastern Ontario / Western Quebec’s largest group of independent truck dealerships, has built a reputation as durable as the brands that we sell and lease. The Surgenor Truck Group includes two Truck Centres, one in Ottawa, & one in Kingston, as well as five

service affiliates (Belleville, Pembroke, Gatineau, & 2 in Cornwall) providing regularly

scheduled maintenance as well as on-call 24/7 for roadside assistance, & parts

delivery.261 Binnington Court

Kingston, ON K7M 9H2Toll Free: 877.548.1101

Tel: 613.548.1100Fax: 613.548.4990

[email protected]

TRUCK TIRE SALES & SERVICE

Benson tiReThe largest Goodyear dealer in Ontario, offering over 15 locations equipped with 24 hour emergency service vehicles to

handle all of your tire needs.

700 Education RoadCornwall, ON K6H 2W8Toll Free: 866.623.6766

Tel: 613.933.1700Fax: 905.689.3381

[email protected]

• • •

ontARio RegionAl oFFiceOver 100 Truck Tire Service

Centres Across Canada.

520 Abilene DriveMississauga, ON L5T 2H7Toll Free: 800.465.0618


www.oktire.com

TRUCK TRANSMISSIONS, DIFFERENTIALS &

PTO’S

c & R tRAnsMission

seRvice ltd.Your Complete Driveline Service Center.

Authorized Allison Overhaul & Maintenance Dealer. Large Inventory of the Most Popular

Clutches, Transmissions & Differentials. Factory-Trained Rebuilders & 9 Service

Bays. 13 Anderson Blvd.

Stouffville, ON L4A 7X4Toll Free: 888.297.0682

Tel: 905.642.4556Fax: 905.642.2293

[email protected]

• • •

ALBERTA

CALGARY7170 Blackfoot Trail SECalgary, AB T2H 2M1

Toll Free: 800.661.1378Tel: 403.252.3880Fax: 403.252.6308

[email protected]

TRUCK TRANSMISSIONS, DIFFERENTIALS &

PTO’S

ALBERTA

EDMONTON14811-116th Avenue

Edmonton, AB T5M 3E8Toll Free: 800.661.8825

Tel: 780.452.6933Fax: 780.455.8612

[email protected]

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ONTARIO

MISSISSAUGA#3, 7337 Pacific Circle

Mississauga, ON L5T 1V1Toll Free: 844.564.8998

Tel: 905.564.8998Fax: 905.564.5449

[email protected]

NEW BRUNSWICK

MONCTONUnit 5, 191 Henri Dunant Street

Moncton, NB E1E 1E4Toll Free: 844.701.GEAR

Tel: 506.855.GEARFax: 506.859.GEAR

[email protected]

TRUCK WASH SYSTEMS

AWAsh systeMs coRp.Automatic Wash Systems & Water

Treatment Recycling Systems customized to your requirements.

2211 Brant Street, P.O. Box 20070Burlington, ON L7P 0A4Toll Free: 800.265.7405

Tel: 905.662.2662Fax: 888.407.9498

[email protected]

USED OIL FURNACE SALES & SERVICE

de-on supply inc.DSI is the world’s largest distributor and service provider for CLEAN BURN, the largest selling used oil furnace / boiler

manufacturer.CLEAN BURN stands head and

shoulders above the competition, due to its innovative technology and quality

manufacturing.R.R.#1, 1595 Lobsinger Line

Waterloo, ON N2J 4G8Toll Free: 800.824.4115


VEHICLE DELIVERY

coMpAss vehicle deliveRy inc.P.O. Box 265 Stn. Main

16693 Old Hwy 2Trenton, ON K8V 5R5

Toll Free: 888.992.9676Tel: 613.392.9676

[email protected].

HEALTHY LIVING

Rice Cooker Offers Variety of Easy & Healthy Meals

BY BRENDA RICKER

First, if you are a driv-er who goes into the USA it will save

you money. I checked the exchange rate at time of writing and $100.00 CDN will give you $68.79, so it costs you $31.21. That

is money you have just thrown away, so why not turn it into groceries from home? You will be ahead of the game.

In your cooker you can make coffee, tea or hot chocolate anytime; this, in addition to making meals such as rice, boiled vegetable dinners, mac & cheese, mac & tomatoes, burritos, taco wrap (pep-pers, mushrooms, vege-tarian hamburger), hot dogs (vegetarian contains no fat), beans & wieners, soups, and other favourite homespun choices.

You will think of more ways to cook creatively as you go along. This helps because you don’t have to depend on truck stops or restaurants for food. You can make yours anytime, carrying your restaurant right along with you.

The second thing your cooker will do is make your meals healthier, therefore making you feel better by giving your body the needed fuel to keep you going. No more fat ladened choices from buf-fets and menu choices at truck stops or restaurants.

The bloated feeling will be gone and you won’t want to nap. I know stopping is for socializing as well,

but you are also out there to make a good living. Making a few changes can make your bottom line

and health much better.I can be reached at

[email protected]

FEBRUARY 2016 21

WOMEN IN TRUCKING

Costly Mistakes Preventable Through Proper Driver Training

BY ELLEN VOIE

Recently a young (23-year-old) pro-fessional driver

maneuvered her loaded tractor-trailer onto a 19th century bridge in Paoli, Indiana. The driver held a commercial driver’s li-cense (CDL), but appar-ently the definition of a ton was not part of the curriculum. The bridge was posted with a six ton weight limit while the tractor-trailer weighed closer to 30 tons, or 60,000 pounds.

She admitted that she did not understand the definition of a ton, which she should have learned in a grade school math class as “a unit of weight equ iva l en t to 2 , 000 pounds.” The driver had taken a wrong turn and was using the bridge to get back on track and

demolished the bridge, the truck and her career in the process.

This incident could have been avoided with prop-er training, but before we point fingers at the carrier or the truck driv-ing school, consider her error. The sign clearly stated a limit of six tons; her misunderstanding is not solely the fault of her training. Even a great in-structor might make the assumption that a person pursuing a license to drive a tractor-trailer would understand the meaning of a ton.

Last year, Women In Trucking was one of 26 stakeholders who partici-pated in the Entry Level Driver Training Advisory Committee for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad-ministration. After numer-ous meetings and months of debate, the committee determined a model cur-riculum for commercial driver training.

Truck and bus operators will be required to demon-strate proficiency in every-thing related to skills, road operations, communica-tion, paperwork, and even health concerns. Not once did the committee discuss terms and definitions re-

lated to an elementary school education.

However, this just re-inforces the need to know the driver and continue the training beyond the training facility. Would a carrier’s trainer have discovered this driver’s lack of understanding of a ton? Why didn’t the driver ask before crossing the bridge?

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) re-cently completed a study on over-the-road (OTR) professional drivers. The research was intended to investigate the cause of truck crashes to address the safety of professional drivers through surveys.

The agency found that the work environment was “adverse” due to the long hours, mileage-based pay, delivery schedules, traffic congestion, and shipper delays. However, an interesting result of the research found that truck crashes can be related to a driver’s risk behavior. Or, as the NIOSH study re-ported, “a relatively small percentage of commercial motor vehicles drivers (10-15 percent) accounted for a disproportional per-centage of total fleet risk

(30-50 percent) measured by critical incidents, which were defined as significant unsafe driver actions.”

The report also deter-mined that moving vio-lations and near misses can help carriers predict those drivers who are more prone to continued crashes. Since risky be-havior includes moving violations, speeding, and refusing to wear a seat belt, these could all be indicators of driver be-havior that is more likely to result in a crash. Is it possible to anticipate a driver entering a creaky metal bridge marked with weight limits by noting previous violations? Per-haps that is the case.

A report from Omnitracs (formerly a division of

Qualcomm), based on the electronic logging devices of carriers using their technology, found that only fifty percent, or half, of a carrier’s drivers will experience ninety percent of the serious collisions. These “ser-ious” collisions include roll-overs, running off the road, head-on accidents, jack-knifes, side-swipes, and rear-end collisions.

Omnitracs developed an “accident severity model” to identify the ten percent of these accident prone drivers to address these risk behaviors before they result in a collision.

It’s difficult to imagine how a driver could earn a CDL without understand-ing weights and how they pertain to axles, gross

weight, and bridge laws. The carrier might have noticed some signs of incomprehension of the meaning of a ton in the driver’s paperwork or through better training interaction.

Today there is a bridge in Indiana that is no longer usable and a driver who may never operate a com-mercial motor vehicle again. Whether it’s pre-dictive analysis through technology or addressing driver risk factors with better training, the truck-ing industry still has room to elevate safety to a high-er level.

Ellen Voie CAE is Presi-dent/CEO of Women In Trucking and can be reached at [email protected]

LEGAL MATTERS

Let’s Be Clear About This

BY JAYCEN OLAVARIO

As most of you already know, a distracted driving

charge or an offence con-

trary to section 78.1(1) of the Highway Traffic Act now carries 3 Demerit points and higher fines. This started on September 1st 2015. A few months ago, I decided to visit the Ministry of Transportation and see what they have to say about this, and to my surprise the Demerit Points only apply to fully licensed individuals, any-one holding a Class A, B, C, D, E, F, or G licence and Hybrid drivers or anyone holding a full-class licence and a novice licence such

as Class G and M1.Don’t rejoice if you are

a novice driver, because instead of Demerit points being applied to your rec-ord, the Ministry says that: If convicted of distracted driving, a novice driver (subject to the Graduated Licensing Program) will be subject to escalating sanc-tions: first occurrence will result in a 30-day licence suspension, second oc-currence will result in 90-day licence suspension, licence cancellation and removal from the Gradu-

ated Licensing System for a third occurrence.

So there you go. To read the whole text about this information and more about Escalating Sanc-tions, visit the Ministry of Transportation web-site: http://www.mto.g o v . o n . c a / e n g l i s h /safety/distracted-driv-ing.shtml, http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/handbook/section2.10.2.shtml.

Another new law that has confused some people is the law about Pedestrian

Crossovers where drivers (including cyclists) must stop and yield the whole roadway at: pedestrian crossovers; and, at school crossings where there is a crossing guard displaying a school crossing stop sign. Only when pedes-trians and school crossing guards are safely on the sidewalk can drivers and cyclists proceed.

Pedestrian Crossovers are identified by a Flashing Overhead “X” sign. The flashing sign is activated by pedestrians by pressing

a button located at both sides of the crossover.

These new rules do not apply to pedestrian cross-walks at intersections with stop signs or traffic signals; unless a school crossing guard is present (keep this in mind).

Therefore, we can still turn left or right as long as the pedestrian has cleared the half of the road where we are to make the turn, even if he/she has not reached the other side of the road. Let’s Keep the Road Safe.V

22 FEBRUARY 2016

ALBERTA

BROOKSnApA Auto pARts

99 – 7th Street EastBrooks, AB T1R 1C1Tel: 403.501.5551

CALGARYtRAction cAlgARy

5329 – 72nd Ave. S.E., Unit 82Calgary, AB T2C 4X6Tel: 403.279.2870

EDMONTONtRAction heAd oFFice

18532 – 116th AvenueEdmonton, AB T5S 2W8

Tel: 780.489.7555

EDMONTON NORTH WESTtRAction

18051 – 111th AvenueEdmonton NW, AB T5S 2P2

Tel: 780.444.4334

EDMONTON SOUTHtRAction

3404 – 78th AvenueEdmonton South, AB T6B 2X9

Tel: 780.465.8010

EDSONnApA Auto pARts 4657A

4833 – 2nd AvenueEdson, AB T7E 1T8Tel: 780.712.4152

FORT MCMURRAYpARAMount pARts inc.

36 Riedel StreetFort McMurray, AB T9H 3E1

Tel: 780.791.3000

GRANDE PRAIRIEtRAction

#4 16101 – 101st StreetGrande Prairie, AB T8V 0P2

Tel: 780.538.3038

HIGH PRAIRIEhigh pRAiRie tRuck &

tRAileR ltd.5309 – 53rd Avenue, Hwy 2 West

High Prairie, AB T0G 1E0Toll Free: 877.523.4754

Tel: 780.523.4777

HINTONnApA Auto pARts 4236A

120 North StreetHinton, AB, T7V 1S8Tel: 780.865.8800

LLOYDMINSTERtRuck zone inc.

5205 – 65th StreetLloydminster, AB T9V 2E8

Tel: 780.875.7712

MEDICINE HAThydRAco industRies ltd.2111 – 9th Avenue S.W.

Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7G8Tel: 403.526.2244

ALBERTA

PEACE RIVERpeAce tRuck & tRAileR ltd.

9103 – 75th StreetPeace River, AB T8S 1T2

Tel: 780.624.8655

RED DEERtRAction

8045 Edgar Industrial Cr.Red Deer, AB T4P 3R2

Tel: 403.342.7884

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSEnApA #6260

4528F – 47th AvenueRocky Mtn House, AB T4T 0A9

Tel: 403.845.2709

SUNDREsAFARi MAnuFActuRing inc.

(pARtco tRuck pARts)7 West Road Industrial Park,

Sundre, AB T0M 1X0Toll Free: 800.372.7826

Tel : 403.638.3414

WABASCApelicAn AutoMotive

2330 Pelican Business ParkWabasca, AB T0G 2A0

Tel: 780.891.3600

BRITISH COLUMBIA

BURNS LAKEpolAR pARk AutoMotive

831 Hwy 16 WestBurns Lake, BC V0J 1E0

Tel: 250.692.7501

CHETWYNDgeAR-o-RAMA supply ltd.

4876 North Access RoadChetwynd, BC V0C 1J0

Tel: 250.788.2255

CHILLIWACKlickMAn tRuck & tRAileR

pARts & seRvices ltd.Bay 31B – 43915 Industrial Way

Chilliwack, BC V2R 3A4Tel: 604.793.9611

COURTENAYtAuRus heAvy duty

ventuRes ltd

2703A Kilpatrick AvenueCourtenay, BC V9N 6P4

Tel: 250.871.

FORT NELSONnApA Auto pARts

5320 – 49th AvenueFt Nelson, BC V0C 1R0

Tel: 250.774.2783

BRITISH COLUMBIA

KAMLOOPSpReMiuM tRuck & tRAileR

1875 Kryczka PlaceKamloops, BC V1S 1S4

Tel: 250.374.3100

KELOWNAcentRAl vAlley tRuck

seRvice ltd.105 Adams Road

Kelowna, BC V1X 7R1Tel: 250.765.7738

PORT MCNEILLnoRth islAnd pAciFic

pARts & sAles ltd.470 Pioneer Hill Drive

Port McNeill, BC V0N 2R0Tel: 888.956.4401

PRINCE GEORGEnApA – pg

564 – 2nd AvenuePrince George, BC V2L 2Z9

Tel: 250.563.7778

QUESNELnApA tRAction

1185 Hwy 97 NorthQuesnel, BC V2J 2Y3Tel: 250.991.0650

SMITHERSsMitheRs pARts & seRvice

3465 Victoria DriveSmithers, BC V0J 2N0

Tel: 250.847.4287

SQUAMISHtRiton Auto & ind. ltd.

1003 Industrial WaySquamish, BC V0N 3G0

Tel: 604.892.5951

SURREYtRAiline tRAileR pARts ltd.

10304A – 120th StreetSurrey, BC V3V 4G1Tel: 604.582.4888

TERRACEBoW vAlley MAchine

5107 Keith AvenueTerrace, BC V8G 1K8Tel: 250.638.0099

WILLIAMS LAKEWl FoRestRy supplies ltd.

675 McKenzie AvenueWilliams Lake, BC V2G 1N9

Tel: 250.392.6699

MANITOBA

BRANDONtRAction BRAndon

1940 Queens AvenueBrandon, MB R7B 0T1

Tel: 204.728.9573

MANITOBA

WINNIPEGtRAction

200 Oak Point HighwayWinnipeg, MB R2R 1V1

Tel: 204.956.9490

N. W. TERRITORIES

YELLOWKNIFEtRAction yelloWkniFe

114 – 314 Old Airport RoadYellowknife, NT X1A 3T2

Tel: 867.669.6272

ONTARIO

BANCROFTM&M gAs diesel & tRuck

pARts

27523 Highway 62 SouthBancroft, ON K0L 1C0

Tel: 613.332.5474

BARRIEvisco industRiAl (BARRie inc.)

255 Saunders RoadBarrie, ON L4N 9A3Tel: 705.792.1371

BOLTONvisco industRiAl

1 Simpson RoadBolton, ON L7E 1E4Tel: 905.857.2071

CAMBRIDGEtRAction cAMBRidge

1090 Fountain St. N., Units 12 & 13Cambridge, ON N3E 1A3

Tel: 519.653.3427

DRYDENd & s Auto

459 Government StreetDryden, ON P8N 2Z3Tel: 807.223.3227

HAMILTONtRAction

30 Bancroft StreetHamilton, ON L8E 2W5

Tel: 905.561.0932

KENORAd & s Auto

1051 Railway StreetKenora, ON P9N 3W8

Tel: 807.468.9894

LONDONtRAction

2405 Scanlan StreetLondon, ON N5W 6G9

Tel: 519.455.3440MARKHAM

tRAction

45 Mural Street, Unit #4Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1J4

Tel: 905.771.7331

ONTARIO

MISSISSAUGAtRAction

5915 Atlantic Drive, Units 6 & 7Mississauga, ON L4W 1S4

Tel: 905.670.2868

MITCHELLBuRchill tRuck & tRAileR

equipMent

(571344 ontARio inc.)Hwy 8 East

Mitchell, ON N0K 1N0Tel: 519.348.4774

NEW LISKEARDpioneeR diesel 2008 ltd.

437136 Hawn DriveNew Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0

Tel: 705.647.8707

NORTH BAYseRvice 1 MuFFleRs & MoRe

400 D Kirkpatrick StreetNorth Bay, ON P1B 8G5

Tel: 705.497.0404

OTTAWAtRAction ottAWA (605)

3020 Hawthorne Road, Unit 200EOttawa, ON K1G 3J6

Toll Free: 800.396.2664Tel: 613.742.1209

SAULT STE. MARIEtRAction

380 Industrial Park CrescentSault Ste. Marie, ON P6B 5Y8

Tel: 705.759.8042

ST. CATHARINESnick’s tRuck pARts

244 Dunkirk RoadSt. Catharines, ON L2R 7K6

Tel: 905.687.7031

SUDBURYsudBuRy tRuck & tRAileR inc.

510 Whissell AvenueSudbury, ON P3B 2Z3

Tel: 705.673.3613

THUNDER BAYtRActoR tRAileR seRvice

64 South Water StreetThunder Bay, ON P7B 6T3

Tel: 807.345.5882

WHITBYtRAction

1751 Wentworth St. W., Units 3-6Whitby, ON L1N 8R9Tel: 905.432.2785

WINDSORtRAction

3725 Webster Dr., R.R. #3Maidstone, ON N0R 1K0

Tel: 519.737.7995

SASKATCHEWAN

MEADOW LAKEuniFied Auto pARts inc.807 – 1st Avenue West

Meadow Lake, SK S9X 1Y4Tel: 306.236.4800

MOOSE JAWgolden West tRAileR &

equipMent ltd.1802 Stadacona Street West

Moose Jaw, SK S6H 4N8Tel: 306.692.7402

NIPAWINpARAMount pARts (nipAWin) inc.

811 Nipawin Road EastNipawin, SK S0E 1E0

Tel: 306.862.9881

PRINCE ALBERTuniFied Auto pARts inc.

365 – 36th Street West, Unit 7Prince Albert, SK S6V 7L4

Tel: 306.764.4220

REGINAtRAction ReginA

405 Park StreetRegina, SK S4N 5B2Tel: 306.721.8333

SASKATOONtRAction sAskAtoon

2815 Faithfull AvenueSaskatoon, SK S7K 8E8

Tel: 306.244.9877

SWIFT CURRENTBRAke & dRive ltd.

1511 Cheadle Street WestSwift Current, SK S9H 5G4

Tel: 306.773.7293

YORKTONtRAction yoRkton

537 Broadway Street EastYorkton, SK S3N 2W7

Tel: 306.782.4313

WEYBURNsoutheRn industRiAl

& tRuck ltd

300 Hwy13 South Service Rd.Crossroads Industrial Park

Weyburn, SK S4H 2K7Tel: 306.842.2422

yUKON

WHITEHORSEpAcesetteR tRAding co. ltd.

126 Industrial RoadWhitehorse, YT Y1A 2T9

Tel: 867.393.3902

23 FEBRUARY 2016

Traction Locations

www.traction.ca

ALBERTA

DRUMHELLERdRuM diesel

Bay 13, 901 South Railway AvenueDrumheller, AB T0J 0Y0

Tel: 403.823.7966

EDMONTONtRuck zone inc.

15816 – 111th Avenue NWEdmonton, AB T5M 2R8

Tel: 780.451.0225

FORT MCMURRAYMoBsteR MechAnicAl inc.

306 Mackay CrescentFort McMurray, AB T9H 4E4

Tel: 780.743.5566

FORT SASKATCHEWANFoRt tRuck seRvice centRe

(ApplecARt logistics inc.)11401-85 Avenue Unit #11

Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L 0A9Tel: 780.998.5030

GRANDE PRAIRIEBRAdvin tRAileR sAles ltd.

10920 – 87th AvenueGrande Prairie, AB T8V 8K4

Toll Free: 800.665.0509Tel: 780.539.6260

LA CRETEschellenBeRg heAvy equipMent

10704-99 StreetLa Crete, AB T0H 2H0

Tel: 780.928.3406

LLOYDMINSTERtRuck zone inc.5205 – 65th Street

Lloydminster, AB T9V 2E8Toll Free: 800.707.9209

Tel: 780.875.7712

MEDICINE HAThydRAco industRies ltd.

2111 – 9th Avenue SWMedicine Hat, AB T1A 8M9

Tel: 403.526.2244

PEACE RIVERpeAce tRuck & tRAileR ltd.

9103 – 75th StreetPeace River, AB T8S 1T2

Tel: 780.624.8655

SUNDREpARtco tRuck pARts & seRvice

20 West Road Industrial ParkSundre, AB T0M 1X0

Toll Free: 800.372.7826Tel: 403.638.3414

TABERgeeRAeRt MechAnicAl seRvice

5911 B – 50th AvenueTaber, AB T1G 1W7Tel: 403.223.8744

TWO HILLStWo hills Auto & industRiAl

supply ltd.4909 55th Avenue

Two Hills, AB T0B 4K0Tel: 780.657.3304

BRITISH COLUMBIA

CHILLIWACKlickMAn tRuck & tRAileR

pARts & seRvice ltd.Bay 31 – 43915 Industrial Way

Chilliwack, BC V2R 3A4Toll Free: 877.772.6255

Tel: 604.793.9660DELTA

WAlkeR heAvy duty ltd.101 – 7063 Venture Street

Delta, BC V4G 1H8Tel: 604.940.9545

KELOWNAcentRAl vAlley tRuck seRvices

105 Adams RoadKelowna, BC V1X 7R1

Tel: 250.765.7738PRINCE GEORGEtotAl tRuck ltd.

9122 Rock Island RoadPrince George, BC V2N 5T4

Tel: 250.564.6763SMITHERS

sMitheRs pARts & seRvice (2005) ltd.

3465 Victoria DriveSmithers, BC V0J 2N0

Tel: 250.847.4287

MANITOBA

BRANDONtotAl WoRks tRuck equipMent

501 Middleton AvenueBrandon, MB R7C 1A8

Tel: 204.728.3821NEEPAWA

t.i.c. pARts & seRvice

220 Hwy 5 NorthNeepawa, MB R0J 1H0

Tel: 204.476.3809WINNIPEG

dAB’s RepAiR ltd.2126 Logan Avenue

Winnipeg, MB R2R 0J2Tel: 204.694.2390

NEW BRUNSWICK

ST-JACQUESl.c.d. entRepRise ltée

460 Chemin Mont FarlagneSaint-Jacques, NB E7B 2X1

506.736.6310SUSSEX

McgiBBon diesel ltd.11 Jones Court

Sussex, NB E4E 2S2506.433.4814

TRACADIE-SHEILABoudReAu développeMent

2000 ltée

2778 Rue PrincipaleTracadie-Sheila, NB E1X 1G5

506.394.2000

NOVA SCOTIA

DIGBYFleetline pARts & seRvice ltd.

211 Conway Road, Hwy 303Digby, NS B0V 1A0

902.245.5833

NOVA SCOTIA

HEBBVILLEMAilMAns’ tRuck-pRo

centRe ltd.15321 Highway 3

Hebbville, NS B4V 6X4902.530.3580

NEW GLASGOWRoBBy’s tRActoR tRAileR

seRvices ltd.4852 Plymouth Road

New Glasgow, NS B2H 5C5902.396.5585

TRUROt&R tRuck RepAiR liMited

102 Blakeney DriveTruro, NS B2N 6Z1Tel: 902.895.0857

ONTARIO

BOLTONBolton tRuck & tRAileR

1 Simpson RoadBolton, ON L7E 1E4Tel: 905.951.9111

BOURGETJ.B. MoBile MechAnic inc

1891 Chemin Russell Road Bourget, ON K0A 1E0

Tel: 613.487.4171

BRADFORDsMARtWAy

3475 Hwy 88, RR 1Bradford, ON L3Z 2A4

Tel: 905.775.6700

CALEDONIAoneidA tRuck & tRAileR

634 Fourth LineCaledonia, ON N3W 2B3Toll Free: 800.654.6454

Tel: 905.765.5011

CAMBRIDGEcoMBined Auto & tRuck RepAiR

201 Pinebush Road,Cambridge, ON N1R 7H8

Tel: 519.523.1413

COURTLANDheRc’s tRuck seRvice

& RepAiR ltd.50 County Road 13

Courtland, ON N0J 1E0Tel: 519.544.5766 or 519.842.3321

DOWNSVIEWnoRth keele Auto tRuck

& cAR RepAiR centRe ltd.3915 Keele Street

Downsview, ON M3J 1N6Tel: 416.638.5963

ELMIRAthuR heAvy tRuck & tRAileR RepAiR

270 Arthur Street NorthElmira, ON N3B 2Z5Tel: 519.669.8420

ESSEXken lApAin & sons ltd

2119 County Road 15, R.R. #2Essex, ON N8M 2X6Tel: 519.776.6473

ONTARIO

ETOBICOKEok tiRe tRuck RepAiR

39 Shorncliffe RoadEtobicoke, ON M8Z 5K2Toll Free: 800.661.6681

Tel: 416.236.1277GOULAIS RIVER

goulAis RiveR tRuck

& tRActoR ltd.90 Highway 552 East

Goulais River, ON P0S 1E0Tel: 705.649.4788

HAMILTONBARton tRuck centRe ltd.

483 Rennie StreetHamilton, ON L8H 3P6

Tel: 905.544.2626HANOVER

hWy #4 tRuck seRvice ltd.402143 Grey Road 4, RR 1

Hanover, ON N4N 3B8Tel: 519.369.5052

HEARSTseRge g & d RepAiR inc.

214 Highway 11 EastHearst, ON P0L 1N0Tel: 705.362.5633KAPUSKASING

pARent MechAnicAl

53 Brunelle Road NorthKapuskasing, ON P5N 2M1

Tel: 705.335.3617KEENE

keene tRuck inc.15 McCallum PlaceKeene, ON K0L 2G0Tel: 705.295.4444

MILTONAnchoR tRuck, tRAileR & tiRe

centRe

600 A Harrop DriveMilton, ON L9T 3H3Tel: 416.500.0826MISSISSAUGA

quickFiX tRuck tRAileR RepAiRs

6191 Atlantic DriveMississauga, ON L5T 1N7

Tel: 905.696.6888NEW LISKEARD

pioneeR diesel 2008 ltd.437136 Hawn Drive

New Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0Tel: 705.647.8707

OAKVILLEk.i.d. tRuck & tRAileR seRvice

1090 South Service Road East, Unit A

Oakville, ON L6J 2X8Toll Free: 800.265.6291

Tel: 905.842.2942OSHAWA

quAlity tRuck RepAiR inc.840 Colonel Sam Drive,Oshawa, ON L1H 8A9

Tel: 905.721.2788SUDBURY

sudBuRy tRuck & tRAileR centRe inc.

510 Whissell AvenueSudbury, ON P3B 2Z3

Toll Free: 800.461.4023Tel: 705.673.3613

ONTARIO

THUNDER BAYtRActoR tRAileR seRvice

64 South WaterThunder Bay, ON P7B 6T3

Tel: 807.345.5882

VERNERMoBile MechAnicAl seRvices

11769 Hwy 64Verner, ON P0H 2M0

Tel: 705.594.1319

P.E.I.

SUMMERSIDEpAlMeR AutoMotive

& tRuck centRe

3979, Read Drive, Route 1ASummerside, PE C1N 4J8

Richard Palmer902.436.6838

QUÉBEC

ALMAsuspension tuRcotte AlMA inc.

970 Avenue BombardierAlma, QC G8B 2V8

418.668.4501

AMOSAtelieR kgM inc.671 Avenue du ParcAmos, QC J9T 4M1

819.732.8105

ANJOUles pRos du cAMion

7887 Rue Grenache, Porte 39Anjou, QC H1J 1C4

514.643.3037

BAIE-COMEAUéquipeMents industRiels Bdl

(BAie-coMeAu) inc.27 Rue William Dobell

Baie-Comeau, QC G4Z 1T6418.296.3334

BOUCHERVILLERessoRts Rive-sud ltée

1570C Boulevard MontarvilleBoucherville, QC J4B 5Y3

450.641.1304

CHAMBLYAtelieR spéciAlisé ges inc.

3000 Boulevard IndustrielChambly, QC J3L 4X3

514.815.3114

CHICOUTIMIcentRe du cAMion pRo-cAM

sAguenAy inc.160 Rue des Routiers

Chicoutimi, QC G7H 5B1418.693.0123

DANVILLEseRvices MécAniques R.s.c.

1436 Route 116Danville, QC J0A 1A0

819.839.2444

DOLBEAU-MISTASSINIcentRe de pièces industRielles

MistAssini

280 Rue de QuenDolbeau-Mistassini, QC G8L 5N1

418.276.1212

QUÉBEC

DORVALcAMion & ReMoRque h.k. inc.

1125 A Côte de LiesseDorval, QC H3P 1B1

514.633.0909

LASALLERessoRts lAsAlle inc.

2051 Rue LapierreLaSalle, QC H8N 1B1

514.365.8176

LAURIER-STATIONAtelieR génytech inc.

125 Rue OlivierLaurier-Station, QC G0S 1N0

418.728.4242

LAVALRessoRts industRiels inc./

centRe de cAMion c.t. cAM inc.3850 Boulevard Leman

Laval, QC H7E 1A1450.661.5157

LES COTEAUXpotvin MécAnik inc.329 Montée du Comté

Les Coteaux, QC J7X 1A8450.267.0166

MANIWAKI RessoRts gendRon

259 Boulevard DesjardinsManiwaki, QC J9E 2E4

819.449.1611

MATAGAMIseRvices R.M. 2000 inc.

3125-A Boul. Industriel, C.P 1000Matagami, QC J0Y 2A0

819.739.2000

MONT JOLIgARAge tgB/cF

1000 Rue Piché, C.P. 742 Mont Joli, QC G5H 3Z2

418.775.9484

MONT-LAURIERles AtelieRs de RépARAtion

B & R ltée

354 Boulevard des Ruisseaux Mont-Laurier, QC J9L 0H6

819.623.2457

MONT-SAINT-HILAIREMARick diesel inc.849 Chemin Benoît

Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC J3G 4S6Tel : 450.714.0633

MONTRÉALRessoRts MontRéAl-noRd ltée

8065 Henri-Bourassa EstMontréal, QC H1E 2Z3

514.643.1121—

RessoRts univeRsel inc.11500 55ème AvenueMontréal, QC H1E 2K1

514.648.0820

NOTRE-DAME-DU-BON-CONSEILReMBec

1500 Chemin Quatre-SaisonsNotre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil,

QC J0C 1A0819.336.5285

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QUÉBEC

QUÉBECdRolet RessoRts inc.1275 Rue de l’Ancienne

CartoucherieQuébec, QC G1N 1X8

418.687QUÉBEC

edgAR BlondeAu inc.2490 Avenue Dalton

Québec, QC G1P 3X1800.463.4762418.651.6880

QUÉBECsuspension illiMitée inc.

1000 Avenue GaliboisQuébec, QC G1M 3M7

418.681.2226RIVIÈRE-DU-LOUP

gARAge tgB/cF640 Boulevard Armand ThériaultRivière-du-Loup, QC G5R 1V2

418.868.0320ROUYN-NORANDA

centRe du RessoRt lAMARche inc

600 Boulevard Teminscamingue,C.P. 1082

Rouyn-Noranda, QC J9Y 0G4819.764.ROCK (3271)819.762.NAPA (0955)

SAINT-ANDRÉ-AVELLINgARAge Benoit tRudeAu inc.

157 Route 321 SudSt-André-Avellin, QC J0V 1W0

819.983.1260

QUÉBEC

SAINT-EUSTACHERessoRts JuteAu inc

216 Rue Poirier #6Saint-Eustache, QC J7R 6B1

450.472.2340SAINT-GEORGESkevin Busque inc.3200 95ième Rue

St-Georges, QC G6A 1K8418.226.0721

SAINT-JANVIERRessoRts MiRABel inc.

14210 Boulevard Curé LabelleSaint-Janvier, QC J7J 1B1

450.434.4111SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU

AtelieR de souduRe et suspension st-JeAn inc.

795 Ch. du Grand-Bernier NordSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,

QC J3B 8H7450.349.5893

SAINT-LAURENTsAint-lAuRent suspensions inc.

1142 Rue St-AmourSt-Laurent, QC H4S 1J2

514.336.1910SAINT-ROMUALD

RessoRts d’Auto et cAMion Rock inc.

2090 5ième Rue Centre IndustrielSt-Romuald, QC G6W 5M6

418.834.1010

QUÉBEC

SALLABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELDMécAMoBile inc. 623 Rue Gaétan

Sallaberry-de-Valleyfield,QC J6S 0A7

450.371.5921

SENNETERREgARAge AlAin BeRnieR

112 Route 113 NordSenneterre, QC J0Y 2M0

819.737.4275

SEPT-ÎLEScentRe du cAMion pelletieR

(sept-Îles) inc.374 Avenue Jolliet

Sept-Îles, QC G4R 2B2418.962.5225

SOREL-TRACYMécAnique généRAle Mpc

Rive-sud inc.300 Monseigneur Desranleau

Sorel-Tracy, QC J3P 7Y6450.742.2764

STANSTEAD-ESTMécAnique et souduRe MF inc.

270 Chemin McIntyreStanstead-Est, QC J0B 3E0

819.876.7997

QUÉBEC

TROIS-RIVIÈRESgARAge M. st-yves

8560 Boulevard ParentTrois-Rivières, QC G9A 5E1

819.374.1122

VAUDREUIL-DORIONMécAMoBile inc.

950 Rue Valois, Suite 160, Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC J7V 8P2

450.218.0790

YAMACHICHEgARAge M. st-yves

211 Rue St-AnneYamachiche, QC G0X 3L0

819.296.2122

SASKATCHEWAN

BATTLEFORDFinning

391 Yellowhead AlleyBattleford, SK S0M 0E0

Tel: 306.445.6151

ESTEVANFinning

Hwy 39 EastEstevan, SK S4A 2A6

Tel: 306.634.3311

HUMBOLDTpRAiRie diesel inc.

210 8th AvenueHumboldt, SK S0K 2A0

Tel: 306.682.2900

SASKATCHEWAN

MOOSE JAW

golden West tRAileR & equipMent ltd.

1802 Stadacona Street West

Moose Jaw, SK S6H 4N8

Tel: 306.692.7402

REGINA

Finning

2360 Pasqua Street

Regina, SK S4P 3A8

Tel: 306.545.3311

SASKATOON

A-line FRAMe & AlignMent seRvices ltd.

3246 Millar Avenue

Saskatoon, SK S7K 5Y2

Tel: 306.931.6612—

Ag-line inteRnAtionAl liMited

103-3240 Idylwyld Drive North

Saskatoon, SK S7L 5Y7

Tel: 306.933.1115—

Finning

3502 11th Street West

Saskatoon, SK S7M 1K7

Tel: 306.382.3550

SASKATCHEWAN

SWIFT CURRENTFinning

2635 North Service Road WestSwift Current, SK S9H 5L4

Tel: 306.773.3240

TISDALEFinning

Highway 3 WestTisdale, SK S0E 1T0

Tel: 306.873.2613

WEYBURNsoutheRn industRiAl

& tRuck ltd.300 Hwy 13 South Service Road

Weyburn, SK S4H 2K7Tel: 306.842.2422

YORKTONtRuckpRo yoRkton

Hwy 10 EastYorkton, SK S3N 2X3

Tel: 306.782.4313

yUKON

WHITEHORSEkulAn MechAnicAl

7 Laberge RoadWhitehorse, YK Y1A 5Z3

Tel: 867.393.4581

TMTA SUDBURY

Sudbury TMTA Begins New Year on High NoteBY MAREK KRASUSKI

The Sudbury Chapter of the TMTA held its first meeting in

the New Year on Tuesday, January 12 at the How-ard Johnson Plaza Hotel. The attendance record was impressive as many longstanding and newer members arrived at the year’s first meeting.

The TMTA executive was delighted with the turnout since poor attendance lev-els in previous months led to discussions of closing the organization. But with a proactive approach, and some modifications, the resurgence of the organ-ization looks promising. Regular meetings previ-ously held on the second

Thursday of each month will now be held on the second Tuesday of every second month, excluding the summer, at the same hotel location.

TMTA President, Stewart McBain, opened the pro-ceedings and later intro-duced the two keynote speakers, John Reid from the Ministry of Labour and Angele Poitras, Account Manager for Workplace Safety & Prevention Ser-vices. Reid’s presentation focused on health and safety and highlighted three essential supporting rights. They are the right to be apprised of hazards in the workplace, the right to participate in safety com-mittees, and the right to

refuse to perform unsafe work.

Workers have the right to know how to work safely, using the most hazards, WHMIS, and oc-cupational disease as ex-amples. Further, workers should be told how they can participate in work-place safety such as, for example, becoming a role model to their co-work-ers or becoming a health and safety representative. They should also be en-couraged to communicate with existing health and safety committee mem-bers. Workers, too, are reminded that employers cannot fire them for exer-cising their health and safety rights, and that they

should remind their em-ployer, when necessary, to act in accordance with OHSA guidelines.

More information can be accessed through various health and safety asso-ciations, the Ministry of Labour, and the Work-place Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). These rights are followed by duties incumbent on all parties, namely the employer, the supervisor and the worker.

Reid outlined that typical hazards in transporta-tion relate to tire infla-tion, electrical contacts, and driving behaviour. Attending members were then encouraged to visit the Ministry’s website for a more comprehensive

understanding of health & safety issues. It is avail-able at www.ontario.ca/healthandsafetyatwork.

Following John Reid’s presentation, Angele Poi-tras drew attention to her employer, the Work-place Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) and its role in workplace safety enhancement. The WSPS offers a variety of training products, conferences, consulting services and resources for health and safety solutions. Health and safety, says the WSPS, also can save time and money. “Studies have shown that healthy and safe workplaces generate 20% more revenue per employee; 4% higher profit

margin; and can enhance market value by as much as 16%. WSPS is helping businesses across Ontario achieve results like these,” the company says.

As per the modified schedule, the TMTA will meet on the second Tues-day in March for their next meeting. The Sudbury TMTA is a group of fleet maintenance profession-als actively running light, medium, and heavy fleets in the province of Ontario and operating across Can-ada and the U.S. Spon-sors and members are encouraged to support the monthly dinner meet-ings and to present their products and services to industry members.V

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ONTARIO TRUCKING ASSOCIATION [OTA]

Registration for NextGen Certificate Program Open

Are you ready to take the next step up the leadership

ladder? Do you want to be part of the “big pic-ture” within your organ-ization? If so, the time to invest in your future is now. OTA’s smash hit Next Generation Certificate pro-gram is back for 2016 and registration is now open for all OTA members.

The Next Generation program, delivered by the highly esteemed Hum-phrey Group, was de-veloped as an intensive leadership communica-tion course for the future leaders of the trucking in-dustry. The main objective of the four-part certificate program is to strengthen a leader’s ability to com-municate effectively and inspire action in others they work with - from drivers, to customers, to executive teams.

New for this year is a reduced rate for the Next Generation program, due to a generous donation provided by the OTA Allied Trades Division. All OTA Members can now enjoy a $500 discount on the program for 2016.

Here’s what one of our past graduates had to say about the program:

“OTA’s Next Generation program provided the in-formation and tools need-ed to raise the bar when it comes to communicating with our teams and cus-tomers.” Melanie Hamel, General Manager, Seaway Express

To sign up, members can go to www.cvent.com/events/2016-next-gener-ation-program/registra-

tion-3a4c7362d3794668b-6c23ab1893518e1.aspx, non-members looking to join the program can contact Lak Shoan at [email protected].

For more information please go to ontruck.o rg/wp-con ten t/up-loads/2016/01/NextGen-eBrochure2016_public.pdf for all the program details.

Register early to reserve your spot - the training is provided in small groups, so space is limited!V

TALLMAN GROUP

Tallman Group Acquires Lease PortfolioBY NICOLA SHORTT

Mississauga, On-tario - Tallman Group is pleased

to announce it has com-pleted the acquisition of certain full service lease truck assets from Tandet NationaLease, effective December 31, 2015.

Tallman Idealease would like to welcome its new customers, formerly with Tandet NationaLease. The acquisition of the Tan-det fleet of lease trucks is a welcome addition to Tallman Idealease and is a great strategic fit with our current fleet from a geographic and customer service perspective. “I am

confident that the transi-tion of service for cur-rent Tandet NationaLease customers will be smooth with the support of our multiple dealerships along the 401 corridor from Mis-sissauga to Cornwall,” says Fred Hildebrand, V.P. Tallman Idealease.

“The great working rela-tionship between The Tan-det Group and The Tallman Group goes back decades,” says Kirk Tilley, President of Tandet NationaLease. “This was a natural fit for both our companies and for the customers.”

With this acquisition, Tallman Idealease now operates close to 1,000

medium and heavy duty trucks in its lease and rental fleet making it one of the largest privately owned truck leasing com-panies in Canada.

“We are excited to con-tinue to grow and expand our leasing business with this recent acquisition,” says Tallman Group Presi-dent; Kevin Tallman, add-ing, “We continue to lever-age our core strengths and find opportunities to expand our business. We would like to thank the Til-ley family at Tandet Natio-naLease for giving us this opportunity. Tandet is a highly respected company in the trucking industry

and we are pleased they selected Tallman Group when deciding to sell their lease portfolio.”

Founded in 1973, Tall-man Group sells and ser-vices the complete line of International trucks, Isuzu trucks, Cobra, Fontaine

and Trout River trailers, Autocar trucks; Kalmar Ot-tawa shunt trucks, Bobcat equipment, and emer-gency power generation systems. Tallman Group offers a wide range of rental and leasing options through its affiliation with

Idealease. Tallman Group currently owns and oper-ates 10 dealerships and 7 associate locations, mak-ing it one of the largest truck dealer networks in Canada. For more infor-mation, visit www.tall-mangroup.ca.V

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CAREERS

HEALTHY TRUCKER

Whole-Food Approach to Weight Loss

BY ANDREA MORLEY

Wh e n l o s i n g weight i t i s important to

know how to go about it while still nourishing your body properly. Often times when people try to lose weight they simply eat less food and more “light” products to try and restrict their calorie intake. While portion con-trol and keeping calories in check is important, we want to make sure we are still getting adequate nutrients to support our health. This is the differ-ence between calories and vitamins.

Below are some of the common strategies to losing weight that don’t take general nutrition and health into account: Calorie restriction, Eating “light” or “low-fat” pack-aged products, Eliminat-ing all carbohydrates from your diet (bread, rice, fruit, beans, etc).

Any one of these meth-ods can certainly result in weight loss, but weight is just a small piece of the overall “health” puzzle. Relying on these methods can mean that your diet

is seriously lacking in important vitamins such as iron or calcium.

Calories are a form of energy that our bodies burn, just like diesel in a truck. Vitamins, how-ever, are needed for other body functions, such as protecting the immune system and promoting healthy skin and nails. You can think of vita-mins as all of the other fluids that go into your truck – oil, washer fluid, anti-freeze, etc. Sure, the truck could still run with-out some of those things, but its performance will really suffer, and it won’t put as many miles on as a truck that is given what it needs.

You probably know several people who eat whatever food they want, much of it fast food and packaged food, but main-tain a low body weight. They probably keep the weight off thanks to a high metabolism, meaning their body burns calories at a high rate. However, if you haven’t already guessed it, they may not have a strong health pro-file in other areas, such as cholesterol levels, blood pressure, etc. If you take an even closer look, they may have signs of minor or serious vitamin-defi-ciencies as well, such as cracked skin, brittle nails, or even rickets or anemia.

This is why it is import-ant to approach weight loss from a whole-food approach. Eating “whole food” means you will be eating natural, nutrient-dense food that is full of

vitamins, encouraging long-term health as well as weight loss.

Whether looking to lose weight or not, avoid foods that are calorie-dense and nutrient-sparse. These foods are typically pack-aged, processed, and low in nutrients – think potato chips, cookies, and candy.

Instead, look for nutri-ent-dense foods such as

the following: Vegetables of all colours. Frozen veg-gies contain just as many nutrients as fresh since they are “flash-frozen.” You can enjoy them raw or cooked, depending on preference and con-venience. Fruit, although you should avoid canned fruit with added sugar. Nuts, seeds, unprocessed oils like olive and coco-

nut. These are naturally high in both calories and vitamins and are great as part of a healthy diet when in their most nat-ural state. Lean meats that are grilled, baked, or stir-fried. Complex carbs like brown rice and beans.

The best part of eating nutrient-dense food is that a diet full of produce, lean meats, and complex

carbs is typically calorie-balanced, meaning the calorie count will fall right into place without you having to count calories. The result? A healthy, thr iving body AND a healthy body weight!

Andrea Morley is Nutri-tionist & Health Coach at Healthy Trucker and can be reached at [email protected]

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ALBERTA

AIRDRIEFlying J cARdlock85 East Lake Cres.,Airdrie, AB T4B 2B5Tel: 403.948.4193

Parking for 10.

BROOKSFlying J Fuel stop

1260 Cassils Road East,Brooks, AB T1R 1B7Tel: 403.362.5594

Parking for 20, Showers (2).Cinnabon location.

CALGARYFlying J

11511 – 40th Street SE,Calgary, AB T2H 1L4Tel: 403.720.0904Fax: 403.720.4937

8 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 130, Showers (9), CAT Scales, TripPak.

Hot food available. Denny’s.

• • •Flying J Fuel stop

4216 – 72nd Avenue SE,Calgary, AB T2C 2C1Tel: 403.236.2404

5 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 15, Showers (2), TripPak. Hot food avalable.

• • •Flying J cARdlock

2525 – 23rd Street NE,Calgary, AB T2E 7M1Tel: 403.250.3835

• • •Flying J deAleR

4949 Barlow Trail SE,Calgary, AB T2B 3B5Tel: 403.273.4949Fax: 403.235.5095

7 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 80, Showers (9), CATScales.

DRAYTON VALLEYFlying J cARdlock5505 Jubilee Avenue,

Drayton Valley, AB T7A 1S3Tel: 801.725.1370

EDMONTONFlying J cARdlock

15609 – 121A. Avenue,Edmonton, AB T5V 1B1

Tel: 780.413.9116• • •

Flying J deAleR16806 – 118th Avenue,Edmonton, AB T5V 1M8

Tel: 780.455.1111Fax: 780.482.4448

6 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 100, Showers (8), CAT Scale.

EDSONFlying J cARdlock2520 – 2nd Avenue,Edson, AB T7E 1N9Tel: 780.723.4744

FORT MCMURRAYFlying J cARdlock345 Sakitawaw Trail,

Fort McMurray, AB T9H 4E4Tel: 780.743.3556

GRANDE PRAIRIEFlying J cARdlock9212 – 108th Street,

Grande Prairie, AB T8V 4C9Tel: 780.532.2378

ALBERTA

GRASSLANDFlying J deAleR

1st Avenue, 1st Street,Grassland, AB T0A 1V0

Tel: 780.525.2295Fax: 780.525.2297

10 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 75, Showers (2).

HANNAFlying J deAleR

Hwy 9 & Hwy 36 South,Hanna, AB T0J 1P0Tel: 403.854.5000


HINTONFlying J cARdlock

294 Kelly Road,Hinton, AB T7V 1H2Tel: 780.817.1150

LETHBRIDGEFlying J cARdlock

1005 – 43rd Street,Lethbridge, AB T1K 7B8

Tel: 403.328.4735

LLOYDMINSTERFlying J cARdlock

5109 – 63rd Avenue,Lloydminster, AB T9V 2E7

Tel: 780.875.2990Parking for 12, Showers (2).

NANTONFlying J Fuel stop

2810 – 21st Avenue,Nanton, AB T0L 1R0Tel: 403.646.2810Fax: 403.646.2872

3 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 130, Showers (3), Humpty’s Restaurant and Papa Johns,

CAT Scale.

NISKU

Flying J Fuel stop

302 – 20th Avenue,Nisku, AB T9E 7T8Tel: 780.955.3535

5 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 8, Showers (2), Pizza, TripPak,

Hot Food available.

XRED DEER

Flying J tRAvel plAzA

6607 – 67th Street,Red Deer, AB T4P 1A4

Tel: 403.346.2785Fax: 403.346.2852

5 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 26, Showers (4), Pizza and other hot food available.

REDCLIFFFlying J cARdlock

115 Lockwood Street,Redcliff, AB T1A 7T9Tel: 403.526.2669

RYCROFTFlying J Fuel stop

Hwy #49 & 2, Box 73,Rycroft, AB T0H 3A0Tel: 780.765.3740Fax: 780.765.3748

Parking for 8, Pizza and other hot food available.

ALBERTA

SHERWOOD PARKFlying J

50 Pembina Road,Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2G9

Tel: 780.416.2035Fax: 780.416.2084

8 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 140, Showers (9), Denny’s/Pepperoni’s, CAT Scales,

TripPak & Bulk Diesel.

WHITECOURTFlying J cARdlock

Hwy # 43 & West Mtn. Road,Whitecourt, AB T7N 1S9

Tel: 780.778.3073

BRITISH COLUMBIA

ABBOTSFORDFlying J cARdlock

929 Coutts Way & Sumas Way,Abbotsford, BC V2S 4N2

Tel: 604.855.0665Showers (1).

ANNACIS ISLANDFlying J Fuel stop

1291 Cliveden Avenue,Annacis Island, Delta, BC V5M 6G4

Tel: 604.521.4445Parking for 4, Showers (1), TripPak and hot

food available.

CHILLIWACKFlying J deAleR

7970 Lickman Road.,Chilliwack, BC V2R 1A9

Tel: 604.795.7265Parking for 20, Showers (4) and hot food

available.

CRANBROOKFlying J cARdlock2209 Theatre Road,

Cranbrook, BC V1C 4H4Tel: 250.426.3763

CRESTONFlying J cARdlock

1411 Northwest Blvd.,Creston, BC V0B 1G6Tel: 250.428.7131

DAWSON CREEKFlying J cARdlock1725 Alaska Avenue,

Dawson Creek, BC V1G 1P5Tel: 250.782.3111

Showers (2).

FORT ST. JOHNFlying J cARdlock9407 – 109th Street,

Fort St. John, BC V1J 6K6Tel: 250.785.3052

HOPEFlying J deAleR

63100 Flood Hope RoadHope, BC V0X 1L2Tel: 604.860.4601Fax: 604.886.6821

8 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 50 Showers (4), CAT Scales, Subway

and other hot food available.

KAMLOOPSFlying J deAleR175 Kokanee Way,

Kamloops, BC V2C 6Z2Tel: 250.573.3032Fax: 250.573.7820


BRITISH COLUMBIA

NEW WESTMINSTERFlying J cARdlock

24 Braid St.,New Westminster, BC V3L 3P3

Tel: 604.522.6511

PRINCE GEORGEFlying J Fuel stop

4869 Continental Way,Prince George, BC V2N 5S5

Tel: 250.563.1677Showers (3).

VANCOUVERFlying J cARdlock

8655 Boundary Road,Vancouver, BC V5S 4H3

Tel: 604.454.9578

MANITOBA

HEADINGLEYFlying J

4100 Portage Avenue,Headingley, MB R4H 1C5

Tel: 204.832.8952Fax: 204.832.9104

8 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 150, Showers (9), Denny’s/Pizza, CAT Scales & Bulk Diesel.

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIEFlying J Fuel stop

Highway 1 East,Portage La Prairie, MB R1N 3B2

Tel: 204.857.9997Parking for 40.

WINNIPEGFlying J Fuel stop1747 Brookside Blvd.,Winnipeg, MB R2C 2E8

Tel: 204.633.0663Showers (2), TripPak.

Flying J cARdlock131 Warman Road & Hwy. #59,

Winnipeg, MB R2J 3R3Tel: 204.231.5485

ONTARIO, EASTERN

BAINSVILLEFlying J deAleR

6115 4th Line Road,Bainsville, ON K0C 1E0

Tel: 613.347.2433

CARDINALFlying J deAleR2085 Shanly Road,

Cardinal, ON K0E 1E0Tel: 613.657.3155

LANCASTERFlying J

20382 Old Highway #2,Lancaster, ON K0C 1N0

Tel: 613.347.2221Fax: 613.347.1970

11 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 110, Showers (9), Denny’s, CAT Scales, Bulk Diesel.

NAPANEEFlying J

628 County Road #41, RR 6,Napanee, ON K7R 3L1

Tel: 613.354.7044Fax: 613.354.3796

12 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 165, Showers (15), Denny’s/Pizza, CAT Scales, TripPak,

Bulk Diesel.

ONTARIO, NORTHERN

KAPUSKASINGFlying J Fuel stop

410 Government Road East,Kapuskasing, ON P5N 2X7

Tel: 705.337.1333Fax: 705.337.1208

5 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 40, Showers (4) and hot food available.

SAULT STE. MARIEFlying J cARdlock

987 Great Northern Road,Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5K7

Tel: 705.759.8280

SCHREIBERFlying J cARdlock

Hwy #17,Schreiber, ON P0T 2S0

Tel: 807.824.2383

SUDBURYFlying J cARdlock17 Duhamel Road,

Sudbury, ON P3E 4N1Tel: 705.692.5447

ONTARIO, WESTERN

AYRFlying J

2492 Cedar Creek RoadAyr, ON N0B 1E0

Tel: 519.624.9578Fax: 519.624.2587

Parking for 30, showers (4), Papa Joe’s & Hot Kettle, CAT Scales.

BRANTFORDFlying J cARdlock

11 Sincair Blvd.,Brantford, ON N3S 7X6

Tel:

ETOBICOKEFlying J Fuel stop

1765 Albion Rd. & Hwy #27,Etobicoke, ON M9W 5S7

Tel: 416.674.8665

LONDONFlying J

3700 Highbury Ave. South,London, ON N6N 1P3

Tel: 519.686.9154Fax: 519.686.8629

12 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 230, Showers (15), Denny’s/Pizza, CAT Scales, TripPak,

Bulk Diesel.

MISSISSAUGAFlying J Fuel stop

1400 Britannia Road East,Mississauga, ON L4W 1C8

Tel: 905.564.6216Parking for 80, Showers (3).

PICKERINGFlying J deAleR

2000 Clements Road,Pickering, ON L1W 4A1

Tel: 905.428.9700Fax: 905.428.9633

5 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 50,Showers (7).

TILBURYFlying J

19325 Essex County Road 42,Tilbury, ON N0P 2L0Tel: 519.682.1140Fax: 519.682.9221

6 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 150, Showers (6), Subway, CAT Scales, Bulk Diesel.

ONTARIO, WESTERN

WYOMINGFlying J deAleR

5906 Oil Heritage Road,Wyoming, ON N0N 1T0

Tel: 519.854.3249

QUÉBEC

BERTHIERVILLEFlying J deAleR

1181 Ave. Gilles Villeneuve,Berthierville, QC J0K 1A0

Tel: 450.836.65812 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 10.

NAPIERVILLEFlying J deAleR

1 Rang St. Andre,Napierville, QC J0J 1L0

Tel: 450.245.35395 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 10,

Showers (1) & hot food available.

SAINTE HELENE DE BAGOTFlying J deAleR

569 rue Principale,Sainte Helene de Bagot, QC

J0H 1M0Tel: 450.791.2232Fax: 450.791.2495

6 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 10Showers (4) and hot food available.

SASKATCHEWAN

DAVIDSONFlying J deAleR

Hwy 11 & Hwy 44 Junction,Davidson, SK S0G 1A0

Tel: 306.567.3222

MOOSE JAWFlying J Fuel stop

370 North Service Rd. Hwy #1,Moose Jaw, SK S6H 4N9

Tel: 306.693.58586 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 20, Showers

(4), Bulk Diesel & hot food available.

REGINAFlying Fuel stop

1511 Ross Avenue EastRegina, SK S4R 1J2Tel: 306.721.0070

Parking for 12, Showers (3).

SASKATOONFlying J

3850 Idylwyld Drive N.,Saskatoon, SK S7P 0A1

Tel: 306.955.6840Fax: 306.955.6846

6 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 85, Showers (4), Denny’s, other hot food available &

bulk food.

YORKTONFlying J cARdlock

191 York Road West, Box 794,Yorkton, SK S3N 2W8

Tel: 306.782.2645Showers (2).

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ALBERTA

BONNYVILLEcougAR Fuels ltd.5602 – 54th Avenue

Bonnyville, ABTel: 780.826.3043Fax: 780.826.6353

[email protected]

Convenience store, cardlock & showers.

CALGARY

cAlgARy husky tRAvel centRe

2525 – 32nd Avenue NECalgary, AB T1Y 6B7Tel: 403.291.1233www.myhusky.ca

RoAdking tRAvel centRe

4949 Barlow Trail SECalgary, AB T2B 3B5Tel: 403.569.6251Fax: 403.235.5095www.roadking.ca

LEDUC

nisku tRuck stop

Suite 201 – 8020 Sparrow DriveLeduc, AB T9E 7G3Tel: 780.986.7867Fax: 780.986.7898

Web: www.myhusky.caOpen 24 hours, 7 days, restaurant, cardlock,

ATM, convenience store, showers, scale.

LLOYDMINSTER

husky tRAvel centRe

5721 – 44th StreetLloydminster, AB T9V 0B3

Tel: 780.872.7089www.myhusky.ca

MEDICINE HAT

husky tRAvel centRe

561 – 15th Street SWMedicine Hat, AB T1A 4W2

Tel: 403.527.5561

petRo cAnAdA cARd lock

AgCom Petroleum Fuel Sales1802 – 10 Avenue, SW

Medicine Hat, ABTel: 403.527.6411Fax: 403.529.1660

Showers.

ALBERTA

SHERWOOD PARK

RoAdking tRAvel centRe stRAthconA inc.

26 Strathmoor DriveSherwood Park, AB T8H 2B6

Tel: 780.417.9400Fax: 780.417.9449

STRATHMORE

stRAthMoRe husky tRAvel centRe

436 Ridge RoadStrathmore, AB T1P 1B5

Tel: 403.934.3522Fax: 403.934.3555

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.myhusky.caOpen 24 hours, 7 days, restaurant, cardlock,

ATM, convenience store, showers.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

CHILLIWACK

chilliWAck husky tRAvel centRe7620A Vedder Road

Chilliwack, BC V2R 4E8Tel: 604.858.5113www.myhusky.ca

chilliWAck petRo – pAss45461 Yale Road West

Chilliwack, BCTel: 604.795.9421Fax: 604.792.8931

[email protected] cardlock open 24hrs, 7 days,

convenience store open Mon – Fri, 8 am – 5 pm (washrooms).

cool cReek Agencies7985 Lickman Road

Chilliwack, BC V2R 3Z9Tel: 604.795.5335Fax: 604.794.5080

[email protected] islands, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, showers, laundry

facilities, parking & CAT scale

DELTA

petRo cAnAdA

southcoAst petRoleuM ltd.10178 Nordel Court, Delta, BC

Tel: 604.581.3835Fax: 604.581.3850

[email protected], fax, photocopier, nearby gov’t scale,

restaurant & ATM.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

GOLDEN

Jepson petRoleuM ltd.Box 1408, Golden, BC V0A 1H0

Tel: 250.344.6161Fax: 250.344.2232

[email protected] 8 am – 5 pm Mon – Fri, lubes &

propane, 24hr cardlock, regular, diesel & diesel mark.

HOPE

dogWood vAlley husky seRvices

27051 Baker RoadHope, BC V0X 1L3Tel: 604.869.9443www.myhusky.ca

Flood hope husky tRAvel centRe

61850 Flood – Hope RoadR.R. #2, Hope, BC V0X 1L2


OSOYOOS

husky tRAvel centRe

9206 – 97th StreetR.R. #2, Osoyoos, BC V0H 1V2


SICAMOUS

husky tRAvel centRe

1340 Trans Canada Hwy.Sicamous, BC V0G 2V0

Tel: 250.836.4675Fax: 280.836.2230

Contact: Shelley Arvandelwww.myhusky.ca

Open 24-7, restaurant (6 am – 10pm), convenience store, showers, laundry

facilities, parking, photocopier, oil products, ATM & fax machine.

MANITOBA

BRANDON

BRAndon husky tRAvel centRe

1990 – 18th Street NorthBrandon, MB R7C 1B3


MANITOBA

MORRIS

MoRRis husky

Hwy 75 South, Box 989Morris, MB R0G 1K0Tel: 204.746.8999Fax: 204.746.2611

[email protected]: www.myhusky.ca

Open 24 hours, 7 days, restaurant Mon. – Fri. 6am – 1pm, Sat. & Sun. 7 am – 11pm,

cardlock, ATM, convenience store with lottery, showers.

WINNIPEG

petRo cAnAdA – petRo pAss

500 Oak Point HighwayWinnipeg, MB

Tel: 204.949.7292Fax: 204.949.7295

Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM,

showers & parking.


928 Marion Street,Winnipeg, MB

Tel: 204.949.7280Fax: 204.949.7288

Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry facilities,

showers & parking

NEW BRUNSWICK

AULACAulAc Big stop ciRcle k

170 Aulac RoadAulac, NB E4L 2X2Tel: 506.536.1339Fax: [email protected]

Open 24-7, full-service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience store,

showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale.

XEDMUNDSTON

edMundston tRuck stop

Exit 19, 100 Grey Rock RoadEdmundston, NB E7C 0B6

Tel: 506.737.2010Fax: 506.737.2015

[email protected] 24/7 365 days, full service islands,

diesel, cardlock, propane, lubricants, driver’s lounge and business centre, seafood & burger restaurant (Le Pirate de la Mer),

convenience store, washrooms, showers (4), laundry facilities, parking for 75 trucks, double car wash & 2 bay pet wash, Wi-Fi,

ATM, fax & photocopier.

NEW BRUNSWICK

GRAND FALLS

petRo pAss

315 Ouellette StreetGrand Falls, NB

Tel: 506.473.5575Fax: 506.475.9816

Toll Free: [email protected]

Drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, internet services, showers, parking & CAT scale.

MONCTON

petRo cAnAdA

Exit 450, 2600 Mountain RoadMoncton, NB E1G 3T6

Tel: 506.859.6000Fax: 506.859.6005

Open 24-7, convenience store, fast food, ATM & washrooms.

PERTH – ANDOVER

toBique one stop

Exit 115, Perth – Andover, NBTel: 506.273.9682Fax: 506.273.9682

Open 24-7, full-service islands, drivers’ lounge with large screen, restaurant,

satellite TV, convenience store, showers, laundry, parking & free high-speed internet.

SALISBURY

sAlisBuRy Big stop

2986 Fredericton RoadSalisbury, NB E4J 2G1

Tel: 506.372.3333Fax: 506.372.0083

Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, restaurant, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale

WAASISlincoln Big stop ciRcle k

415 Nevers Rd.Waasis, NB E3B 9E1Tel: 506.446.4444

Driver Fax: [email protected]

Open 24-7, Irving FP Solution I – 24, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience store,

showers, laundry facilities, free overnight parking.

WOODSTOCKMuRRAy’s tRuck stop

Exit 191, 198 Beardsley RoadWoodstock, NB

Tel: 506.328.2994Driver’s Fax: 506.325.2148calving.murraystruckstop@

gmail.comwww.murraystruckstop.ca

Open 24-7, full-service islands, drivers’ lounge & game room, restaurant,

convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale & tire sales

& service.

NOVA SCOTIA

TRURO HEIGHTStRuRo heights ciRcle k

86 Connector Rd., Hwy 102 Exit 13,Truro Heights, NS B2N 5B6

Tel: 902.897.0333Fax: 902.897.0499

Open 24-7, self service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience store,

showers & parking.

ONTARIO, EASTERN

ARNPRIOR

AntRiM tRuck stop

580 White Lake Road,Arnprior, ON K7S 3G9

Tel: 613.623.3003Fax: 613.623.1003


Open 24-7, full-service islands, restaurant, convenience store, showers, overnight

parking, drivers’ lounge, CAT scale, garage service facilities, tire service, Western Star

truck dealer.

BELLEVILLE

10 AcRe tRuck stop

902 Wallbridge Loyalist RoadBelleville, ON K8N 5A2

Tel: 613.966.7017Fax: 613.962.4495 or Office at

[email protected]

Restaurant & Store: Mon-Fri 6 am – 11 pm, Sat 7-8 pm, Sun 7-10 pm,

convenience store, hair salon, drug testing, showers, parking, Esso Card Lock & Retail

Diesel, Wifi & Fax, laundry facilities & CAT Scale.

BELLEVILLE

ultRAMAR

25 Bellevue Dr., Hwy 401 Exit 538(rear of Ultramar Service Station)

Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5Tel: 613.771.1755

Open 24 hrs, lunch counter, convenience store, washrooms, showers,short–time

parking & drivers’ lounge.

CARDINAL

730 tRuck stop

2085 Shanly Road,Hwy 401 Exit 730,

Cardinal, ON K0C 1E0Tel: 613.657.3019

Open 24 hrs, restaurant, convenience store, washrooms, showers, overnight parking &

drivers’ lounge.

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Welcome to our complimentary truck stOP directOry. We want to help truckers and travellers find the nearest truck stop on route to their destination. For details on how you can list your truck stop, call Barb Woodward at 613.476.2247 or email Barb at [email protected].

ONTARIO, EASTERN

DESERONTO

quick stop215 Hwy #49

Deseronto, ON K0K 1X0Tel: 613.396.3043Fax: 613.396.1449

Open 6 am – 10pm, 7 days, Subway, convenience store & parking.

DUNVEGAN

esso – dunvegAn1515 County Road #20,

(Hwy 417 Exit 51)Dunvegan, ON

Tel: 613.527.1026 or613.627.2100

Fax: 613.527.2726Open 24-7, full-service islands, restaurant (Tim Horton’s), convenience store, parking

& ATM.

JOYCEVILLE

kingston husky tRuck stopJoyceville Road,

(Hwy 401 Exit 632)Joyceville, ON


KINGSTON

esso – kingstonHwy 401 Exit 611

Kingston, ONTel: 613.384.8888Fax: 613.634.3162

Open 24-7

OTTAWA

ultRAMAR3199 Hawthorne Road,(Exit 110 off Hwy 417)

Behind Ultramar Service StationOttawa, ON K1G 3V8Tel: 613.248.9319

Open 24 hrs, lunch counter, convenience store, washrooms, drivers’ lounge, showers

& short-time parking

ONTARIO, EASTERN

SPENCERVILLE

Angelo’s tRuck stop2025 County Road 44

Spencerville, ON K0E 1X0Tel: 613.925.5158Fax: 613.925.5158

Open 7 days, game room, restaurant, convenience store, showers, parking &

CAT scale.

VANKLEEK HILL

heRB’s tRAvel plAzA21160 Service Road,Exit 27 off Hwy 417

Vankleek Hill, ON K0B 1R0Toll Free: 800.593.4372

Tel: 613.525.2120Fax: 613.525.1595

[email protected] 24-7 drivers’ lounge, restaurant,

convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, internet services, showers & parking.

ONTARIO, NORTHERN

BRADFORD

BRAdFoRd husky tRAvel centReHwy 400 & 88Bradford, ON


NAIRN CENTREJeReMy’s tRuck stop &countRy RestAuRAnt220 Highway 17 West

Nairn Centre, ON P0M 2L0Tel: 705.869.4100Fax: 705.869.6796

NORTH BAYBAy tRuck stop

3060 Hwy 11 NorthNorth Bay, ON

Tel: 705.474.8410Fax: 705.495.4076


Web: www.transportmall.comOpen 24-7, full-service islands, restaurant,

convenience store, showers, parking & truck repairs within 2 km.

ONTARIO, NORTHERN

SUDBURY

sudBuRy petRo pAss3070 Regent Street

Sudbury, ONTel: 705.522.8701Fax: 705.522.4280

Open Mon – Fri. 6 am – 11pm, Sat. 8 am – 8 pm & sun. 10 am – 9 pm, drivers’ lounge

& game room, convenience store (hot food, pizza, chilli & soup), laundry facilities,

showers & parking.

TIMMINS

esso tRuck stop2154 Riverside Drive

Timmins, ONTel: 705.268.3400Fax: 705.267.7231

[email protected] 24-7, restaurant, convenience store,

ATM & showers.

WAUBAUSHENEWAuBAushene tRuck stop21 Quarry Road, Box 419,

Waubaushene, ON L0K 2L0Tel: 705.538.2900Fax: 705.538.0452

[email protected]

ONTARIO, WESTERN

BEAMSVILLE

BeAMsville RelAy stAtion4673 Ontario Street,

(Exit 64 off QEW)Beamsville, ON L0R 1B4

Tel: 905.563.8816Fax: 905.563.4770

[email protected] 24-7, restaurant, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking

BELMONT

london husky tRAvel centReHwy 401 & 74 (Exit 195 off 401)

Belmont, ONTel: 519.644.0200www.myhusky.ca

ONTARIO, WESTERN

DRUMBOtRuckeR’s hAvenHwy 401, Exit 250,

806607 Oxford Road,Drumbo, ON N0J 1G0

Tel: 519.463.5088Fax: 519.463.5628

[email protected] ERIE

ultRAMAR1637 Pettit Road (Exit 5 off QEW)

Fort Erie, ON L2A 5M4Tel: 905.994.8293

Open 24 hrs, restaurant, washrooms, showers, overnight parking & drivers’

lounge.

HAMILTON

MARshAll tRuck & tRAileR RepAiR & tRuck stop

336 Kenora AvenueHamilton, ON L8E 2W2

Tel: 905.561.4712Fax: 905.561.7757

[email protected]: www.marshalltruck.com

Open 24-7 for cardlock, open 7 am – 12 am Mon – Fri, 7 am – 5 pm Sat, closed

Sunday, full-service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, showers & parking

KITCHENER

petRo – pAss kitcheneR120 Conestoga College Blvd.

Kitchener, ON N2P 2N6Tel: 519.748.5550Fax: 519.748.9656

Drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry facilities, showers & CAT

scale.

LEAMINGTON

Johnny’s gAs BAR448 Talbot Street West

Leamington, ON N8H 4H6Tel: 519.326.5231Fax: 519.322.0189

[email protected]

Card lock open 24 hours, 7 days, convenience store, cash discount, diesel

exhaust fluid and coloured fuel.

ONTARIO, WESTERN

LONDON

Flying M tRuck stop7340 Colonel Talbot Road

London, ONTel: 519.652.2728Fax: 519.652.6554

flyingmtruckstop.comOpen 24 hrs, 6 days, full-service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience store, ATM, internet services, showers,

garage on premises & parking

PORT HOPE

ultRAMAR2211 County Road 28

(Hwy 401 Exit 464)Port Hope, ON L1A 3W4

Tel: 905.885.4600Open 24 hrs, lunch counter, convenience

store, washrooms, showers, drivers’ lounge & short-time parking.

WINDSOR

WindsoR husky tRAvel centReHwy 401 Exit 14, Tecumseh, ON

Tel: 519.737.6401www.myhusky.caWOODSTOCK

ultRAMAR535 Mill Street

(Hwy 401 Exit 230 on TA site)Woodstock, ON N4S 7V6

Tel: 519.421.3144Open 24 hrs, restaurant, convenience store,

washrooms, showers, drivers’ lounge & overnight parking.

QUEBEC

MONTREAL

iRving 245918, Rue Notre Dame Est

Montreal, QC H1N 2C5Tel: 514.257.8626Fax: 514.259.0910

Open 24-7, restaurant, convenience store & laundry facilities.

SASKATCHEWAN

ESTEVAN

estevAn husky tRAvel centRe

201 – 4th Street,

Estevan, SK S4A 0T5

Tel: 306.634.3109

www.myhusky.ca

REGINA

husky Bulk sAles

210 North McDonald Street

Regina, SK S4N 5W3

Tel: 306.721.6880

www.myhusky.ca

ReginA husky tRAvel centRe

1755 Prince of Wales Drive

Regina, SK S4Z 1A5

Tel: 306.789.3477

www.myhusky.ca

SASKATOON


402 – 51st Street East

Saskatoon, SK

Tel: 306.934.6766

Fax: 306.668.6110

[email protected]

Drivers’ lounge, convenience store, laundry

facilities, ATM, showers, scale & parking.

SWIFT CURRENT

husky tRAvel centRe

1510 South Service Road West

(Trans Canada Hwy 1 West)

Swift Current, SK S9H 3T1

Tel: 306.773.6444

www.myhusky.ca

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Clutch ProductsFil-Mor Automotive & Clutch Products Ltd . . . .15 Ontario Trucking News

Diesel Performance ProductsDiesel Spec Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Employment OpportunitiesBestway Cartage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Ontario Trucking NewsCarmen Transportation Group . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Ontario Trucking NewsCity of Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Ontario Trucking NewsEdge Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Western Trucking NewsLaidlaw Carriers Van GP Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Eastern Trucking NewsMcConnell Transport Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Eastern Trucking NewsRyder Logistics Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Ontario Trucking NewsThe Rosedale Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26TransX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Ontario & Western Trucking NewsWilson Truck Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Ontario Trucking NewsXan Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Ontario Trucking News

Factoring & FinanceAccutrac Capital Solutions Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 7J D Factors Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 3, 39

Fleet Maintenance SoftwareFleet Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Eastern Trucking News

Fuel AdditivesBennetts Service Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Fuel Fired HeatersPolar Mobility Research Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Western Trucking News

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Insurance BrokersBryson & Assoc . Insurance Brokers Ltd . . . . . . .1 Ontario Trucking NewsHallmark Insurance Brokers Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Ontario Trucking News

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Pressure WashersKarcher Canada Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Refrigeration SystemsPolar Mobility Research Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Western Trucking News

Satellite RadioSirius XM Canada Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

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Tire Pressure MonitoringPolar Mobility Research Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Western Trucking News

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TansmissionsDomar Transmissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

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Weigh Scales (On Board)Vulcan On-Board Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Eastern & Western Trucking News

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BBD Diesel Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Eastern Trucking NewsBennetts Service Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Benson Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Ontario Trucking NewsBestway Cartage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Ontario Trucking NewsBryson & Assoc . Insurance Brokers Ltd . . . . . . .1 Ontario Trucking News

CC .U .T .C . Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Carmen Transportation Group . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Ontario Trucking NewsCity of Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Ontario Trucking News

DDiesel Spec Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Domar Transmissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

E Edge Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Western Trucking NewsEmpire Transportation Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Ontario Trucking News

FFBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Fil-Mor Automotive & Clutch Products Ltd . . . .15 Ontario Trucking NewsFleet Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Eastern Trucking NewsFlo Components Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Ontario Trucking News

HHallmark Insurance Brokers Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Ontario Trucking News

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LLaidlaw Carriers Van GP Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Eastern Trucking News

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L’AFFACTURAGE ET LE FINANCEMENT

Choisir les meilleurs outils financiers affecte les coûts d’opérationPAR MAREK KRASUSKI

Les coûts croissants des camions sont à la fois une bonne

et une mauvaise chose. D’une part, personne n’a envie de payer plus pour un camion, ce qui a mené certains à choisir des modèles usagés. Par contre, la montée des prix a forcé l’industrie de la finance à se montrer plus créative dans ses pra-tiques de prêts pour attirer plus de clients.

Avec des taux d’intérêt faibles, il peut être très intéressant de faire des emprunts afin de finan-cer l’achat de nouveaux véhicules. L’achat de véhicules augmente le nombre d’actifs dans une entreprise, et les coûts d’achats peuvent être déduits à titre de dépen-se d’entrepr ise, tout comme la dépréciation. L’opérateur propriétaire ou l’entreprise devient propriétaire des camions dès l’échéance du prêt. Les flottes ayant un niveau excessif de liquidités aussi, peuvent bénéficier de sim-ples achats et des avan-tages fiscaux qui viennent avec. Les emprunts sont aussi une bonne façon de consolider sa cote de crédit. Des prêts à taux d’intérêts fixes et vari-ables sont disponibles. Les prêts à taux d’intérêt fixes offrent des paiements prévisibles car les taux d’intérêts et paiements de capital sont fixés d’avance. Les prêts à taux variables offrent plus de flexibi-lité. Les paiements restent identiques, mais si les taux d’intérêts chutent, plus de capital est versé par paiement.

En revanche, de ma-nière générale, la plu-part des transporteurs préfèrent d’autres méth-odes d’acquisition, plutôt que l’emprunt. En effet de plus hauts frais sont as-sociés aux emprunts étant donné qu’une portion du capital impayé est incluse dans chaque paiement.

Même pour les transpor-teurs présentant de bons profils financiers et la cap-acité de payer pour des nouveaux camions et du nouvel équipement, les emprunts peuvent être avantageux car ils offrent d’autres outils d’achat et permettent de concentrer les liquidités plutôt sur les dépenses en essence, main d’œuvre, et coûts d’opération.

Les locations de camions sont le choix privilégié de la majorité des consom-mateurs à titre profes-sionnel. Elles n’exigent qu’une dépense initiale modeste, et leurs coûts mensuels sont petits, ce qui permet aux entreprises de conserver du capital. Ces jours-ci, en particuli-er, les frais d’entretien croissants, les exigences d’émissions plus contraig-nantes, et les technologies chères font des locations une alternative plus at-tractive pour la plupart.

De plus, avec les loca-tions, la valeur des pro-duits n’est pas affichée sur le bilan comptable, et donc l’achat n’est pas enregistré comme une dette. Ainsi, le rapport dette/fonds propres de l’entreprise demeure le même. Ceci est surtout im-portant dans les périodes de déclin économique pour que les entreprises puissent garder leurs lig-nes de crédit ouvertes et se permettre d’endosser des dettes supplémentaires. La location, selon le contrat, évite aussi aux transpor-teurs de se soucier de l’entretien en laissant cette tâche aux entreprises de location, ce qui permet en retour aux entreprises de se concentrer sur leurs activités principales.

L’industrie fournit plu-sieurs options de loca-tions. Un contrat de lo-cation populaire est le contrat à juste valeur marchande (JVM). Sous ce contrat, le camion est utilisé pendant la durée de la location. Au moment

de le rendre, les clients ont l’option de l’acheter à sa juste valeur marchande au moment de maturité, de le rendre, ou de renouveler le contrat. Les locations JVM requièrent de manière gé-nérale des moindres sor-ties de fonds et paiements mensuels que d’autres formes de financement. Des frais additionnels et des amendes (comme pour un dépassement du kilométrage convenu) peuvent être requis par le contrat de location ; aussi est-il est recommandé de consulter un conseiller en crédit. En effet, d’autres facteurs à considérer sont les taux et durées des contrats de location, et les coûts en résidus à l’expiration du contrat. Songez aussi à si le contrat est « plein service » et vérifiez exactement quels sont les services offerts. Certains contrats peuvent exclure certains services qui peuvent s’avérer es-sentiels au cours de la durée du contrat, ou la garantie de plein service peut avoir une date ou un kilométrage d’expiration. Certains contrats de loca-tions sont aussi pourvus d’options de remplace-ment. Quand un camion est en train de subir des travaux d’entretien, les véhicules de remplace-ment permettent de con-tinuer à effectuer les livrai-sons.

Les contrats de location-financement, par contre, permettent aux clients d’acheter l’équipement à la fin du contrat. Les inves-tissements de capital au début du contrat sont peu importants, ce qui permet d’économiser des liquidi-tés pour d’autres dépen-ses, les payements men-suels sont faibles aussi, et les payements de frais de location constituent typiquement des charges déductibles d’impôts.

Un autre outil de fi-nancement est le contrat de location muni d’une clause d’ajustement de

frais. Ces contrats-ci per-mettent aux clients de déterminer la valeur ré-siduelle d’un camion au début de la période de location. Quand le contrat se termine, si la valeur du camion excède la valeur résiduelle prédéterminée, alors il sera fait crédit de la différence au client. Mais si la valeur du camion est inférieure, le client doit payer la différence.

La décision entre louer et chercher du financement sera influencée par les objectifs du transporteur. « Il faut distinguer entre le financement pour les achats de capital et le financement pour fonds de roulement. Les loca-tions financent l’usage d’équipement, et les em-prunts financent l’achat d’équipement, » a expli-qué Olga Baldin, vice-présidente du développe-ment commercial à Grand Financial Management Inc. En vue des bénéfices promis par les locations - pas de grand investisse-ment initial, des taux fixes, des bénéfices fiscaux, et pas d’engagements - Baldin affirme que « les locations sont préférables pour les entreprises nou-velles ou en pleine crois-sance car elles offrent plus d’options pour financer la croissance, les fonds de roulement, et les liquidi-tés. » Pour les entreprises mieux établies, dit-elle, les emprunts « sont préfér-ables pour ceux qui ont une bonne performance, une bonne situation finan-cière, une cote de crédit positive et une base de clientèle diversifiée. »

Que l’on emprunte ou que l’on loue afin d’acheter et d’utiliser du capital, il faut avoir une situation financière saine. Quand ils offrent du financement, les créditeurs veulent un cycle de croissance posi-tive des profits sur trois ans, un redressement de créances rapide, une forte cote de crédit, une valeur nette importante, et des

capitaux propres import-ants dans l’entreprise. Des permis et déclarations à jour et des paiements d’impôts et de CSPAAT sont aussi exigés.

Olga Baldin affirme que les contrats de locations ont leurs propres exi-gences, mais celles-ci ne sont pas aussi contraig-nantes. Les entreprises de location vont aussi vérifier l’historique financier et les antécédents de crédit de l’entreprise; cependant, là aussi elles sont moins exi-geantes. « Un contrat de location peut être exécuté en quelques jours, mais un prêt prendra beaucoup plus longtemps à être ap-prouvé. Aussi, ce qu’il y a de plus important est qu’un contrat de loca-tion apparaîtra dans les LSM comme un nantisse-ment sur l’équipement uniquement, alors que le prêt compte comme un nantissement sur tout le capital de l’entreprise, ce qui limite toute possibilité d’emprunts supplémen-taires. »

D’autres formes de fi-nancement sont dis-ponibles pour financer les opérations d’une entre-prise. Comme les fonds de roulement ne sont pas toujours disponibles, alors les transporteurs doivent demander aux banques de financer les coûts des livraisons. L’essence, la main d’œuvre, les coûts de permis, et les frais d’entretien doivent être payé avant - parfois bien avant - que l’expéditeur ne paye sa facture. Les entre-prises se sont tradition-nellement adressées aux banques pour leurs beso-ins financiers, mais les conditions rattachées à de tels emprunts peuvent être coûteuses. Baldin affirme que les banques vont typ-iquement offrir une ligne de crédit n’excédant pas 10 pourcent du revenu an-nuel brut d’une entreprise, et fournissent au plus 75 pourcent de la valeur de la facture. « Prenez une

entreprise qui génère 1 million de dollars en revenu annuel. Cela veut dire qu’elle n’est éligible que pour $100,000 de crédit. Mais en réalité, elle pourrait ne recevoir que $80,000 si ses créances sont débitées dans une période de 60 jours et si elle a déjà accès à d’autres formes de financement. »

Toujours attentifs à leur liquidités et marges de profit, les transporteurs se sont adressés aux entre-prises d’affacturage, com-me Grand Financial, pour obtenir du capital finan-cier. Olga Baldin suggère que si une créance vaut $160,000, une entreprise d’affacturage financera jusqu’à $155,000, ce qui est bien plus que ce qu’une banque ne fournirait.

Bruce Sayer est un chro-niqueur pour le présent magazine ainsi que le directeur de marketing pour Accutrac Capital, une autre entreprise d’affacturage qui fournit des bonnes solutions fi-nancières. Les bénéfices de l ’affacturage sont nombreux. « L’affacturage permet d’obtenir du li-quide immédiatement, et le coût est compensé par les économies réal-isées grâce à une gestion efficace et précise des comptes débiteurs. Les transporteurs reçoivent aussi l’aide d’une équipe d’experts pour vérifier les cotes de crédit et gérer les créances, » a expliqué Sayer.

Accutrac Capital fournit aussi du financement partiel le jour même. Dès qu’une livraison est con-firmée, Accutrac trans-férera 50 pourcent de la valeur du chargement, fournissant ainsi les fonds nécessaires pour financer les frais de livraison.

Grand Financial et Ac-cutrac Capital ajoute qu’un autre avantage distinct de l’affacturage par rapport aux prêts banquiers est que

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les exigences qui y sont associées pour obtenir du financement sont beau-coup moins onéreuses. L’affacturage est fondé entièrement sur la solvabi-lité des entreprises, et non sur le bien-être financier des entreprises. Les ser-vices d’affacturage sont accessibles à la plupart des entreprises avec des

clients solvables et sont plus faciles à obtenir qu’un prêt bancaire. « Pour re-cevoir une ligne de crédit auprès d’une banque, il faut avoir à la fois présenté une situation financière saine et des bons anté-cédents de crédit. Même une fois que le prêt est ac-cordé, il est sujet à toutes sortes de contraintes, et si ces contraintes ne sont pas respectées le contrat

sera rompu et la banque cessera de fournir du crédit, » a confirmé Bruce Sayer. Les entreprises d’affacturage jugent de la solvabilité d’une entre-prise en jugeant unique-ment de leur capacité et volonté de payer.

L’affacturage est aus-si très avantageux car il rend possible un im-portant gain de temps aux transporteurs, qui

opèrent dans une indust-rie qui prise au plus haut point la ponctualité des livraisons. Alors que les emprunts peuvent prendre plusieurs semaines pour être approuvés, le rachat de créances par un af-factureur peut être ef-fectué quelques jours après la demande. De plus, cette solution sim-plifie la gestion des car-gaisons. Sayer affirme qu’

« alors que les emprunts requièrent que l’on paye le capital et l’intérêt, les frais d’affacturage sont prélevés directement dans la transaction, ce qui fa-cilite la gestion des coûts d’affacturage. »

Les multiples options de financement dans le marché d’aujourd’hui élargissent la gamme d’opportunités en affaires, mais la prospérité d’une

entreprise dépend tou-jours de sa capacité à produire des liquidités. Les coûts d’opération, la qualité de la gestion de l’entreprise, la fiabilité de l’entreprise, ainsi que des grandes forces économ-iques externes affectent tous la réponse à la ques-tion de si oui ou non le financement de nouveaux achats génèrera plus de revenu.V

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GOUVERNEMENT DE L’ALBERTA

Amélioration de la porte canadienne de l’Asie-Pacifique

L’honorable Amar-jeet Sohi, ministre de l’Infrastructure et

des Collectivités, agissant au nom de l’honorable Marc Garneau, min-istre des Transports; l’honorable Brian Mason, ministre des Transports et de l ’ Infrastructure de l’Alberta; ainsi que M. Don Iveson, maire d’Edmonton, ont souligné la fin du projet d’accès intermodal à la jonction de la route Queen Eliza-beth II et de l’avenue 41 Sud-Ouest à Edmonton, en Alberta le 21 décem-bre.

Un échangeur a été construit à la hauteur de la route Queen Eliza-beth II et de l’avenue 41 Sud-Ouest, ainsi qu’un saut-de-mouton pour la nouvelle installation inter-modale du Canadien Paci-fique. De plus, le tracé de la route Queen Elizabeth II a été réaligné entre le sud de l’avenue 41 Sud-Ouest et Ellerslie Road, un pont a été construit au-dessus du ruisseau Blackmud, et l’avenue 41 Sud-Ouest a été réalignée et améliorée dans les environs.

La route Queen Eliza-beth II est un important

corridor provincial nord-sud qui fait partie du ré-seau routier national et qui sert non seulement aux déplacements quo-tidiens, mais aussi au transport des marchan-dises commerciales entre les régions. Le nouvel échangeur améliorera la correspondance entre les différents modes de trans-port ainsi que le débit de la circulation ferroviaire et routière. Il favorisera également le développe-ment économique et le commerce international avec les pays de l’Asie-Pacifique.V

De gauche à droite : L’honorable Brian Mason, ministre des Transports et de l’Infrastructure

de l’Alberta, l’honorable Amarjeet Sohi, ministre de l’Infrastructure et des Collectivités, et M.

Don Iveson, maire d’Edmonton, soulignant la fin du projet d’accès intermodal à la jonction

de la route Queen Elizabeth II et de l’avenue 41 Sud-Ouest.

TREMCAR INC.

Tremcar lance son nouveau site web!

Sa i n t - J e a n - s u r -R iche l ieu , Qué-bec - Tremcar Inc.

lance son nouveau site web! Tous les clients o n t m a i n t e n a n t a c -cès à l’inventaire des c i t e rnes d i spon ib les neuves et usagées. Ils ont la chance de v i-sualiser la disponibi-l i t é d e s c i t e r n e s e n location et l’endroit où celles-ci sont situées. L’information est mise à j o u r q u o t i d i e n n e -ment. Le manufacturier offre également la pos-sibilité de faire une de-mande de soumission

en ligne. Les coordon-nées de nos centres de services, distributeurs e t vendeurs les p lus près de chez vous sont en ligne pour optimiser e t p e r s o n n a l i s e r l a vente, le service après-vente, la certification et la maintenance des citernes. N’hésitez pas à visiter notre site web, Facebook ou Twit ter p o u r d e s n o u v e l l e s quotidiennes sur nos nouveaux produits, nos innovations et plus en-core! Visitez notre site web à www.tremcar.com.V

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Tremcar reconnaît Roy Bednar

Toronto, Ontario - Le Président de Tremcar Inc. Dan-

iel Tremblay a offert une plaque de reconnais-sance à monsieur Roy Bednar, un technicien qui est à l’emploi de la

compagnie depuis 50 ans ! Ses loyaux services ne sont pas passés sous si-lence et sa contribution est bien appréciée de la haute direction ainsi que de ses pairs. Félicitations à Monsieur Bednar!V

Daniel Tremblay (gauche) et Roy Bednar (droit) reçoit la

plaque à notre usine de production de Toronto

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TRUCK TRAINING SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO (TTSAO)

TTSAO Conference Update

Hamilton, Ontario – The Truck Train-ing Schools As-

sociation of Ontario (TT-SAO) is pleased to share that the planning for their first annual conference “Striving for Excellence in Training” is progressing excellently. The confer-ence is scheduled for Feb-ruary 23rd and 24th, 2016 at the Sandman Hotel in Mississauga, Ontario.

Yvette Lagrois, Presi-dent of TTSAO says, “We

are very pleased that the conference planning is moving along so well. Our conference committee has done a great job at put-ting together a fantastic agenda. We also have some great industry spon-sors supporting us at this event.” The conference is laid out in a two-day format; day one will be the TTSAO Board of Directors’ Meeting (Directors only), followed by the Asso-ciation’s General Meeting,

which is open to all mem-bers and those who are thinking of joining. After the General Meeting, there will be a cocktail party and registrants will be able to visit companies and spon-sors who are participating in the trade show.

Day two will feature presentations from some of the industry’s best, these include:

“The Future of Recruit-ment in the Private Fleet Industry”

“Recruiting Strategies from Trade Publication Experts”

“How to Attract and Re-tain Professional Drivers: Advice from Award-Win-ning Carriers”

The afternoon session will be “The Stan and Dan Show”, featuring a candid conversation about trucking with one of the industry’s best. Dan Einwechter, Chairman and CEO of Challenger, is without a doubt one of

the most successful and respected trucking profes-sionals in North America. Stan Campbell, the host of Trucker Radio will chat with Dan to find out how he and his team have triumphed over trials and tribulations within our industry.

Don’t miss out on this great event for only $199.00 plus HST per registrant. The conference registration form is now available at TTSAO.com.

For more information, please contact:

Yvette Lagrois – Presi-dent, TTSAO – TTSAO office, 866.475.9436 or OTTA office, 800.753.2284 or via email at [email protected].

C h a r l i e C h a r a l a m -bous – Director of Pub-l ic Relat ions, TTSAO – Northbr idge Off ice – 800.265.7173 or cell 416.473.3986 or by email at [email protected]

POLARIS TRANSPORTATION

New USA Based Director of Traffic & Pricing

As part of their stra-tegic growth strat-egy for the USA,

Polaris Transportation is pleased to announce the appointment of Lesley Kill-ingsworth to the newly cre-ated position of Director of Traffic and Pricing.

Ms. Killingsworth will be based out of the San Francisco/Sacramento area of California and will be responsible for Polaris’s Canadian and USA traffic and pricing requirements.

Ms. Killingsworth has an extensive background within the U.S. transpor-tation industry. Her early career included front line sales responsibilities and the last decade has seen her hone her skills in traf-fic and pricing disciplines.

Lesley’s most recent pos-ition was in a senior traffic and pricing capacity with a large California based carrier, Mountain Valley Express.

Reporting directly to Dave Bush, VP of Busi-ness Processes, Lesley will start by immersing herself in the Polaris culture at the head office in Mississauga, Ontario. She will play a key role in optimizing Polaris’s recently purchased TCG Transportation Costing software. Dave Bush ex-plains, “We’re very excited about having Lesley join the Polaris team. She can take us to new levels in providing accurate and easy to use pricing struc-tures for our clients. Her expertise allows us to take

a huge step in our journey of continuous improve-ment and further growth in U.S. markets. Her exten-sive background specific to TCG’s software will allow us to implement the many features available on an

expedited basis.”Larry Cox, President of

Polaris Transportation adds, “The last 2 years, we have added some impres-sive young talent to our team. They have expanded our horizons with fresh thinking, enthusiasm and

additional resources that have helped to push our business forward, particu-larly with our footprint in the USA. New lanes, im-proved transit times and additional online customer tools have all been suc-cessfully implemented to

better serve our custom-ers. Lesley is another great addition to our company and I am very pleased to welcome her aboard.”

For more information on Polaris visit their website at www.polaristransport.com.V

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Tremcar Recognizes Roy Bednar

Toronto, Ontario - President of Tremcar Inc. Daniel Tremblay

offered a recognition plate to Roy Bednar a techni-cian who has been with the company for 50 years! His loyal service, exper-tise and professionalism is well appreciated from senior management and peers. Congratulations Mr. Bednar!V34 FEBRUARY 2016

HEALTH & FITNESS

Getting Past JanuaryBY DR. GEORGE I. TRAITSES

January is the number one month, bar none, when it comes to ex-

ercise participation. Why? Simple: New Year’s Reso-lutions are still fresh in the mind, and “Lose Weight,” “Join a Gym,” “Exercise More,” etc., are at the top of many people’s list.

But then February hits and for whatever reason,

the enthusiasm often fades and exercise becomes rel-egated to next year’s reso-lutions.

How can you get past January and keep your ex-ercise drive going strong all year? Here are four tips to keep you on track. 1. Timing Is Everything: Some people can wake up at 5:00 a.m. and hit the gym; for others, it’s a late-

night enterprise. Fatigue, family and job responsibil-ities, and sheer preference all play a role. Find the time that works best for you and you’ll significantly up your chances of staying the course. 2. Flexibility Is Critical: Yes, this applies to your body, particularly in terms of reducing your risk of an injury that will keep you

on the sidelines for weeks or months; but it’s also relevant in terms of tip #1 above. Dedicated to work-ing out at 7:00 p.m. every night – but then life rears its non-supportive head with obligations that make early-morning workouts a better option? Don’t be afraid to change things up if it keeps you on track. You’ll feel better sticking to your

exercise schedule (regard-less of the time) versus abandoning it because of a temporary time conflict. 3. Take the Road Less Traveled: The more you do anything, the more you get used to it. Your body (and mind) work the same way when it comes to exercise. Stick to the same routine with the same exercises, same repetitions, etc., for too long and you’ll start to plateau and stop see-ing the results you want. Even worse, you may get bored or burned out, and find it harder and harder to make it to the gym at all. The solution: Mix up your workout every 3-4 weeks (or even every session, if desired). Keep things fresh and you’ll be excited to ex-ercise each and every time. 4. Keep It Personal: Our final tip may be the most important: Your exercise experience is about you and no one else, so don’t

compare yourself to your fit friend, other gym mem-bers or the supermodel you aspire to be. Set your own attainable goals and cele-brate when you achieve them; then keep plugging along toward the next one. Try to become someone else and you’ll likely give up trying; try to become a better you and enjoy every minute of the journey.

For more information on health and safety please visit www.toyourhealth.com and the Ontario Chiro-practic Association web site at www.chiropractic.on.ca or call 877.327.2273. Dr. George I. Traitses of Infinite Health practices traditional chiropractic, advanced nutrition and anti aging therapy and has been serving the Toronto and Markham commun-ities since 1981. You can reach him at 416.499.5656 or www.infinite-health.com.V

CTA

Sleep Apnea & Truck Operators

An effort by the U.S. DOT to col-lect data on how

many truck operators have obstructive sleep apnea and what impact a poten-tial sleep apnea rule could have on the industry has taken a step forward in the federal rulemaking pro-cess, according to Over-drive Magazine.

The publication reports that the White House’s Office of Management and Budget received the “pre-rule” from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad-ministration on Tuesday, December 15, 2015.

A separate report from the DOT indicates the rule could be published by the end of the month.

The data request is intended to gauge the prevalence of moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea among truck operators as well as get feedback from the industry about how a sleep apnea rule could affect truckers and the industry at large.

“FMCSA… also request[s] information about the po-tential economic impact and safety benefits as-sociated with regulatory actions that would result in transportation workers in these positions, who exhibit multiple risk fac-tors for OSA, undergoing evaluation by a healthcare professional with exper-tise in sleep disorders, and subsequent treatment.”V

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TRANSPORT FOR CHRIST

Asking God For Specific Things

BY CHAPLAIN LEN REIMER

Many Bible pas-sages challenge us to ask God

for very specific things. We need to read famil-iar verses to remind our-selves how important it is to ask God for the things we need/want. You see, God expects us to ask! In Gibeon, the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night, and God said, “Ask what you wish Me to give you”. (I Kings 3:5) And it pleased God. Jesus said in Matthew 21:22, “All things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive. In John 16:24, Jesus says, “Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.”

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, Who gives to all gen-erously and without re-proach, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. (James 1: 5, 6).

God expects you to ask. If we were to summarize these verses, we would find some very clear and concise principles related to our asking. God wants us to ask Him to meet all of our needs. God actually delights in revealing to us His desires and His ways of doing things. We can ask God for all things, including those that relate to the natural world. We are wise to ask in agree-ment with others. We must always ask in faith and in the name of Jesus. God will not respond to our need in a way that opposes His commandments, but in a way that pleases Him and brings Him glory. We can be assured that whenever we ask God for something He hears and responds to us, giving us precisely what we need - which may not be what we think we need, but which always benefits us most.

The Bible tells us, “You do not have because you do not ask” (James 4:2). The question then is, “For, what things in your life have you failed to ask God?” Some-one has said: “Fight all your battles on your knees and you win every time.” Prayer is life’s greatest time saver.V

TRANSCOURT TANK LEASING

Customer Appreciation is a Transcourt Core Value

Toronto, Ontario - Customers of To r o n t o - b a s e d

Transcourt Tank Leas-ing can be sure that their business is appreciated by one of North-America’s leading tank trailer solu-tions providers. Over the past weeks and months,

Transcourt has organized various customer appre-ciation events throughout Canada to get to know their clients better and show them that nothing is taken for granted.

Whether it’s a special charity evening following a day at a trade show in

Moncton, an afternoon at the Calgary Stampede, a supper in one of Mont-real’s finest restaurants at the end of ExpoCam, and more recently some friendly cocktail recep-tions in Old Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton and Ontario, the Transcourt team is always on hand to welcome customers and let them know how much

they are appreciated.“I guess it’s just our way

of saying thank you. We want to build long-term relationships with our customers and I believe that getting together with them at the end of the day, after business hours, is one way to do so”, explains Bruce Daccord, President of Transcourt. “We like to take that extra

step to let them know that we are always available whenever they may need us and that we truly ap-preciate their business”

At each of the gather-ings, customers recog-nize the professionalism of each member of the Transcourt team on hand as well as the relaxing atmosphere that has been created for them. There

are business discussions during the course of an event, but friendly con-versations are without a doubt the main item on the menu. The people at Transcourt make sure that no one is left un-attended or alone for more than a very short period of time at these customer appreciation activities.V

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The quality of Can-a d a ’s h i g h w a y t r a n s p o r t a t i o n

network is crucial to the nation’s economic pros-perity, quality of life, and safety. To maintain this national network of roads the federal government regularly contributes to provincial/territorial high-way construction through a series of cost-shared agreements.

In the wake of the new federal government’s promise for infrastruc-ture development, many are hopeful that further improvements are forth-coming. To expect per-fection is unreasonable. There are just too many roads that require expan-sion, development and maintenance, especially when subject to the rig-ours of the Canadian cli-mate. Nonetheless, some deserve more attention than others, and truck-ers, more than anyone else, are well positioned to draw attention to those in most need of repair and maintenance.

The truckers in this col-umn were interviewed at the Petro-Pass Truck Stop on Regent Street (Hwy 69) in Sudbury, located near the by-pass. Under the stewardship of business agent, Norm Theriault, this establishment has won the Best Sites In Ontario Award in 2005, 2006 and 2008.

The award is based on several criteria, one of which is the quality of staff. Their friendliness and willingness to help are well known to truckers and other patrons who fre-quent the establishment.

Other determinations are organization, sales volume, cleanliness, and public access to the owner.

PETER BLANE , who drives from the Sudbury Yard of Kemira Water Solutions headquartered in Bradford, Ontario had this to say: “Highways 129, near Chapleau, and 144 from Sudbury to Timmins are the worst. They don’t look after them properly.

Highway 144 is better now that they are working on it, so I hope they will continue. Highway 129 is just a bad road with poor surface. The other prob-lem is speeding; people drive too fast on these highways.”

CHUCK WHYTE, for-merly of Chuck Whyte & Son, shared his candid views: “Highway 144 to Timmins was the scari-est along with Highway 101. But they seem to be coming along in terms of improvements. But the scariest part to me these days is how fast people are driving. They are not taking any consideration, especially in winter. They don’t drive according to conditions. The biggest problem with roads in Ontario is the repairs. They don’t repair and build them the way they used to. The quality of repairs are substandard and in some areas the workmanship is terrible. They are worst today than when they did it by hand.”

DAN CHARTRAND drives for Commercial Transport in Lively, Ontario “The 2 lane stretch on Highway 69 is one of the worst. Everyone is in a big hurry, p a s s i n g w h e n t h e y shouldn’t be. They take way too many chances like cutting people off. High-way 144 used to be bad but it’s much better now. High-way 69, as far as safety goes, is one of the worst. Drivers get to the end of the passing lane and don’t care if there’s anything coming or not. As truckers we have to drive not only for ourselves, but have to think of what the other guy is going to do.”

WAY N E G R E X TO N drives for the Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario based Mc-Dougall Transport. “The worst are the roads be-tween Sault Ste. Marie and Toronto. The snowplowing is terrible. I know the snow plow guys are doing the best they can, but there should be more of them out there. They wait until a storm is over before they clean. For us drivers we don’t even know where the road is. This is my biggest beef. They could also take out a few of the potholes.”

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If you have any questions or concerns, contact me at [email protected]. If you would like to voice your opinion about the question of the month please send me an email. To get your name and opinion published we only require you provide your name, your employer, and a head shot of yourself. Next month’s question is: How do you envision the future of trucking? What will trucks, trailers, and other segments of the in-dustry look like 10 years from now?V

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Driver’s SeatBY: MAREK KRASUSKImarek@woodwardpublishing .com

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