Recipients of OTA Education Foundation scholarships which are earmarked for exceptional first-year post-secondary c were announced during the Ontario Trucking Association’s annual convention. In an address during the event’s ...
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A debate has been raging within the pages of Truck News in recent months, about the need for heightened standards within the entry-level commercial driver training industry. Currently, the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and ...
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It’s convention week for the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) but the only thing conventional about this two-day affair will be the members’ trucks. The 87th annual get-together at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in downtown Hogtown ...
A new dedicated infrastructure trust fund would widen roads, expand provincial highways and boost infrastructure overall, says the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA). With the new dedicated trust fund - called the Trillium Trust - revenue ...
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A commitment to invest more than $35 billion in infrastructure over the next three years was promised by Ontario finances minister Charles Sousa. Sousa delivered his fall economic statement yesterday and outlined the Wynne ...
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cat the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) conference kicked off with a presentation on leadership during turbulent times. The session was presented by Tom Connellan, a business and motivational speaker and a former founder and CEO, to a ...
Members of the trucking industry who are celebrating their Silver and Golden anniversaries working in trucking were inducted into the Ontario Trucking Association's Pioneer and Half-Century clubs yesterday. The eight new members were ...
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Whether it’s on the road, on the ice or under a steeple, 40-year-old truck driver Chris Bender is someone who people look to for guidance and leadership. Bender, a truckload driver for Steed Standard Transport in Stratford, Ontario, ...
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On a spring afternoon in Oakville Ontario, a tanker truck negotiating a ramp at the QEW at Royal Windsor Drive suddenly rolled over at the mouth of the highway. The driver, suffering from life-threatening injuries, became trapped inside as ...
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The province of Ontario has announced a new biodiesel mandate, which will require a 2% biofuel component in on- and off-road diesel beginning in April 2014, and ramping up to 4% in 2015. The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) said it will ...
The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) said this week that diesel fuel taxes and driver/vehicle registration fees paid by the trucking industry should not be used to fund the Metrolinx transit plan for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area ...
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The Ontario Trucking Association has a simple message for the Transit Investment Strategy Panel: The diesel fuel taxes and driver/vehicle registration fees paid by the trucking industry should be dedicated to fixing and expanding the ...
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The Ontario Trucking Association is urging the provincial Ministry of Transportation (MTO) to reestablish a special committee dedicated to finding ways to encourage faster clean-up of highway collisions and get traffic in vital GTA ...
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The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) announced today that a five-year extension will be granted to the transition period for most Phase 3 Safe, Productive and Infrastructure-Friendly (SPIF) vehicles, the Ontario Trucking Association ...
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Ontario has announced it will provide a five-year extension for Phase 3 Safe, Productive, Infrastructure-Friendly (cc, according to the Ontario Trucking Association. The OTA applauded the extension today, noting the changes will allow ...
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