BCTA News
National Trucking Week 2022
National Trucking Week (September 4-10) is upon us, and the BC Trucking Association is excited to be able to hit the road and thank drivers in person this year. The contributions that truck drivers make daily are unparalleled. Ask yourself- how many other industries touch almost all aspects of your life? Without the 100,000+ professional drivers in British Columbia, our way of life would be very different.
2022 Rearview Mirror: AGM & Management Conference
We have just uploaded the latest issue of the Rearview Mirror to our website that covers the 2022 AGM & Management Conference in Kelowna. Be sure to check out the Gallery link on that page for more photos from the weekend!
Announcing 2021 BCTA Scholarship Winners!
Congratulations to this year’s winners of the BCTA Motor Carrier and Associate Member Scholarships.
Each year BCTA offers scholarships to children of member company owners and employees– the BCTA Motor Carrier Member Scholarship and the BCTA Associate Member Scholarship. This year, a new scholarship has been established: the Kerry Winkler Memorial.
Save Money and Fuel Through the CleanBC Heavy-duty Vehicle Efficiency Program
$3.5 million in rebates available for approved fuel-saving devices
The BC Trucking Association (BCTA) is pleased to announce that they are accepting rebate applications for Year-four of the highly successful CleanBC Heavy-duty Vehicle Efficiency (HDVE) Program.
Save the Date- SafetyDriven’s Speaker Series is Coming this October
Mark your calendar–Speaker Series 2022 is scheduled for October 26! Registration opens for this in-person event soon. Keep an eye on your inbox for more info. You won’t want to miss it!
Have you Read the Latest Issue of Western Canada Highway News Magazine?
The Summer issue of Western Canada Highway News– the official magazine of the BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba trucking associations– is now online!
Click here to view the digital edition.
Welcome New Members
We are pleased to welcome our newest BCTA members! We look forward to your participation in association activities and hope you will make use of the many programs and services BCTA provides.
Do not hesitate to get in touch with BCTA at 604-888-5319 or (toll free in BC) 800-565-2282 if you have questions about member discounts or other details about the many benefits we offer. We are here to assist you.
Apply for Our $1,250 Post-Secondary Scholarships by July 29!
The deadline is fast approaching to apply for the BCTA scholarship program! We offer four scholarship opportunities to children of member company employees and owners under these two categories:
- The BCTA Motor Carrier Member Scholarship, and
- The BCTA Associate Member Scholarship
BCTA has established two opportunities for each category:
Join Us! BCTA Women in Trucking Committee
Thank you to our members who attended the first BCTA Women in Trucking (WiT) Committee meeting. We had a great discussion about some of the issues and challenges facing women in our industry that the committee would like to address and learn more about.
The committee also discussed the results from the Women in Trucking survey we conducted in April 2022. Of significance, we discovered:
Many Thanks to Our 2022 AGM Sponsors
This year we returned to the Delta Hotels by Marriott Grand Okanagan Resort in Kelowna for our Annual General Meeting and Management Conference from June 10 to June 12. It was a pleasure to see familiar and new faces and connect with everyone after a long hiatus! The business sessions were well received, lots of networking happened, and there were some seriously radical outfits making their way back from the 80s at the Saturday evening banquet and dance.