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August 19, 2024
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Human Resources
Trucking HR Canada: Building a Multigenerational Workforce
The workforce is evolving, with many employees, including truck drivers, choosing to extend their careers beyond the traditional retirement age. This trend offers employers the chance to retain skille...
Cross Border
CBSA Announces Upcoming Changes to EDI/Electronic Messages
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has issued a bulletin detailing changes to EDI/electronic messages, set to take effect on January 26th, 2025. These updates may impact processes related to el...
Cross Border
CBSA to Implement New Minimum-Security Requirements for PIP Members
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is advancing the implementation of new Minimum Security Requirements (MSR) for Partners in Protection (PIP) members. This initiative, which began a few years a...
Regulations
New Dashcam Requirement for Long-Haul Commercial Vehicles with $10M TPE Coverage
Starting May 1, 2025, ICBC will require fleet customers operating long-haul commercial vehicles rated for out-of-province travel to install forward-facing dashcams if they carry $10 million Optional E...
Infrastructure
Kamloops to Widen Highway 1 Exit Ramp
The City of Kamloops is undertaking a project to widen the Highway 1 exit ramp at Pacific Way, allowing for a double left-hand turn onto Pacific Way. This upgraded design aims to improve intersection ...
Infrastructure
No Truck Access Through Victoria Hill in New Westminster
The Victoria Hill community in New Westminster has raised concerns about trucks cutting through their neighborhood, despite clear signage at Royal Avenue and McBride Boulevard prohibiting truck traffi...
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BCTA’s Provincial Rest Area Profiling & Improvement Survey
July 8, 2024 A top lobbying priority for the BC Trucking Association (BCTA) has been to advocate for improvements of commercial rest areas that strengthen health and safety standards and accommodate ...
Business & Industry
It’s Time for CRA to Enforce Compliance and End Tax Abuse in Trucking
By Canadian Trucking Alliance The Canadian Trucking Alliance announced a new campaign to increase awareness about the damaging impact from the ongoing inaction on T4A enforcement by the federal gover...
Intermodal
Port of Vancouver – Strike Update
July 8, 2024 On Friday July 5, International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILU) Local 514 served 72-hour strike notice on one BC Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) member, DP World Inc., effec...
Business & Industry
Government Reaches Tentative Agreement with PSAC for the Border Services Group
By Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat The Government of Canada and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) have reached a tentative agreement for the Border Services Group at the bargaining t...
Infrastructure
Kicking Horse Canyon Highway 1 July Traffic Notice
The Kicking Horse Canyon will continue to have intermittent stoppages (up to 2 minutes) and full closures (up to 2 hours) on the Trans-Canada Highway through the month of July. Highway 1 will remain r...
Infrastructure
Phase Two of Cottonwood Hill Project Underway
Changing weather patterns have severely impacted the Cariboo region in recent years, causing numerous landslides and road washouts in 2020 and 2021. The Cariboo Road Recovery Projects are underway to ...
Infrastructure
Major Blasting Complete on Highway 97 North of Summerland
July 8, 2024 The major blasting operation to remove unstable material above Highway 97 north of Summerland is now finished. Drivers will encounter fewer prolonged closures of more than 20 minutes, im...
Business & Industry
Upcoming Release: BC’s Compensation Trends for the Trucking Industry
June 24, 2024 We are pleased to announce that the 2024 BCTA Compensation Report will be released in just a few days.
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