Trucking news
- Ontario invests $30M in road fixes April 9, 2021Ontario is providing $30 million to help 14 municipalities repair roads and bridges through the government’s Connecting Links Program. Eligible costs include the design, construction, renewal, rehabilitation and replacement of municipal roads and bridges that connect two ends of a provincial highway through a community or to a border crossing. “By investing in our roads […]
- Ontario program to help train women, other groups for trucking jobs April 9, 2021The Ontario government is investing $600,000 in a skills training project in the Waterloo region to prepare 30 women and individuals from underrepresented groups for careers in the trucking industry. The 14-week training, organized by the Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin and the Women’s Trucking Federation of Canada, focuses on improving the […]
- GI Partners to buy Orbcomm April 8, 2021Orbcomm has been acquired by GI Partners, a U.S. company that invests in data infrastructure businesses, for US$1.1 billion. The electronic logging device (ELD) manufacturer says the acquisition will afford it to increase investments in sales, marketing and technology development and to accelerate growth. It will also give it added flexibility as a privately-held company. […]