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Region approves ban on heavy trucks travelling through downtown Cambridge

On Thursday, Waterloo Regional Council approved a ban on heavy trucks travelling through the Galt area of Cambridge. The ban does not apply to the hundreds of trucks that travel into the downtown core on a daily basis but to trucks that pass through the area to reach other places. …

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Witnesses sought after multiple trucks torched in Vaughan arsons: police – Toronto

Descrease article font size Increase article font size York Regional Police say they are appealing for witnesses after two arsons in Vaughan that saw multiple trucks either damaged or destroyed. Police said the first incident happened early Friday in the area of Highway 50 and Rutherford Road. Emergency crews responded …

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Trucks, buses must have electronic logging devices to track driving hours by Jan. 1

Ottawa is requiring federally regulated commercial trucks and buses across the country to be equipped by Jan. 1 with devices to track driving hours. The rule is being imposed to protect drivers from logging too many hours on the road. Ottawa amended its regulations in 2019 and required provinces and …

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Police needed Emergencies Act after deal to secure tow trucks fell through, federal lawyer says

A deal with police to secure tow trucks to clear last winter’s convoy protest fell through and the Emergencies Act was needed to commandeer those services, a lawyer acting for the federal government told the Public Order Commission inquiry Wednesday. The commission — tasked with determining whether the federal government was justified in deploying the Emergencies …

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Loblaws partners with self-driving company Gatik in Canadian first: driverless grocery trucks

Loblaws is partnering with an American autonomous vehicle company in what’s believed to be a Canadian first: taking grocery delivery orders between various Loblaws facilities via self-driving trucks. There is no human sitting in the driver’s seat of a half-dozen trucks adorned with PC Express branding, currently making their way around …

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