66 h. ago Man arrested in U.S., returned to Canada over fatal Quebec crash

A truck driver wanted in Quebec for a crash south of Montreal in 2022 that killed a boy and a woman is in custody after he was arrested in the U.S. and returned to Canada.

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4 d. ago Trial starts for trucker accused of smuggling cocaine, heroin across border

A trial finally got underway Monday in Sarnia involving a Brampton truck driver charged with attempting to smuggle cocaine and heroin.

Culture

2 w. ago 2.7M people sign petition of support of illegal truck driver after deadly Florida crash

A petition calling for leniency for an illegal immigrant trucker who killed three people in Florida has received millions of signatures. Harjinder Singh, 28, is facing three charges of vehicular homicide after he allegedly made an illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike while driving a tractor-trailer earlier this month. A change.org petition signed by more […]

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3 w. ago Truck driver accused by the Trump administration of being in the U.S. illegally is denied bond

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida last week who the Trump administration said was in the U.S. illegally was denied bond Saturday. The crash sparked a clash between U.S. Department of Homeland Security and California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom over Harjinder […]

Transport

3 w. ago What to know about visas for foreign truckers and the politics of a deadly Florida crash

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced this week that the U.S. will pause issuing work visas to some foreign truck drivers, warning darkly that they are “endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers.” He provided no details Thursday in his two-sentence post on the social platform X, leaving some in the trucking […]

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3 w. ago Ontario trucker arrested months after mother, child killed in Manitoba crash

WINNIPEG — RCMP say an Ontario truck driver accused of evading police for nine months has been arrested in a Manitoba crash that killed a woman and her eight-year-old daughter. Navjeet Singh was taken into custody Thursday at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport by Peel Regional Police and officers with Canada Border Services Agency. Mounties say […]

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3 w. ago U.S. halts visas for truck drivers after fatal Florida crash

(Bloomberg) — The US will stop issuing worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, the latest in a series of Trump administration moves to clamp down on foreign workers. “Effective immediately we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers,” he wrote on X Thursday. “The increasing […]

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3 w. ago Watford couple celebrates ‘crazy’ $300K lottery win to aid in retirement

Donna and Mark Thomson of Watford, Ont.. are celebrating now that they have just over $300,000 for their retirement after winning a Lotto Max second prize in the May 6 draw. Donna, a personal support worker, and Mark, a truck driver, have been playing the lottery together for decades and like to pick up their […]

Economics

3 w. ago Ontario truckers used secret compartment to smuggle cocaine for alleged drug kingpin Ryan Wedding

Two Toronto-area truck drivers have committed to pleading guilty in connection with a cocaine-smuggling plot for fugitive and former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding. Iqbal Singh Virk and Ranjit Singh Rowal are the first Canadians to sign plea deals with U.S. prosecutors following the FBI’s investigation, aptly named “Operation Giant Slalom,” according to CBC News. The probe […]

Culture

4 w. ago Danish train moving at ‘relatively high speed’ when hit farm truck: police

Copenhagen (AFP) — Danish police said Saturday that an express train that hit a farm truck killing one person and injuring 27 was travelling at a “relatively high speed” when the collision happened. The drivers of the train and the truck are both among the critically injured from Friday’s accident on a railway crossing at […]

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