Trucking news and briefs for Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023:
Wildfires in western Canada have prompted Transport Canada to grant temporary hours of service waivers for truckers hauling essential goods into affected areas through the end of September.
Two exemptions are in effect -- one for Alberta and the Northwest Territories, and one for British Columbia and the Yukon Territory.
The purpose of the exemptions is to “support efforts by extra-provincial truck undertakings and their drivers to transport essential supplies and equipment, in direct assistance to the emergency relief efforts in response to the wildfires” in the four regions.
Drivers and carriers based outside the affected provinces and territories utilizing the exemptions are required, prior to operating under the exemption, to notify in writing the provincial hours of service director of the base jurisdiction of their intention to operate under the exemption. They also must provide to the director documentation containing these data points:
