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You do not necessarily need to be a trucker to be part of BTA we have many members who participate from other occupations, so if its immigration, emigration, jobs work permits, residency, visa's, Canadian province's PNP (Provincial Nominee Programs) or anything working abroad your interested in, then your input is welcomed.
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UK Salt Mine goes 24/7 to combat dwindling supplies of road salt.
With the continuing bad weather affecting most of the UK many local authorities are now running out or rationing salt and concentrating on only gritting main roads, a Cheshire salt mine decides to go 24/7 in order to help keep roads clear.
PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY!
UK New Year revellers stuck in the pub for THREE nights thanks to the heavy snow
They set out on New Year's Eve to toast the start of 2010 with a pint with some friends in their local pub. But for revellers at the Tan Hill Inn in the Yorkshire Dales, the celebrations lasted somewhat longer thanks to the heavy snow.
The drinkers ended up snowed in at the pub - which is the highest in England in terms of altitude - for three whole nights after the wintry weather left them stranded.
Snow was 7ft deep in places around the pub as the big freeze refused to relinquish its grip on Britain and in particular the north and Scotland. Read more from Daily Mail Online
UK Drivers face new £15 levy on top of finesMotorists in England and Wales fined for minor offences face having to pay bigger penalties under a government scheme to compensate victims of crime............Read more here
US operator Arrow Trucking ceases trading
Arrow last week stranded hundreds of its drivers around the country. Many of them found out their employer was shutting down when their company-issued fuel cards wouldn't work and had to arrange a long bus ride home. On Tuesday, the company abruptly told its headquarters staff to pack up and go home, allegedly the US based flatbed carrier broke federal law by not giving its employees 60 days' notice about its precarious financial state...........Read more here
M11 Motorway Becomes a pig pen! A herd of pigs has escaped on to a motorway in Essex after the lorry transporting them crashed. The emergency services and the RSPCA were called to the scene on the M11 between Harlow and the Stansted Airport. .. .........Read more here..........
Canada immigration overzealous, out of order or just enforcing the law?
A German and British trucker have been refused temporary work permits at Halifax Airport, Nova Scotia. They have been told to go away and come back with a full Canadian class 1A license. Is this because the TWP states that you cannot take any paid vocational training? So officially do you have to be FULLY qualified upon landing for a TWP to be issued??. .. .........
Read more here..........
So who are the best Canadian Trucking companies to work for?
Some are good some very good others seem to have more complaints than others, so just who are the best trucking companies in Canada to work for. Share your opinions and views here.. .........
Read more here..........
UK Supertruck gets Red Light From Lincolnshire Police
A 25.25m (83ft) long so-called superlorry has been blocked from being driven on public roads by police in Lincolnshire.
The new longer vehicle was being driven from the headquarters of owners Denby Transport, in Lincoln, when it was stopped earlier. .. .........
Read more here..........
Lighter bites and veg delights give Truckers Café a healthy front
A truckers cafe near Uttoxeter Staffordshire has won an award for healthy menu's for truckers that offer much more than the normal fatty fried food usually found at such establishments.. .........
Read more here..........
Border ban angers Mexico truckers
As leaders from the US, Canada and Mexico gather for a summit, the BBC's Stephen Gibbs travels to Nuevo Laredo to meet Mexican truck drivers at the heart of a cross-border dispute with their powerful neighbour to the north. .........
Read more here..........
PEI Company & President charged with offences.
A P.E.I. trucking company and its president have been charged under Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Read more.......
MPs urge foreign lorry crackdown
MPs have called for the agency in charge of safety-testing lorries and buses to be given extra powers to get unsafe foreign vehicles off the UK's roads.........
Read more here..........
Trucker leaves hijackers standing
Two masked men have tried to hijack a lorry in Londonderry. The men, who police have said may have been armed, tried to stop the vehicle........
Read more here..........
Ever pulled a 53 foot container? No, not one, two!
Read and see members pictures here.......
Thinking of Truck driving in Australia or New Zealand
If your considering a move down under or are an expat already working or trucking in the southern hemisphere we need your input here at BTA. Registration is completely free!
Goodbye Canada... I'm back in the UK.
Notice handed in and back to the UK, find out why. More here........
UK Driver CPC
The UK driver Certificate Of Professional competence comes into effect Sept '09, how will it affect you. Read here......
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McConnell Transport, NB
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average time for leaving uk to canada from application
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