Back in the day, I drove an old Flagyl truck with a Rolls-Royce engine, hauling gravel for Kirsch construction from Middle Lake Saskatchewan. It was a very quiet truck, but its top...
I will not mention names in this story as some of the things that happened ended up in criminal court, and I would hate to have to defend myself from any charges. Elliot Lake was f...
As I was sitting in a hospital waiting room a few weeks ago with a couple of hours to kill, I thought, I’ll buy myself a magazine to read. In the shop I found a magazine I used to...
Coming from Vancouver, I had just crossed the border into Washington, and about five miles later, I stopped at a rest stop to use their facilities. I parked my truck and went in, a...
When Willie Nelson sings the following, he describes exactly how I feel about trucking when everything runs smoothly. "On the road againGoin' places that I've never beenSeein' thin...
It’s over - well, maybe! One is never quite sure. In the past, every province in The Great White North has seen white manna fall from the sky every month of the year. We can only h...
Looking Back After Five YearsJaskirat Sidhu was the truck driver that pulled out in front of the bus carrying the Humboldt hockey team. He had taken a one-week driver training cour...
Winter began early in some provinces and states this '22/'23 season and has been particularly brutal in many locations. At least by now, one would think that the professional drive...
I'm a
sports fan, and I love playing, cheering and coaching them. Soccer, football,
skiing, boxing, volleyball, golf, basketball and hockey all have provided me with
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It was a Monday morning in October, and things were running normally around our place. It was a school day but we were also shipping a couple of Hogs off to the slaughterhouse for...