Alberta’s Blue Lights Pilot: One Year Later

/*! elementor – v3.14.0 – 26-06-2023 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} The goal of the Registrar’s Exemption under the Traffic Safety Act was to increase roadside safety for tow and recovery operators. Did it work? by Kara Cunningham June 30, 2023, marks the one-year anniversary of the blue lights pilot project in […]

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CTA Introduces Online Training for Novice Tow Truck Drivers

The Canadian Towing Association, in conjunction with DriveWise Canada, has launched an online training program for light-duty towing. by the Canadian Towing Association (CTA) Developed by Execute Director Doug Nelson, the CTA’s decision to launch the Tow Truck Operator Program evolved from discussions with industry members about training needs. Many owners expressed fatigue at throwing

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A Tribute to Freida Rogers

Remembering one of Canada’s first female heavy tow truck operators. by Meaghan Reimchen Freida Rogers, co-owner of Pat Rogers Towing of Kingston, Ontario, passed away on February 14, 2023, at the age of 82.  Freida was known for being one of the first female heavy tow truck operators in Canada. Mrs. Rogers funeral procession was

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Update on Ontario’s Towing and Storage Safety and Enforcement Act and Regulation

The PTAO and the Ontario government work towards a solution for the Ontario towing industry. by Dennis Roberts, director,   Provincial Towing Association of Ontario (PTAO) The towing industry in Ontario has been in a state of turmoil for years. The uncontrolled criminal element that moved into the towing industry in the Greater Toronto and

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From Past to Present: 25 Years of Towing Industry Progression

/*! elementor – v3.12.2 – 23-04-2023 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} Tow Canada magazine has been chronicling the industry’s issues and challenges 25 years. Has anything changed? by Kara Cunningham Digging through Tow Canada’s archives is fun—so many familiar faces and names, old friends and new, trucks and scenes, triumphs and tragedy,

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Brad Stratychuk: Retiring from the “Old Ways”

/*! elementor – v3.12.2 – 23-04-2023 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} From building his own towing company Brad’s Towing (starting with one truck from his kitchen), to heading the first towing association in Canada to achieve blue lights on tow trucks, Roadside Responders of Saskatchewan (RRAS) President Brad Stratychuk was—and still is—as

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Towing Museum in Chattanooga Increases Survivor Fund Benefits

/*! elementor – v3.12.1 – 02-04-2023 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} The International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum (ITRHFM) Chattanooga, Tennessee, recently increased its death benefit to $15,000 for families of museum member companies. by the International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum (Photos: Sarah Bruce) As

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Hauling a Luxury Electric Vehicle Across Canada

by Iva Kestrankova /*! elementor – v3.11.3 – 07-03-2023 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} A glimpse into a towing job that exceeds the ordinary. When JKM Towing’s operations manager, Kevin Moore, was contracted to haul the newest model of electric Cadillac across Canada, he found himself living the life of a touring

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