Articles from the magazine
Tow Canada speaks to representatives from the Ministry of Transport (Ontario), the Ontario Provincial Police, the towing industry, and an insurance company about the Tow Zone Pilot program, its progress, and its future. by Kara Cunningham In the previous article, Traffic, Turf-wars, and the Tow Zone Pilot (Part I), Tow Canada investigated the origins and …
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by Iva Kestrankova 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 rock star. As a seasoned tow truck operator (involved in the industry since 1981), …
When Ontario Premier Doug Ford stepped in front of the camera at a news conference on June 29, 2020, and announced the creation of a new provincial task force to overhaul the towing industry, nobody was questioning anymore whether something needed to be done. by Kara Cunningham For the towing industry in Ontario, the past …
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by Chris Abbott It’s big, it’s bold, and it’s a Provincial Towing Association of Ontario (PTAO) flatbed beauty. Mike and Rosemary Dean’s bright pink Freightliner M2 106 tow truck, a symbol for breast cancer awareness, won a first-place trophy at the Sept. 16–17, 2022, PTAO Tow Show in Kitchener, Ontario. This truck is the seventh added …
by Jackie Klotz, secretary, Roadside Responders Association of Saskatchewan (RRAS) & Brad Stratychuk, president, RRA Fantastic food, fine trucks, old friends, new friends, first-rate vendors, fabulous supporters, and an awards banquet to remember. After two years of cancellations, the long-awaited RRAS Saskatoon Tow Show was held September 9–11, 2022. We had a fantastic weekend with …
Cover photo: The Highway Thru Hell cast members, Ken Duperon (Mission Towing) and Al Quiring (Quiring Towing & Recovery), signing holiday posters. Photo: Tow Canada After a two-year break due to the Covid pandemic, the annual Tow Truck Toy Run returned to Aggressive Auto Towing’s yard in Abbotsford, B.C., on December 17, 2022. This charitable …
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We keep hearing of work-life balance, but what does it really mean? by Tammy Vandenheuvel According to Wikipedia, the term work-life balance stands for a state in which work and private life are in harmony. What does that really mean or even look like for someone who owns a business in the towing industry? I …
EVfriendly, a new industry-led program addresses the issues of safety, training, and consumer confidence in the transition to zero-emission vehicles in Canada. by Kara Cunningham On the July/August edition, Tow Canada introduced the EVfriendly program and the growing need for training designed to give tow and recovery professionals the necessary knowledge and skills to safely …
A blazing Tesla raises questions about towing, storage, safety, training, and more. by Kara Cunningham On Friday, May 20, in North Vancouver, Jamil Jutha was driving his 2021 Tesla Model Y when he received an error message just before his vehicle lost power. The vehicle shut down, smoke filled the cabin, and Jutha struggled to …
The Freedom Convoy, the protests, the border blockades—how one of Canada’s biggest stories of the year catapulted the towing industry into the spotlight. by Kara Cunningham The convoy movement that swept across Canada earlier this year interrupted life and business and raised interesting questions about the relationship between personal liberty and public responsibility. As the …