Today’s Pickup
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Canada
Today’s Pickup: Shopify’s fulfillment strategy ‘validated’ by COVID-19
Canadian e-commerce firm says Q1 saw the largest increase in merchants joining Shopify Fulfillment Network as $1 billion push into Amazon’s territory continues.
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Today’s Pickup: Will Canada deploy rapid COVID-19 test kits to US border?
The Canadian government has ordered thousands of coffee cup-sized Spartan Cubes, but it remains unclear if it will deploy them at border crossings.
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Today’s Pickup: Medical cannabis firm begins next-day deliveries as COVID-19 stokes demand
Canada’s Aleafia Health aims to minimize risks to its older patients and ensure steady supply by launching final-mile service.
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Today’s Pickup: Canadian freight volumes hit new high amid pandemic
Key FreightWaves SONAR index pushes past post-Canadian National strike level as trucks continue to move loads.
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Today’s Pickup: Canadian long-haul carriers shift to hourly pay for truckers amid shortage
New report highlights the industry’s efforts to recruit and retain drivers as it warns that vacancies will swell above 25,000 in Canada.
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Canada
Today’s Pickup: Canadian trucking industry group warns of pipeline protest impact
The Canadian Trucking Alliance calls for an end to disruptions to Canadian National’s network as it warns of effect on intermodal carriers and the broader…
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Business
Today’s Pickup: Shopify taking slow road in gunning for Amazon on fulfillment
Canadian e-commerce company sticks to measured approach to building out its U.S. fulfillment network after reporting nearly 50% jump in sales.
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Today’s Pickup: US border officers target Canada Post trucks hauling pot to island
Canada’s federal postal carrier asks Canadian producers to stop shipping cannabis to Campobello Island — because of the troublesome transit through Maine.
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News
Today’s Pickup: Trucker recounts harrowing bald eagle strike on I-95 — and miraculous outcome (with video)
Scott Burke expected the worst when the bird of prey hit his fully loaded Kenworth tractor-trailer going 50 mph. Instead, he got his rig to…
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Today’s Pickup: An old foe, Canadian winter, menaces trucks
As record-breaking snowfall put freight movements on ice in Newfoundland, wintry weather turned the Toronto roads into a scary place.
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