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Learning New Regulations Learning a new transport regulation is tough. Even if you are familiar with other modes, learning the intricacies...

ICC Regulatory Expert May 04, 2018

Using absorbents with variation packaging, UN marking height, limited quantity, and de minimis quantities Welcome back to the Regulatory Helpdesk where...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP May 03, 2018

WHMIS 2015 Training Requirements Next in our WHMIS 2015 countdown series, we will discuss training requirements under the new regulation....

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP May 02, 2018

WHMIS 2015 concentration ranges, training, overpacks, segregation and non-DG in DG packaging Welcome back to the Regulatory Helpdesk where we...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP April 26, 2018

National Day of Mourning is April 28th On a winter’s day in February, 1891, my great-grandfather was working in a...

Barbara Foster April 25, 2018

Can someone ship hazardous materials/dangerous goods without using regulatory publications? This is often a question we ask ourselves when assisting...

September 16, 2014

The next edition of the IMDG Code will soon be available for use in January 2015, becoming mandatory in January...

ICC Regulatory Expert September 10, 2014

Health Canada publishes proposed GHS regulations – to continue worker protection while harmonizing with US The long-awaited proposed Hazardous Products...

ICC Regulatory Expert August 11, 2014

Labels, Markings, Placards, and more (OH MY!) All in “Consolidation Bin” and “Overpack” amendments As promised late last month, Transport...

ICC Regulatory Expert July 12, 2014

Updated Safety Marks Reliable sources have indicated that the December 2012 proposal to overhaul placarding and other safety markings is...

ICC Regulatory Expert June 26, 2014

Bill C-31 Receives Royal Assent Canada has taken another step forward in the long journey (this writer attended workshops on...

ICC Regulatory Expert June 23, 2014

Have you ever thought about what’s in your first aid kit? We walk by them and never even notice them...

April 08, 2013

“Signs, signs, everywhere there’s signs. Blockin’ out the scenery; breaking my mind. Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read...

April 03, 2013

OSHA recently published a brief relating to the new hazardous chemical labeling requirements under the Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP March 14, 2013

The Alberta government has issued Industrial Railway Circular No. 1 (Guideline for the Transfer of Dangerous Goods to or from...

February 28, 2013

Some jurisdictions (like Quebec) have made snow tires mandatory. And some in Sweden are calling for mandatory high-spec winter tires for trucks. But if the operator is not driving according to the road conditions, what's the point? ‎Read More »

February 01, 2013

With the changing seasons, comes a change in weather that may affect your area with storms and natural disasters. According...

October 19, 2012

DG / HazMat Industry Acronyms Have you ever spoken with a seasoned Hazmat professional who is seemingly talking in gibberish??...