Driver of the Year Recipients
June 6, 2024
This year, we are excited to share 331 of our Professional Truck Drivers have earned the prestigious title of Driver of the Year for the 2023 calendar year. To celebrate all of these drivers, and pay respect to what they have accomplished, we will be hosting 15 events across Canada throughout the month of June and into July.
KAG Canada’s Driver of the Year program recognizes and honours our Professional Truck Drivers and their exemplary performance from the previous year.
The award showcases all of the incredibly skilled team members we have here and how together, as One Team Driven to Make a Difference, we are making our public roadways a safer place for everyone across North America.
It is our goal to have all of our Professional Truck Drivers recognized as the premier group of drivers in our industry and we strive for all of our company drivers to qualify for this prestigious award each year.
Please join us in congratulating all 331 of KAG Canada’s Professional Truck drivers listed below and enjoy photos from the events which took place last year.
Alberta
Calgary, Alberta
- Melissa Benoit
- Scott Branford
- Robert Brown
- Robert Buckle
- Michael Cairns
- Martynas Cesna
- Ken Cross
- Ravinder Dhillon
- Brian Dorscheid
- Robert Fitzgerald
- Glenn Foster
- Simarjit Gill
- Gordon Groome
- Sergio Halos
- Robert Hegarty
- Michael Hildahl
- Duane Hildebrand
- Michael Jackson
- Darrell Johnson
- Martin Loranger
- Dennis Lyubomirov Vidzon
- Mukul Mehra
- William Miller
- Delorn Moline
- Almir Okanovic
- Amani Olenga
- Hennadiy Pashyn
- Arkadiusz Rachfal
- Cameron Rice
- Zachary Sharlow
- Amritpal Singh
- Bhalwinder Singh
- Awalpreet Singh
- Marcelin Szwed
- Parmjit Tamber
- Shaune Treller
- Clinton Wonnek
- Bernard Wright
- Benjamin Wurz
Edmonton, Alberta – Head Office
- Jaskaranjit Bhatti
- Satvir Dhaliwal
- Joseph Gladue
- Charlene Jasper
- Paul Kelly
- Niraj Lama Tamang
- Johny Langille
- Ricardo Marques
- Douglas Mckay
- Coleton McNabb
- Katherine Neilson
- Kenneth Neilson
- Narciso Palabrica
- Mile Petrovic
- David Preville
- Roy Prew
- Christopher Price
- Gerald Rafuse
- Crystal Rendall
- Mykola Reva
- Vasile Rus
- Robert Sheppard
- Dharminder Sidhu
- Davender Singh
- Prithipal Singh
- Sant Saroop Singh
- Fatehdeep Singh
- Curtis Woroschuk
- Kang Yang
- Nigel Young
- Hui Zhang
Lloydminster, Alberta
- Daniel Cambridge
- Jagtar Chahal
- Frederick Hawryluk
- Jason Hoknes
- John Holmes
- Christopher LeRiche
- Eliezer Longaquit
- Robert Lucas
- Neil Morrow
- Marius Oancea
- Christopher Pitre
- Robert Prime
- Peter White
- William Yucker
British Columbia
Kamloops, British Columbia
- Robert Davis
- Larry Isaacson
- Duncan McGillivray
- Amritpal Singh
- Clayton Wiebe
Langley, British Columbia
- Joshua Callaway
- Andrey Chukhryaev
- Bhupinder Dang
- Pritpal Dhaliwal
- Njegos Divac
- Sandy Dragan
- Leopold Grant
- Glen Harris
- Dmitry Il’In
- Manish Kaushal
- Petros Koutsogiannis
- Nenad Kurilic
- Dmytro Morozov
- William Morris
- Denis Nadeau
- Marius Olariu
- Lucian Pop
- Venkatesh Radhakrishnan
- Stephen Ray
- Edward Rowaan
- Martin Shelton
- Jasmandeep Sidhu
- Jaspreet Singh
- Gurjeet Singh
- Tajdeep Singh
- Iqbal Singh
- Marin Strucic
- Claude Welcome
- Chad Willick
Prince George, British Columbia
- Sahil Bansal
- Munopiwa Kanyumwa
- Robert Laing
Manitoba
Brandon, Manitoba
- John Bergen
- David Blackmore
- Glen Burton
- Mark Czarnata
- Devon Dyck
- Wayne Jure
- Ralph Kilpatrick
- Anthony Leppa
- Sean Markus
- Paul Miller
- Patrick Nicholson
- Randy Owen
- Victor Perrett
- Wade Schwartz
- Dennis Sipley
- Derek Smart
- Nick Stacey
- Joshua Timmons
- Vadym Toptya
- Laurie Van De Spiegle
- Shane Warburton
- Mingfeng Zhu
Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Denfred Aguanta
- Christan Anievas
- Dmitry Bannov
- Robert Barker
- Kenneth Boer
- Joan Capuchino
- Christopher Closas
- Kerry Coughlin
- Hristo Denkov
- Glen Gillespie
- Ivan Griffiths
- Thomas Gurica
- Melvin Haughey
- Wayne Hiebert
- Craig James
- Alexey Kukhmister
- Dmitry Kuznetsov
- David Medwid
- Lawrence Nelson
- Merv Nickart
- Gilbert Nuez
- Justin O’Connor
- Trevor Panchuk
- Harmanpreet Panesar
- Enrico Paoletic
- Adrian Pastulovic
- John Perez
- Chris Plamondon
- Jacek Ploch
- Jonathan Poetker
- Lindsay Poetker
- Atanas Radev
- Paul Rance
- Steve Randell
- Brian Riench
- Dave Roberts
- Ephrem Salvator
- Ruel Samia
- Darcy Scott
- Vincent Shandroski
- Santiago Sonza
- Alexander Tingson
- Dragan Travica
- Marc Turenne
- Christopher Whitebird
- Gary Winko
- Scott Zimmer
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
- Brian Barriault
- Donald Chisholm
- Patrick Connors
- Allister Ferguson
- Brian Harold
- John Hiltz
- Morgan Klien
- Eli Landa
- Edward Leyte
- Leonard Matthews
- Duane Pearl
- Sean Penney
- Dawid Stepien
- Raymond Thomas
- Paul Walker
Ontario
Ottawa, Ontario
- Muhammad Ashiq
- Eric Bissonnette
- Cody Dodds
- Matthew Gutman
- David Hopper
- Michael Lafontaine-Blais
- Lukas Masson
- Yakov Olshanski
- Ghislain Sauriol
Sarnia, Ontario
- Ahmed Abukwaik
- Ralph Arbour
- David Brissette
- Allen Cook
- Michael Couture
- Robert Davidson
- Jeffrey Dempster
- Liam Dennahower
- Robert Glenn
- Johan Groening
- Andrew Haig
- Dustin Hoeppner
- Glen Jackson
- Darryl Kennedy
- Patrice Knight
- Vedran Kolovrat
- Cameron Lardner
- Dona Lauwereys
- Thomas Lester
- Robert Locke
- Jean Martin
- Jeffrey Michaud
- Lee Misselbrook
- Charles Pawley
- Michael Perreault
- Randy Puspoky
- Amrinder Singh Sibia
- Michael Simons
- Robert Skelton
- Ronald Titus
- Lloyd Torraville
- James Travis
- Robert Vriesema
- Todd Wellman
- Brian Whynott
- Kristopher Young
Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Robert Posmituk
Toronto, Ontario
- Muhammad Ali Atif
- Hardeep Brar
- Gaston Brisson
- Zhuo Chen
- Michael Bryan Daguio
- Nicolae Dudnic
- Karen Farquharson
- Allan Gates
- Robert Gaudaur
- Dejan Georgijev
- Jeffrey Graff
- Gary Gregoire
- Carlos Jovovitch
- Boleslaw Judzinski
- Ghislain Lebeau
- Jagvir Mangat
- James Orange
- Gerrard Robb
- Sandeep Sahota
- Satwinder Singh
- Stuart Smith
Saskatchewan
Esterhazy, Saskatchewan
- Glenn Blakley
- Joseph Hemauer
- James Huston
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
- Eric Astrologo
- Darrell Babcock
- Darcy Balaniuk
- Hector Blackwin
- Michael Boniface
- Dewayne Brown
- Norbert Busta
- Eduard Eichholz
- Jamie Fuller
- Donald Gosling
- Brett Heltman
- Steven Lobb
- Tyler Magill
- Renato Manalo
- Jacob Mandel
- Reynante Meremilla
- Dome James Mier
- Kerry Mulligan
- Pawel Politewicz
- Duane Schultz
- Ian Slater
- David Smith
- Robin Swain
- Mervin Woroschuk
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Richard Agnew
- Donato Arellano Jr
- Alvin Bagay
- Walden Becker
- Gordon Belfour
- Mark Burton
- Dustin Cunningham
- Michael Curley
- Richard Derksen
- Raul Diaz Gonzalez
- Robert Etherington
- Derek Flanders
- Clarence Geransky
- Cory Hanson
- Bill Harvey
- Andrii Kalyta
- Wayne Kerslake
- Dallas Klassen
- Anthony Laundrie
- Brian Lupkoski
- Robert Neffe
- Lazaro Nueva
- Darren Pickering
- Andriy Potaptsev
- Sergii Radin
- Brad Rosin
- Garry Schmidt
- Ivan Shaleva
- Ronald Unger
- Bradley Westerhaug
- Waleed Yousif
Enjoy these photos below from our 15 Driver of the Year events which took place last year:
