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OTA Education Foundation seeking scholarship program funding
TORONTO, Ont. -- The OTA Education Foundation is asking the trucking industry to help fund its 2012 scholarship program that aids students with ties to the trucking industry. The Foundation is targeting a $50,000 donation goal to assist...
Confederation Bridge celebrates 15 years with infrastructure upgrades
BORDEN-CARLETON, P.E.I. -- Three components of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) project at the Confederation Bridge are now complete, officials announced Thursday. The three components – a digital radio communication system,...
Nine Canadian companies named among Bendix’s top distributors
ELYRIA, Ohio -- Bendix has recognized the outstanding achievement of its top distributors across Canada and the US through its Premier Distributor Program. This year, Bendix has honoured 39 companies that have earned the program’s highest...
ATA tells Congress transportation security efforts must be risk-based
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Phil Byrd, president of Bulldog Hiway Express and vice-chairman of American Trucking Associations, has told a congressional subcommittee that efforts to secure the US transportation system should be deployed based on specific...
CTA highlights importance of training, accountability in livestock transport
OTTAWA, Ont. -- In recent comments to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) highlighted the vital role livestock transporters play in Canada’s food supply chain and stressed the...
RBC Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index at eight-month high
TORONTO, Ont. – Canada appears to be bucking the international trend of slumping economic news today. While the news out of the US, Europe and Asia is focused on slower job growth and output, Canadian manufacturing business conditions...