Lou Smyrlis Author Gravatar Image Changing trade patterns point to long-term challenge for trucking by Lou Smyrlis Costs for Canada’s largest carriers are continuing to rise faster than revenues and that should be cause for concern on two fronts. First, obviously, because cost containment is proving…
Lou Smyrlis Author Gravatar Image Is Canada finally ready to invest in its infrastructure? by Lou Smyrlis I’ve been hearing a lot of talk lately from both top ranking transportation ministry bureaucrats and their political bosses that they’re finally ready to start spending the money necessary to…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image The Mexicans are coming – are you worried? by James Menzies There’s a lot of concern south of the border about a recently-announced pilot project that will give 100 Mexican carriers the green light to operate inside the US. Like Canadian…
Truck News Author Gravatar Image Road tolls, market forces and climate change by Truck News A news item caught my attention today (posted at the end of this entry). Toronto Mayor David Miller has stated he would consider tolling city roads — as London England…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image XM, Sirius to merge? by James Menzies I never thought I’d see the day satellite radio rivals XM and Sirius agreed to merge as one. From a business perspective, the proposed merger makes a lot of sense.
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Can you help solve this mystery? by James Menzies A reader recently submitted a question regarding a strange occurrence at Hwy. 400 and the Anne. St. overpass in Barrie, Ont. Since we, at trucknews.com didn’t have the answer, we…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Global warming: I’m hopping off the fence by James Menzies Global warming is here and it’s real. That’s the message expected to be delivered by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which has been convening in Paris, France this week.
Lou Smyrlis Author Gravatar Image Is industry consolidation about to slow down? Not a chance by Lou Smyrlis Listening to the federal finance minister’s refusal today to either apologize for or reconsider the government’s plan to curb the growing trend towards income trusts, I’m left wondering what this…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image OPP to rein in colourful Sgt. Woolley by James Menzies It appears OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino has no sense of humour. According to reports in Toronto-area media this morning, Fantino is reigning in the affable Sgt. Cam Woolley –the longstanding…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image A small truck blitz – it’s about time! by James Menzies It was refreshing to hear about an MTO truck blitz focused on small commercial trucks yesterday. Too often, small commercial vehicles are overlooked when it comes to enforcing truck safety…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Pay attention, people! by James Menzies I was driving along the 401, minding my own business the other day when I nearly got caught up in what NASCAR announcers like to call “The Big One.” It…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image A feel-good holiday story by James Menzies Truckers are often villainized in the mainstream news (see my previous blog entry about a column in the St. Catharines Standard for a prime example), so it’s nice when I…
Lou Smyrlis Author Gravatar Image Hours of Service Delays – they would be “criminal” if they weren’t so “Canadian” by Lou Smyrlis I could call what’s happening with the new hours of service legislation in Canada right now “criminal” if there were not a better description for it: totally and utterly “Canadian”.
Lou Smyrlis Author Gravatar Image THE BASEMENT FILES: Research that should be filed but NOT forgotten by Lou Smyrlis I dread the last two weeks of December. That’s when I force myself to my basement office to sift through and clean up the mountain of paper that naturally accumulates…
Truck News Author Gravatar Image New Year, new wishes by Truck News I’m sure near the top of a wish list for many truckers would be a spot for improved roads and more places to safely pull over along the highway.
