Regulations CTA reaffirms support for cabotage liberalization October 4, 2006 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Last week the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) board of directors endorsed a campaign calling for t...
Meal tax lawsuit on last legs preview image Regulations Meal tax lawsuit on last legs October 1, 2006 SUMMERLAND, B.C. - After leaving the B.C. Supreme Court and the province's Court of Appeal with distasteful results, a group of truckers are hoping for a supreme decision from Canada's highest court.
Regulations Michigan to block Ontario trash shipments by 2010 October 1, 2006 TORONTO, Ont. - Truck fleets that haul Ontario trash to Michigan landfill sites will have to focus on new lanes by 2010, thanks to a recent agreement between the Province of Ontario, the state of Mich...
Regulations Top speeds for trucks one step closer in Quebec October 1, 2006 MONTREAL, Que. - The process of legislating speed limiters and imposing a top speed of 105 km/h for heavy vehicles in Quebec advanced another step this summer when a parliamentary commission on road s...
Border security five years after 9/11 preview image Regulations Border security five years after 9/11 October 1, 2006 The US government maintains statistics on many different subjects for its fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1. One interesting statistic is the number of "inspections" that are conducted by US Customs a...
Regulations US may extend deadline for new border rules September 26, 2006 WASHINGTON -- US legislators have agreed to extend the deadline for new border identification measures by 17 months...
Regulations Passing grade no easy task during September inspection September 25, 2006 CALGARY, Alta. -- Less than half of the trucks inspected received a passing grade, during an extensive three-day ro...
Regulations Carriers link with public safety group to petition for mandatory speed limiters September 20, 2006 GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A group of motor carriers have linked up with public safety interest group Road Safe America to ...
Regulations Runaway tire kills woman on Ontario highway September 15, 2006 OAKVILLE, Ont. -- The issue of errant truck tires has quieted in the past few years, but was brought back in the mo...
Regulations CTA urges ports to streamline security measures September 15, 2006 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Recent publication of proposed amendments to the Marine Transportation Security Regulations has onc...
Regulations US agriculture plan comes at a price for all cross-border traffic September 13, 2006 OTTAWA, Ont. -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance is concerned that border delays will result when a recently publishe...
Regulations Monetary incentives for greener trucking urged by CTA September 13, 2006 OTTAWA, Ont. -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance is calling upon the federal Minister of Finance to include tax incen...
Regulations RoadSafe to host road safety awareness session September 12, 2006 MAPLE, Ont. -- Road safety will be the focus of an event tomorrow morning at the Landshark Esso Service Station on ...
Regulations Sterling Truck plant to layoff 600 employees in wake of pre-buy September 11, 2006 ST. THOMAS, Ont. - About one quarter of the workforce at St. Thomas Sterling Truck plant faces unemployment in the ...
Regulations Supply Chain Security Coalition warns against “100% scanning of containers proposals September 8, 2006 ARLINGTON, Va. -- In a letter to every member of the Senate, the Supply Chain Security Coalition has called for pas...
