Transportation Trucker’s historical mags up for grabs February 1, 2003 SUNDERLAND, Ont. - For anyone with a passion for the trucking industry, Clark Gordon's magazine collection is a trucking history buff's gold mine - and it's up for grabs.Gordon has amassed a collectio...
Canadian Trucker’s Museum set to roll on real and virtual highways preview image Transportation Canadian Trucker’s Museum set to roll on real and virtual highways February 1, 2003 HAMILTON, Ont. - When is a museum not a museum? The Workers Arts and Heritage Centre is stretching the limits and the Canadian trucker is its focus. Heritage Canada has announced funding of $149,175 f...
Tougher safety requirements in ’03 preview image Transportation Tougher safety requirements in ’03 February 1, 2003 Last year was marked by significant rule changes for people involved in cross-border activity. While certain matters relating to terrorism and national security dominated the headlines, there are also...
Transportation Concerned about new HoS regs February 1, 2003 Dear editor,I am writing today to voice my concern - no, dread - at the implementing of the proposed HoS regs which have been approved.First let me say I am a 42-year-old truck driver and drive longha...
How do you spend your free time while on the road? preview image Transportation How do you spend your free time while on the road? February 1, 2003 CARDINAL, Ont. - The life of a trucker depends so greatly on time and on deadlines.Whether waiting for a load, sitting in traffic or thwarted by a snowstorm, truckers are in the hands of time.Solitude...
Transportation CPR sells low-use spur to CN (February 01, 2003) February 1, 2003 MONTREAL, Que. - Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) has sold a low-density spur line in northern New Brunswick to its main competitor, Canadian National (CN).The 12.6-km line known as the Edmunston spur, ...
Transportation Road conditions available through highway cameras (February 01, 2003) February 1, 2003 HALIFAX, N.S. - Highway cameras around the province provide updated images of road conditions in Nova Scotia. They are now available online at www.gov.ns.ca/tran."These cameras are going to help Nova ...
Transportation Ring road plans hit a roadblock February 1, 2003 LONDON, Ont. - Plans for a ring road have hit a snag, with the Ontario Municipal Board ruling that London can't build freeways outside city limits unless neighboring counties agree to them.The heart o...
Publisher’s Comment Let’s hope the 407 becomes a faded memory preview image Transportation Publisher’s Comment Let’s hope the 407 becomes a faded memory February 1, 2003 A few months ago, I wrote about the unfair treatment commercial traffic was being subjected to while using Highway 407.Needless to say, it's still going on. To add fuel to the fire, while we were all ...
Transportation More HoS worries February 1, 2003 Dear editor,Our federal government is in the process of drastically changing the legislation on Hours of Service for truck drivers, and we need to maintain public forums for all with a vested interest...
Transportation War would bring border delays: Ambassador January 31, 2003 BUFFALO, N.Y. -- America's ambassador to Canada warns there could be delays at the Canada-U.S. border if his countr...
Transportation ICBC allows use of tridem drives January 31, 2003 VICTORIA, B.C. -- The Insurance Corp. of B.C. (ICBC) has modified the Commercial Transport Act Regulations to allow...
B.C. trailer inspections may decrease January 31, 2003 LANGLEY, B.C. -- The Insurance Corp. of B.C. (ICBC) is taking a close look at a recommendation by the B.C. Trucking...
Transportation Pay fines or else, city warns January 31, 2003 SUDBURY, Ont. -- The city is giving motorists and people with other outstanding provincial fines one last chance to...
Transportation Red-light cameras deliver mixed results January 31, 2003 REGINA, Sask. -- Do red-light cameras work? Well, it depends who you ask. In Regina, red-light cameras have reduced...
