Transportation

Ontario now booking online (October 01, 2002)

TORONTO, Ont. - Transportation Minister, Norm Sterling, recently announced new online services for the Ministry of Transportation (MTO).To further improve customer service, the MTO launched online roa...

Facing my fears in pursuit of a Class 1

Until recently, I had but one experience involving heavy-equipment. It was thoroughly horrifying and nearly fatal.As a teenager I decided I wanted to learn how to rake hay, so my father took me to one...

First and 10

WINNIPEG, Man. - Playing professional football may seem like a lifetime ago for owner/operator Quency Williams, but it's clear he still carries the same intensity to work every day no matter what he's...

Cat getting ACERT-ive; In their own words – Part 4

With the 10/02 emissions deadline upon us, a vast amount of misinformation regarding the future of heavy-duty diesel engines still exists. This is the fourth installment in a series giving manufacture...

Ontario warns of load broker failures (October 01, 2002)

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Ontario has issued several notices to carriers regarding load brokers recently forfeiting their provincially required surety bonds.1457345 Ontario Inc. (also known as P.B. Syste...

VPA increases security level

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The Vancouver Port Authority (VPA) is stepping up security measures with more than $3 million per year in additional spending.The increased security comes nearly a year after the ter...

Driven to distraction (October 01, 2002)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - It's not just drinking coffee, tuning the radio and reading a map anymore. Today's drivers are distracted by cellphones, personal digital assistants and laptop computers.The blurr...

Future FAST freight

WINDSOR, Ont. - Prime Minister Jean Chretien and U.S. President George W. Bush signed a declaration Sept. 9, to launch the Free and Secured Trade (FAST) program.The agreement is aimed at improving the...

Canadian truck cops grab bronzes (October 01, 2002)

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Forty-nine commercial vehicle inspectors representing enforcement jurisdictions in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. recently squared off at the North American Inspectors' Championship.Amo...

FAST program moves forward but CTA still has concerns

On Sept. 9, Prime Minister Jean Chretien and President George W. Bush met at the Ambassador Bridge that links Windsor and Detroit and, in addition to other border issues, announced the opening of carr...

Law and INS poised to again bolster border security, staff

In response to some well-publicized mistakes and inefficiencies on the part of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), Congress has responded with directives designed to enhance securit...

Day & Ross expanding in the west

VICTORIA, B.C. - A joint terminal between Sameday Right-O-Way and Day & Ross opened recently in B.C.'s capital region.Together, the Day & Ross general freight division and Sameday Right-O-Way's time d...

TransForce continues buying binge (October 01, 2002)

MONTREAL, Que. - TransForce has announced its two latest acquisitions, both of which happen to be Quebec-based fleets.Mirald Transport, a family business that specializes in truckload transborder tran...

We’re all trying to eat

Dear editor,Back in the spring, you had an article about the class action suit being launched by a law firm in B.C. concerning the meal allowances truckers are currently allowed.A Web site address and...

Great piece of writing, Teddy

Dear editor,In the June 2002 issue of Truck News, Ted Light wrote an interesting column detailing the Edmonton ceremony honoring the lives of the four Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry soldi...