Transportation Feds admit to $3.3 billion gaffe (January 30, 2002) January 30, 2002 OTTAWA, Ont. -- The federal government has overpaid four provinces to the tune of $3.3 billion, and those provinces...
Transportation U.S. delays decision on wheat tariffs January 30, 2002 REGINA, Sask. -- It will be more than two weeks before the U.S. Trade Representative decides whether or not to put...
Transportation Chevrette slips out the back door before shuffle (January 30, 2002) January 30, 2002 QUEBEC CITY, Que. -- The Parti Quebecois government was shaken Tuesday by the resignations of three cabinet ministe...
Transportation Study finds cattle get stressed out over truck rides January 30, 2002 LETHBRIDGE, Alta. -- A research project in Alberta has revealed cows tend to get stressed out during transportation...
Financial guru taps Canadian truck builder (January 30, 2002) January 30, 2002 CALGARY, Alta. -- Martin Ferguson, fund manager with Calgary-based Mawer Investment Management, says a small Canadi...
Transportation TANS may join forces with union January 30, 2002 TRURO, N.S. -- The Truckers Association of Nova Scotia (TANS) board of directors is currently investigating the pos...
Transportation Edmonton may be first to outlaw handheld cells while driving January 30, 2002 EDMONTON, Alta. -- A city councillor is aggressively pushing to make Edmonton the first Canadian city to ban driver...
Transportation Trucknews.com adds searchable archives (January 29, 2002) January 29, 2002 DON MILLS, Ont. -- In an effort to give the trucking community easier access to the information it needs to keep ro...
Transportation U.S. nears hours action (January 29, 2002) January 29, 2002 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last week, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta indicated to a Senate committee the i...
Transportation New player steps into Skeena Cellulose saga January 29, 2002 TERRACE, B.C. -- In a surprise decision Friday, the B.C. government rejected the offer of Mercer Intl. to purchase...
Transportation Industry loses a pioneer January 29, 2002 COQUITLAM, B.C. -- Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) past-president Torben "Tom" Jensen died here on Dec. 23, 200...
Transportation Oil merger won’t affect oilsands operations January 29, 2002 FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. -- Despite the merger of two Canadian petroleum giants, Alberta Energy and PanCanadian Energy,...
Mack boosts Granite production January 29, 2002 LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. -- Mack Trucks will increase production of vehicles at its assembly plant in Macungie, Pa., next...
Transportation Chevrette likely facing axe January 28, 2002 QUEBEC CITY, Que. -- Quebec's Transportation Minister Guy Chevrette will be dropped from the next provincial cabine...
Transportation Utah asks truckers to help during games January 28, 2002 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- It's imperative truckers "Know Before They Go" to northern Utah during the 2002 Olympic Win...