Transportation

Cheesy trade rule pleases Murphy

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - P.E.I.'s Agriculture and Forestry Minister Mitch Murphy is pleased Canada will suspend the normal issuance of supplementary permits for the import of breaded cheese sticks from...

B.C. business turns to Slick Willy

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Former president Bill Clinton is coming to Canada, to address a Vancouver company about global trade and commerce issues.The Portables is said to be paying more than $100,000 for som...

OTA taps two students for scholarships

TORONTO, Ont. - Kevin Shaughnessy of St. Mary's, Ontario and Michelle Jollymore of Pefferlaw, have been selected as recipients of the Bud Barr Scholarship Fund.The scholarship was established to ease ...

Fleets call on Feds to end rail secrecy

OTTAWA, Ont. - The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has asked federal transport chief David Collenette to end rumors of a stealthy plot to use taxpayer dollars to shift Hwy. 401 freight to trains.The ...

Insurance is out of control

For the first time ever, I was the victim of a robbery last month.The truly sad part is it happened not once, but twice.First someone broke into my home in Lyndhusrt, Ont. and stole a handful of items...

Paper jam

MONTREAL, Que. - Fleets hauling newsprint may face a bumpy road with North American newspaper publishers heading into a melee with paper producers.Waning advertising dollars due to the meltdown of the...

Martin prepared to grow economy

OTTAWA, Ont. - Federal Finance Minister Paul Martin is telling Atlantic Canada's Liberal MPs he is prepared to pour as much as $4 billion into boosting the region's economy over the next decade.A Libe...

Islanders find lower prices at pumps

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission of P.E.I. has announced decreases in petroleum product pricing.Decreases in all products in petroleum wholesalers' dealer and consu...

CPR makes $2 billion pitch to move truck freight by rail

OTTAWA, Ont. The federal government is considering a $2-billion proposal that would move freight off Hwy. 401 and onto Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) cars.CPR president Robert Ritchie recently made th...

Quebec’s standard contract nearly penned

MONTREAL, Que. - La Belle Province has always been famous for its Forums.But far removed from the once mighty ice rink, there are a number of interesting games being played by a group of the same name...

Can’t we all just get along?

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Ever since mankind invented the wheel there have been problems, but most tend to pale in comparison to the issues involved in cars and trucks sharing the road.Both motorists and tr...

Shoplifters are working in bulk

MONCTON, N.B. - Employees at a Zellers outlet were left puzzled after someone stole an entire trailer load of goods parked outside a Moncton mall.Police report the trailer contained tens of thousands ...

Jemseg now open

JEMSEG, N.B. - According to the Maritime Road Development Corporation, the latest section of the four-lane highway from Fredericton to Moncton opened Sept. 10, at 10 a.m. The seven-kilometre section i...

A bark worse than any bite

HUTTONVILLE, Ont. - At the point of no return, engine brakes often save lives; not only in the case of the trucker, but also the person who has the potential to be on the other end of an accident.Howe...

End of an era for owner/op

PARIS, Ont. - When Doug Gibson of Paris, Ont. hangs his keys up for the last time it will cap a career that has spanned a half-century.The original winner of the Canadian Owner/Operator of the Year Aw...