Transportation

October deadlines near for green card lottery

I want to alert readers to two time-sensitive opportunities that may be of tremendous importance for some individuals. In both cases, the opportunities aren't available for everyone, but I want to mak...

A Scalehouse Crock

WINDSOR, Ont. - Just fine or unjust fines, this is the question swirling around the westbound Windsor Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) inspection station of late.Bill Greenwood, an owner/opera...

Clark slams federal rail scheme (October 01, 2001)

QUEEN'S PARK, Ont. - A proposal that would see Ottawa spend $2 billion to eliminate one million truck-trips from Ontario's congested Hwy. 401 annually, met with criticism in Queen's Park.Ontario's Min...

Air-Weigh scales available on Internationals (October 01, 2001)

CHATHAM, Ont. - International dealers, as well as regional and national account managers, can now order Class 8 tractors with Air-Weigh on-board truck scales pre-installed.The new Waycon International...

Award created for CB heroes

MONTREAL, Que. A new "Radio Hero Award" has been developed by Cobra Electronics Corp., Popular Communications magazine and React International Inc. in an effort to honor two-way radio users for courag...

Truck News eyes industry opportunities

DON MILLS, Ont. - Truck News, the industry's top source for driver recruitment advertising, has launched a new section this month making it the top place to find other industry careers, too."The truck...

Research group says tridem drives the way to go

EDMONTON, Alta. - Tridem drive trucks are becoming an increasingly familiar sight on western Canadian highways, and those who use them have a little-known forestry research group to thank.B.C.-based F...

Trucks may face road tolls in Territories

YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. - With its highways crumbling apart thanks to the harsh environment, the Northwest Territories plans to impose road tolls on industrial truck traffic to pay for repairs.Joseph Hand...

Global warming not a man-made problem (October 01, 2001)

HALIFAX, N.S. - Global warming and cooling is part of a natural process and human beings are not the cause.This was the message from a group of scientists gathered in Halifax in late August. Furthermo...

Unaccustomed

Mark reached Halifax without further incident. He'd had some trouble with a road-raging driver behind the wheel of a lowboy along the way, but he'd taken care of that maniac at a weigh scale back in O...

Stemco offers new sealant tape

LONGVIEW, Tex. - STEMCO Inc. will distribute the PTFE Thread Sealant tape for its sister company Plastomer Products, a division of Goodrich Corporation.The Teflon tape allows the quick, clean, sealing...

Canucks crowned top among truck cops

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Kerri Wirachowsky, transportation enforcement officer, with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) out of Kitchener, Ont. won the Jimmy K. Ammons Grand Champion honors at th...

There’s no cure for iron in your blood

Growing up, I always wondered what it was about big rigs that struck such a chord in those who drive them.My own grandfather drove truck, hauling logs for his forestry company, Coughlin Forest Product...

Revitalized port would be a Godsend for fleets

CHURCHILL, Man. - An effort is under way to revitalize the Port of Churchill, and if those behind the movement are successful, it could be lucrative for northern Manitoba carriers.In May 2001, a feasi...

PM gets up to speed on pipeline (October 01, 2001)

YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. - Jean Chretien may have tipped his hand as to which pipeline route he prefers, but now he's making sure he knows why the Mackenzie Valley is the best path.The premier of the North...