The ‘friendly province’ lived up to its reputation preview image Transportation The ‘friendly province’ lived up to its reputation July 1, 2001 As I boarded the plane back to Toronto recently I couldn't help but reflect on the past few days I had just spent at the 2001 Canadian Truck Show in Winnipeg.This show offered the latest new truck mod...
I don’t like Bill 50 either, but John stole my idea preview image Transportation I don’t like Bill 50 either, but John stole my idea July 1, 2001 One would assume that writing a column only once a month would make it very simple to come up with different topics.After all, there is an infinite amount of information bombarding us at all times - t...
Atlantic lumber industry eyes U.S. softwood exemption preview image Transportation Atlantic lumber industry eyes U.S. softwood exemption July 1, 2001 FREDERICTON, N.B. - The Atlantic provinces are urging the U.S. Department of Commerce that the region deserves an exemption from the countervailing duties Americans are set to impose."It's widely reco...
Toll spans seen as the answer preview image Transportation Toll spans seen as the answer July 1, 2001 MONTREAL, Que. - Fleets and commuters heading through Montreal may eventually have the option of paying to use a private bridge or tunnel between Montreal and the South Shore.Two large construction co...
Moiny receives safety award preview image Transportation Moiny receives safety award July 1, 2001 ETOBICOKE, Ont. - The Motor Vehicle Safety Association held their 18th annual Safety to Motor Transportation evening and focused on an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to road safet...
Transportation Canadian Truck Show recap July 1, 2001 WINNIPEG, Man. - It will take a while to match Arnold Bros. Transport's 43-year history, but the newly formed ABT Academy (ABTA) is going to do everything it can to live up to the standards set by its...
Transportation Red Hill-Niagara Highway link draws controversy June 29, 2001 HAMILTON, Ont -- The Tories have proposed joining the Red Hill Creek Expressway to the coming Niagara super highway...
Transportation Weight restrictions in place on Lions Gate Bridge June 29, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. -- The B.C. Transportation Financing Authority is reminding carriers that trucks with a gross vehic...
Transportation Is Collenette nearing the end of the road? June 29, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. -- David Collenette's four years spent behind the transport minister's desk make him the...
Transportation Speeders should fight photo tickets June 29, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. -- A British Columbia group that is leading the charge against Canada's western-most province's pho...
Transportation IPPI shows the cost of manufacturing is slowing June 29, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Annual rates of growth for both industrial product prices and the cost of raw materials slowed in M...
Transportation Alstom takes over CPR’s largest repair facility June 29, 2001 CALGARY, Alta. -- Third party maintenance provider Alstom has assumed responsibility for the management and operati...
Transportation Another fatal wheel-off on the 401 June 28, 2001 WHITBY, Ont. -- Early this morning the driver of a minivan was killed almost instantly when the wheel from a U.S.-b...
Transportation Bankruptcy doesn’t include Laidlaw Carriers June 28, 2001 BURLINGTON, Ont. -- Struggling Laidlaw Inc. has sought bankruptcy protection in a Canadian court and is expected to...
Mexican truckers don’t want U.S. access June 28, 2001 CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- As the battle over how and when to grant full U.S. access to Mexican truckers rages on, so...
