ICBC eyes changes to rules and regulations for commercial vehicles preview image Transportation ICBC eyes changes to rules and regulations for commercial vehicles May 1, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. - A set of proposals by the Insurance Corp. of British Columbia (ICBC) could change the way commercial licences are obtained in B.C., and may even spell the end for some driving school...
Transportation Remembering Gordie Varcoe May 1, 2001 BRAMPTON, Ont. - On Feb. 20, at approximately 5:00 a.m., Gordon William Varcoe - or Gordie as he was known to his friends - was involved in a fatal accident in the township of Byron in New York's Gene...
GREAT DANE PUTS BRAKES ON CANADIAN TRAILER PLANT April 30, 2001 QUINTE WEST, Ont. -- Great Dane Trailers is expected to formally announce that plans to build a trailer plant in th...
N.B. TRUCKERS TAKE TO THE STREETS AGAIN April 30, 2001 FREDERICTON, N.B. -- Angry truck drivers swarmed New Brunswick's capital Friday in the second protest in a month ov...
Transportation ICBC TO ISSUE WEIGH SCALE SLIPS April 30, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Truckers who feel that B.C. weigh scales are inconsistent and inaccurate now have access to scal...
Transportation ‘DR. TOMORROW’ TO ADDRESS BCTA April 30, 2001 LANGLEY, B.C. -- Frank Ogden, known to many as Dr. Tomorrow, will be the featured speaker at the B.C. Trucking Asso...
Transportation COST OF GRAIN MOVEMENT BY RAIL ESCALATES April 30, 2001 REGINA, Sask. -- The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has approved a 3.5 per cent increase in the volume-relate...
Transportation VITRAN SEES BOOSTED REVENUES April 30, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. -- Trucking company Vitran Corp. had revenues of $125 million in the first quarter ended Mar. 31 up f...
CANAM MANAC NET INCOME SLIPS April 30, 2001 VILLE DE SAINT-GEORGES, Que. -- The Canam Manac Group posted a net income of $7.4 million in the first quarter, dow...
ACCURIDE GETS ISO 14001 April 30, 2001 LONDON, Ont. -- Accuride Corp.'s London, Ont. steel-wheel facility has received ISO 14001 certification.
Transportation LIBERALS COULD KILL ICBC April 27, 2001 CRANBROOK, B.C. -- B.C. Liberal leader Gordon Campbell vowed yesterday that if elected, he would bring and end to t...
Transportation ECONOMY OF ONTARIO TO COOL, ALBERTA TO COOK April 27, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. -- Ontario's economy will cool this year but Alberta's economy should keep on chugging strongly until...
Transportation HWY. 1 ROADWORK TO COMMENCE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE April 27, 2001 REGINA, Sask. -- A 13 kilometre stretch of Hwy. 1 will be repaved this spring, several weeks ahead of schedule.
Transportation ARVINMERITOR SALES FALL IN SECOND QUARTER April 27, 2001 TROY, Mich., -- ArvinMeritor's sales fell 13 per cent to US$1.8 billion in the second quarter but net income still...
Transportation ALBERTA YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE IN HIGHWAY CLEANUP April 27, 2001 EDMONTON, Alta. -- Alberta highways will be a lot cleaner this spring, thanks to thousands of volunteers from the p...
