Transportation COSCO ADDS SECOND HALIFAX SERVICE April 18, 2001 HALIFAX, N.S. -- The China Ocean Shipping Company (COSC) will be adding a second sailing at the Port of Halifax, be...
Transportation GATINEAU HIGHWAY EXTENSION FACES TOUGH OPPOSITION April 18, 2001 HULL, Que. -- If the McConnell-Laramee Highway through Gatineau Park in Hull is extended some of the largest white...
Transportation MILLSTREAM PROJECTS GET GO-AHEAD April 18, 2001 VICTORIA, B.C. -- A contract has be awarded, which will see the Millstream Connector completed and the Millstream E...
Transportation PETRO-CANADA ADDS NEW GLOBAL DHD-1 SPEC April 18, 2001 CALGARY, Alta. -- Petro-Canada has added the new global DHD-1 diesel engine performance specification to its DURON...
Transportation ICE ROAD CLOSES AFTER RECORD WINTER April 17, 2001 YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. -- The ice road to the Diavik Diamonds mine in the Northwest Territories has been closed for th...
Transportation INJUNCTION TO KEEP PROTESTERS AWAY April 17, 2001 WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. -- B.C. Ferries has been granted an injunction by B.C. Supreme Court to keep protesters from i...
Transportation WORKSHOPS PINPOINT SASK. HWY.S WEAKNESS April 17, 2001 MAPLE CREEK, Sask. -- The Southwest Transportation Planning Council (SWTPC) has held a series of workshops to help...
Transportation POLITICS KILLS HOPE HWY. WORK April 17, 2001 HOPE, B.C. -- A political spat may be behind a funding denial that could cost Hope, B.C. residents a highway recons...
Transportation TRIBOSPEC WINS CHEVRON AWARD April 17, 2001 MADOC, Ont. -- Tribospec Corp., which markets Chevron's lubrication products in Quebec, the Maritimes, and eastern...
Transportation EATON CUTS JOBS, CALLS TRUCK MARKET “EXTRAORDINARILY DEPRESSED” April 17, 2001 CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Automotive parts manufacturer Eaton Corp. will be laying off 600 workers, due in part to the slo...
Transportation TRUCKER SURVIVES RUN-IN WITH TRAIN April 16, 2001 CHILLIWACK, B.C. -- A logging truck driver is happy to be alive after his rig was broadsided by a freight train and...
Transportation AMTA COUNCIL ELECTIONS UNDERWAY April 16, 2001 CALGARY, Alta. -- Nominations are still being accepted for positions on the Alberta Motor Transport Association (AM...
Transportation TRUCK ROUTES TOPIC OF DISCUSSION April 16, 2001 GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. -- Truck routes and downtown traffic were hot topics at an open house on Grande Prairie's tra...
Transportation NORTHERN B.C. HIGHWAY EXTENSION APPROVED April 16, 2001 VICTORIA, B.C. -- A two-lane, 50 km/h all-weather highway extension will provide truckers with access to the northe...
Transportation TOROMONT SEES REVENUES OF $171.4 MILLION April 16, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. -- Toromont Industries had consolidated revenues of $171.4 million in the first quarter ended Mar. 31...