Transportation BANKRUPTCIES DECLINE, BUT LIABILITIES SKYROCKET April 11, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Industry Canada reports that while the number of bankruptcies in Canada is dropping, the size of fi...
Transportation TRANSPORT CANADA LAUNCHES MONTREAL ROAD WORK PLAN April 11, 2001 MONTREAL, Que. -- Transport Canada will soon be holding meetings to discuss the building of two new bridges and 14k...
Transportation B.C. TO BUILD ALL-WEATHER ROAD TO NISGA’A VILLAGES April 11, 2001 KINCOLITH, B.C. -- The B.C. Transportation Financing Authority has inked a contractor to build a two-lane, 50-km/h...
Transportation TED SMITH NAMED GLOBAL’S DRIVER OF THE YEAR April 11, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. -- Toronto-based Global Driver Services recently held their 25th Annual Driver Awards Night and Ted S...
Transportation RTAC ROAD RESTRICTIONS CONCERN MTA April 11, 2001 WINNIPEG, Man. -- Spring thaw restrictions have been placed on some of Manitoba's well-traveled RTAC routes, and th...
Transportation ONTARIO GROUPS OPPOSE HWY. EXPANSION April 11, 2001 MARKHAM, Ont. -- Opponents of the 407 Electronic Toll Road are calling on senior levels of government to launch ext...
Transportation RAILWAYS NEED A TAX BREAK: RAIL GROUP April 11, 2001 VICTORIA, B.C. -- Arguing that trucking gets a free ride when it comes to using infrastructure, a railway group is...
GROTE UNVEILS LONG-LASTING LED STROBES April 11, 2001 AGINCOURT, Ont. -- Grote Industries has now delivered LED technology to the emergency, construction and service veh...
Transportation PC*MILER ADDED TO GEONAV TRACKING AND MESSAGING April 11, 2001 QUEBEC CITY, Que. -- GeoCom TMS has integrated PC*MILER's functions into its transport management solution, GeoNav.
U.S. EARMARKS $144 MILLION TO OPEN MEXICAN BORDER April 10, 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. has inked a deal calling for the full opening of its border with Mexican trucks by 200...
Transportation QUICK THINKING TRUCKER AVERTS DISASTER April 10, 2001 SOUIX NARROWS, Ont. -- When the driver of a Derouard sawdust truck heading north on Hwy. 71 last Saturday, saw a ga...
Transportation SIU MAKES APPEAL FOR COLLISION WITNESSES April 10, 2001 CORNWALL, Ont. -- The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is looking for anyone who witnessed a high-speed chase invo...
Transportation U.S. DOT GETS BUDGETARY BOOST April 10, 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has secured funding totaling US$59.5 billion in Pre...
Transportation TRUCKER DISCOVERS POSSIBLE GANG-RELATED CORPSE April 10, 2001 WINNIPEG, Man. -- A truck driver running along the Oak Point Highway made a grisly discovery when he came across th...
HUDSON’S BAY SHIFTS TRAILERS ONTO CP April 10, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. -- Retailer Hudson's Bay has announced a partnership that will shift 16,000 trailers a year off the h...