Transportation TRUCK FALLS THROUGH ICE IN N.B. April 5, 2001 OROMOCTO, N.B. -- Traffic on the Trans-Canada Highway near Oromocto, N.B. was disrupted this morning after a rig le...
Transportation FERRY TERMINAL EXPANSION INJUNCTION OVERTURNED April 5, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. -- The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of B.C. Ferries, and overturned an injunction to block...
Transportation CUMMINS EYES TRUCKING INDUSTRY FLAWS April 4, 2001 COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Heavy Engine maker Cummins says the derailment of the U.S. economy is masking severe problems in...
Transportation B.C. GROUP FIGHTS PORTLAND, ORE. FEES April 4, 2001 PORTLAND, Ore. - The B.C. Trucking Association is fighting a claim that its members now require a business license...
BLIZZARD, STRIKE STRAND NFLD. TRUCKERS April 4, 2001 ST. JOHN'S Nfld. -- A spring blizzard coupled with the largest public-workers strike in the province's history has...
Transportation BOOTED OUT N.S. TRUCKER GETS $9,000 April 4, 2001 TRURO, N.S. -- Elmsdale, N.S. truck driver Leon Thompson has been awarded $9,000 in lost wages after being expelled...
Transportation SKYTRAIN CONSTRUCTION CAUSES DELAYS April 4, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. - Construction on Vancouver's mass-transit system SkyTrain is underway at Brentwood Station, and tr...
HWYS AREN’T MEANT FOR HEAVY TRUCKS: STUDY April 4, 2001 FREDERICTON, N.B. -- A University of New Brunswick study suggests some North American highways were never properly...
Transportation SLEEP DEBT SAPS ALERTNESS April 3, 2001 PALO ALTO, Ca. -- If you're sleeping habits are thrown out of whack by the changing of the clock, a Stanford Univer...
Transportation VOLVO TRUCKS CUTS STAFF April 3, 2001 NEW RIVER VALLEY, Va. -- Citing a continuing slide in the trucking industry, Volvo Trucks North America will cut 30...
Transportation HUSKY DISTRIBUTES CHEVRON LUBES April 3, 2001 CALGARY, Alta. -- Husky Oil, a unit of Husky Energy, will be distributing Chevron's lubricants in Canada as part of...
Transportation NORTHERN B.C. GETS ROADWORK April 3, 2001 TERRACE, B.C. -- Northwestern British Columbia is getting $31 million in road improvements.
Transportation GOODYEAR GETS NEW MARKETING CHIEF April 3, 2001 AKRON, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has elected Cathryn M. Fischer, vice president and chief marketin...
MACK CUTS BACK PRODUCTION, JOBS April 3, 2001 MACUNGIE, Pa. -- Mack Trucks is lowering production and laying off over 700 employees in several states.
Transportation TRUCK BOOK NOMINATED FOR $25,000 AWARD April 3, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. -- Professor and author Daniel Madar has been nominated for the $25,000 Donner Prize prize for his bo...