CHALLENGER BUYS ELGIN MOTOR FREIGHT March 7, 2001 CAMBRIDGE, Ont. -- Challenger Motor Freight has acquired Elgin Motor Freight, a full-service transportation carrier...
Transportation VOLVO TRUCKS CUTTING SUPPLIES AND SUPPLIERS March 7, 2001 Stockholm, Sweden -- Heavy truck maker Volvo AB is both reducing the number of its suppliers and asking the remaind...
Transportation ALTA TRUCKERS HOLD ANNUAL DINNER March 6, 2001 CALGARY, Alta. -- The Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) is holding their annual Calgary Draw Dinner at the...
Transportation FUEL-CELL DEVELOPER RASUL HONOURED March 6, 2001 BURNABY, B.C. - Firoz Rasul, president and CEO of Burnaby-based fuel cell developer Ballard Power Systems, has been...
CUMMINS LOWERS EMISSIONS THROUGH CALIBRATIONS March 6, 2001 COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Cummins is now offering owners of its engines an electronic calibration that it says will lower l...
Transportation B.C. FIXES HAZARDOUS CARWASH ROCK BLUFF March 6, 2001 VICTORIA, B.C. - Chimera Springs Rockwork has won a $119,300 contract to drill, blast and secure Carwash Rock Bluff...
Transportation N.S. TO GET $15 MILLION EXTRA ON HIGH FUEL PRICES March 6, 2001 HALIFAX, N.S. -- The Government of Nova Scotia is expecting an extra $14.6 million by the end of March on the back...
Transportation MICHIGAN DOESN’T WANT TORONTO’S TRASH March 6, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. -- The State of Michigan is appealing to Ottawa to try to halt the plan to truck Toronto's garbage to...
Transportation KKK ADOPTS MISSOURI HWY. March 6, 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday allowed the Ku Klux Klan to adopt a half-mile stretch of I-55 in...
ALBERTA READIES FOR TRUXPO 2001 March 5, 2001 EDMONTON, Alta. - The Alberta Motor Transport Association is busy preparing for Truxpo 2001, the ninth running of w...
Transportation KW T300 GETS HYDRAULIC BRAKE OPTION March 5, 2001 BALTIMORE, Md. -- Kenworth has expanded its medium-duty offerings by introducing a hydraulic brake option for its T...
Transportation PEOPLENET, PROFIT TOOLS INTEGRATE March 5, 2001 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- PeopleNet Communications and Profit Tools, a software company providing business, operations...
Transportation FARMERS PLAN TO SLOW ONTARIO HIGHWAYS March 5, 2001 WOODSTOCK, Ont. -- The province's farmers are planning to clog some of Ontario's busiest highways in protest due to...
Transportation CLEAN FUEL FIRM TO HIT TSE March 5, 2001 CALGARY, Alta. -- Alternative Fuel Systems has been approved to list its shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Transportation PEEL REGION OF ONTARIO PLANS ROADWORK March 5, 2001 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- The Peel Region of Ontario, near Toronto, is planning several road improvements as part of a 1...