Transportation

Fergus divides truck show loot

FERGUS, Ont. - All of the bills have been paid and the organizers of the 2000 Fergus Truck Show say $25,600 has officially been raised for the community groups assisting with last year's running of th...

Ambassadors to Quebec

BOUCHERVILLE, Que. - The voice of trucking in Quebec just became a lot clearer, thanks to eight truckers who have been selected to spread the gospel of the industry.Chosen on Jan. 25, the company driv...

Toronto ponders one-day vehicle ban

TORONTO, Ont. - The City of Toronto is considering banning vehicles for an entire day, in its efforts to reduce smog."Sure, we should try it for a day," says Betty Disero, chairwoman of Toronto's work...

Alta. study underway

CALGARY, Alta. - Alberta's much anticipated Fatigue Management Program has begun examining the issue of truck-driver fatigue.Lane Kranenburg, general manager of the Alberta Trucking Industry Safety As...

The Dispatcher – Part 2

The story so far ...When Bud the dispatcher doesn't have a load ready, Mark gets on his case and ends up telling him that dispatching can't be all that hard. Bud suggests Mark take his place for a cou...

Clark is in, Turnbull moves

QUEEN'S PARK, Ont. - Brad Clark, MPP Stoney Creek, has replaced David Turnbull as the new Minister of Transportation for Ontario after a cabinet shuffle that rewarded ultra-conservative members of cau...

Alta. slashes debt with oil cash

EDMONTON, Alta. - Alberta's finance minister Steve West says his province is poised to cut its accumulated debt by $5.6 billion thanks to the booming oil-and -gas industry.In his third-quarter budget ...

Will the new Ontario finance minister hear us out?

The departure of Ernie Eves, Ontario's finance minister and Premier Mike Harris' right-hand man for the past six years, creates a new dynamic in trucking tax issues.Eves, who has a family connection t...

It has been a great six years

Spring has always been a benchmark for new things - a time to take stock in what you have done and what you have to do. It was in the spring of 1995 that I accepted this job.So it's fitting, perhaps, ...

Motorist gets 25 years for a fatal truck crash

WINNIPEG, Man. - A 20-year-old Manitoba man has been found guilty of murder after he deliberately drove into the path of a transport truck.Darrell Fontaine was found guilty last month of committing fi...

Are you tired of your profits slip-sliding away?

WINNIPEG, Man. - With the high cost of unscheduled repairs, there is a real need to predict mechanical failures before they occur - a fortuneteller specializing in owner/operators' trucks would be in ...

Growing fear

ANEROID, Sask. - Jerry Ruehs has a unique understanding of the tough times associated with Canadian grain: he grows it and he hauls it.As both an owner/operator and a farmer, he has to think about bot...

Lonely light boosts safety

VIRDEN, Man. - The installation of the only traffic light on the Trans-Canada Highway between Brandon, Man. and the outskirts of Regina, has eliminated a safety hazard near here.The light recently beg...

The ABCs of D-trains

BURLINGTON, Ont. - With fuel prices continuing to ratchet up and environmental controls tightening down, longer vehicles may become much more common in the coming years.One card left unplayed thus far...

Yankee adds 53-ft., high-cube cans

SASKATOON, Sask. - The Yanke Group of Companies has now announced that it has just added 100 double-stack, high-cube rail containers to its fleet.Manufactured by Stoughton Trailers of Wisconsin, the n...