Transportation

Caring for coolant is like found money

There are a wide variety of antifreezes out there today formulated to offer the safety of "long-life," "extended" or "fill-for-life" protection.Properly used, these mean substantial savings in prevent...

Truckers fume after NTA’s Wellman calls for audits

BELLEVILLE, Ont. - When Bill Wellman stood in front of the national news media complaining that tired truckers threaten public safety, he certainly didn't win over any new names for his association's ...

Feds move to update MVTA

OTTAWA, Ont. - Federal Transport Minister David Collenette has reintroduced a series of amendments to the Motor Vehicle Transport Act, 1987, (MVTA) in the Senate."These amendments establish carrier sa...

Petro-Can faces impending strike

CALGARY, Alta. - Petro-Canada has been served with a strike notice by the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEPU).Petro-Canada and the union are negotiating the renewal of colle...

Road rage survival guide

1. Stay calm.2. Avoid eye contact.3. Don't make hand gestures.4. If you think you're being followed, drive to a police station or crowded public place - but never to your home. At night, drive to a we...

Rage amongst the machines

DRYDEN, Ont. - It can happen to any of us at any time, but for two truck drivers running through northwestern Ontario, road rage struck the night of Jan. 13.According to the OPP detachment in Dryden, ...

N.B. spells out IRP

MONCTON, N.B. - New Brunswick in February held a series of information sessions to help the province's trucking industry get a handle on the International Registration Plan (IRP).The province, along w...

Record intermodal traffic at Halifax Port

HALIFAX, N.S. - More than 500,000 intermodal cans moved through the Port of Halifax last year - a double-digit percentage increase over 1999's totals.Year-end figures were recently released and the po...

Take it easy passing ploughs

ST. JOHN'S Nfld. - The RCMP and Newfoundland's Department of Works, Services and Transportation are advising truckers to use caution when passing ploughs on the right.The Rock's record snowfall this w...

Q: What can fleets do to help truckers better manage fatigue?

Unfortunately, the much-ballyhooed changes to the Hours-of-Service regulations - both north and south of the border - continue to be mired in the political process. The result, that a rule based on sc...

Labor protest at Paccar plant

STE-THERESE, Que. - Yvan Bourgois, the head of the union representing workers at Paccar's truck plant in Ste-Therese, Que., has gone on a hunger strike.Bourgeois is denouncing layoffs the heavy-truck ...

Meet the team

Ed Connors of Molson Breweries based in Etobicoke; Carmen Candler of Cavalier Transportation based in Mississauga; George Warn of Cavalier Transportation based in Bolton; Edward Wolek of Empire T...

Shedding light on drunk drivers

TRENTON, Ont. - Police in Ontario are ordering a new flashlight specially engineered to aid in the war against drunk driving.The light alerts police when it detects the presence of alcohol. A display ...

Night alight in southern Ontario

WOODSTOCK, Ont. - No, you're not seeing signs of a UFO, and this doesn't mean you've been driving too long - the night sky on Hwy. 401 near here is actually glowing.Calgary-based Shiningbank Energy ha...

Eastern 401 to slow this summer

BROCKVILLE, Ont. - The Ontario government is spending $973,148 to replace and upgrade guardrails and bridge pier barriers along Hwy. 401, near Mallorytown Rd. and County Road 2.The contract was awarde...