Transportation

Five dead in plant shooting

MELROSE, Ill. - A disgruntled ex-employee killed four employees at a Chicago-area Navistar engine factory before killing himself on Feb. 5.William Baker, aged 66, was due to begin a five-month jail te...

Rising costs more of a threat than declining freight volumes

The threat of economic recession is still more of a media-manufactured phenomenon than a statistical reality, the latest economic figures show. What's hurting carriers more than a recession-driven slo...

Highways minister shocks B.C.

VICTORIA, B.C. - Transportation and Highways Minister Harry Lali shook the B.C. government to its foundations when he suddenly quit over the government's decision to impose a moratorium on hunting gri...

Maddocks celebrating IT milestone with its 20th year in business

The lifecycle of companies in the information industry can often be measured by the number of months the company stays afloat. So when Langley, B.C.'s Maddocks Systems Inc., a leading provider of ente...

That boy next door does the strangest things

It amazes me how some kids never learn to play by the rules.Sipping my morning coffee, I often like to look out over that giant fence into the yard next door. I'm usually left scratching my head in wo...

Putting highways on the map

OTTAWA, Ont. - It's been a long time coming, but the day when Canada's federal government puts, in writing, the importance of a comprehensive highway transportation strategy may not be far away.This i...

P.E.I. lowers diesel, spends on bridges

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - The price of diesel in Prince Edward Island has dipped after the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission authorized the lowering of prices for fuel in February.The commission,...

N.B. ag-haulers fight for rates

SALISBURY, N.B. - A new association representing owner/operators in New Brunswick says the province can forget about resuming construction on the Trans-Canada Highway between Moncton and Fredericton u...

Salted wounds

TRURO, N.S. - The Truckers Association of Nova Scotia (TANS) is claiming that the province's roads may not be getting properly salted thanks to low inventories and flawed changes to the tendering proc...

Where’s the meat?

MONTREAL, Que. - Other than deciding to study the impact of high fuel prices on Quebec's trucking industry, the Forum of stakeholders in the general-freight trucking industry has yet to do much.It was...

Coroner ushers in photo radar

QUEBEC CITY, Que. - The Quebec government disclosed this month it will introduce photo radar devices at dangerous construction sites in the summer of 2002.The move will require the province to modify ...

Eaton shifts to medium-duty automatic transmission offering

Eaton Corporation has unveiled its first fully automatic medium-duty transmission for the trucking industry -- the new Eaton Fuller Automatic six-speed.The fully automatic, "2-pedal" six-speed is inte...

Kirkland Lake may yet see ‘Hogtown’ trash

TORONTO, Ont. - Word is spreading that Toronto's trash may no longer get trucked to Michigan, but get taken to the Adams Mine landfill in northern Ontario by train.Toronto's general manager for solid ...

Fleets endorse new dispatch course

CALEDONIA, Ont. - Following a three-month pilot project, participating carriers have endorsed a new training regiment aimed at both new and experienced dispatchers.Kim Richardson Transportation Specia...

Blue Water Bridge gains support

SARNIA, Ont. - Federal Transport Minister David Collenette has introduced in the Senate an amendment to help the Blue Water Bridge Authority raise money for the bridge linking Sarnia, Ont. with Port H...