Transportation A CHALLENGE IN EVERY CORNER January 1, 2001 Heading the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association may be the toughest job in the industry - four different provincial governments, a distant federal government and a local economy that can be challe...
Transportation The Numbers Game January 1, 2001 Call me a hopeless optimist but I'm not ready to give in to the dreaded "R" word. But I must admit there are a few financial statistics that concern me. Tops among them is a Statistics Canada survey t...
Transportation Feds reintroduce amendments to spark safety regulations January 1, 2001 A series of amendments to the Motor Vehicle Transport Act, 1987, (MVTA) have been reintroduced in the Senate."These amendments establish carrier safety as the primary focus of the federal regulation o...
Killin’ the mills preview image Transportation Killin’ the mills January 1, 2001 QUEEN'S PARK, Ont. - Ontario's Provincial Legislature has lent its support to MPP Gary Stewart's resolution that would allow the province's truck driver training schools to police themselves and elimi...
Transportation Hours regs steal show at CBHA January 1, 2001 MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Hours-of-service issues were centre stage at a recent Canadian Bulk Haulers Association meeting in Moose Jaw.Saskatchewan Highways and Transportation's Brian Johnson said regulation...
Tips on avoiding tips preview image Transportation Tips on avoiding tips January 1, 2001 DUNNVILLE, Ont. - Anyone who has spent any amount of time working in the construction or aggregate business has quite likely witnessed at least one "tip-over" during their career.And drivers who have ...
Transportation CFL player loses licence January 1, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. Former Calgary Stampeders quarterback Troy Kopp, 29, has lost his licence for three years in connection with hitting two tractor-trailers while driving recklessly.Kopp pleaded guilty i...
Transportation Next stop, Nunavut?: January 1, 2001 GJOA HAVEN, NU. - Imagine how you'd feel; you're given the right to self-determination and none of the tools to make it happen.That's the plight of Canada's newest territory, Nunavut (which means "Our...
Vancouver Port to hold talks on trucking operations preview image Transportation Vancouver Port to hold talks on trucking operations January 1, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. - The Vancouver Port Authority (VPA) and the British Columbia Trucking Association (BCTA) have announced they will hold talks this month in an effort to "come to an arrangement" regard...
Banking hours preview image Transportation Banking hours January 1, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. - Food banks are a sad fact of life. Without them, upwards of 750,000 Canadians would go hungry every month. But few people realize how important trucking companies, owner/operators and ...
Atlantic Canada is on track to join IRP preview image Transportation Atlantic Canada is on track to join IRP January 1, 2001 CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - In December, Prince Edward Island held a series of carrier information sessions on the International Registration Plan, signaling a gearing-up by the Atlantic provinces to meet...
Transportation Nfld. okays road cash January 1, 2001 ST. JOHN'S, Nlfd. - Newfoundland has approved about $28 million for the Department of Works, Services and Transportation to cover roadwork early in 2001/02.The department plans to call tenders for the...
Outlook bleak for young industry working group preview image Transportation Outlook bleak for young industry working group January 1, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. - The Dec. 4 meeting of Ontario's Trucking Industry Working Group may have been its last, considering the mood of trucker representatives in attendance.The Working Group, composed of tru...
Massive blitz across province preview image Transportation Massive blitz across province January 1, 2001 LAVAL, Que. - Truckers who spend much time in Quebec are doubtlessly familiar with the frequent and large highway inspection campaigns carried out by the Societe de l'assurance automobile du Quebec (S...
Fresh grist preview image Transportation Fresh grist January 1, 2001 SHELBURNE, Ont. - Everyone involved in trucking is aware of the current problem facing the industry with regard to barely-regulated truck-driver training schools in Ontario.As anyone who is unlucky en...
