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With high diesel prices looking like they'll be around for a while, many truckers might be tempted to give their engines a helping hand by spiking fuel tanks with additives. So, too, do the onset of w...

Transport Canada announces recalls

OTTAWA, Ont. - The following are among the most recent vehicle recalls issued by Transport Canada:Manufacturer: RennManufacturingVehicles: 1996-2000 Renn gravel pup trailerNo. vehicles: 92Cracks can o...

Q: What issue most affects the mood of the Canadian trucker?

BELLEVILLE, Ont. - A life at the wheel gives a trucker time to think, about both what is right with the industry and what is wrong. Truck News asked those passing through the 10 Acre Truck Stop on Hwy...

Canada, U.S. to cooperate on border strategy In brieF

OTTAWA, Ont. - Canada and the U.S. have inked a Momorandum of Cooperation to collaborate on everything from border strategies to intelligent transportation systems."The increasing amount of traffic fr...

Fond memories of the Rodeo

Dear Editor,I would like to take a moment to thank you for interesting articles printed in the September 2000 issue of Truck News. The best was the coverage of Rodeo du Camion in Notre-Dame-du-Nord, Q...

Maxim,McCoy deal

WINNIPEG, Man. - Maxim Transportation has announced plans to purchase from McCoy Bros. the selected assets of Northland Trucks (1978) Ltd. and M.E. Investments Corp. - known collectively as Northlands...

OUTLOOK 2001

After two years of thriving freight volumes and improving operating ratios, the nation's carriers head into 2001 on more uncertain terms. While it's by no means a doom and gloom situation, it's the "m...

OUTLOOK 2001: Market correction

The shrinking of North American truck sales is a trend likely to continue in even greater fashion next year, according to Jim Hebe, president of Freightliner LLC, the continent's market share leader i...

BCTA questions TransLink’s poll

LANGLEY, B.C. - The British Columbia Trucking Association has come out on the offensive against a consultation process for TransLink's $400,000 Strategic Transportation Plan, claiming that it's meant ...

Goodyear, Pneus Lavoie strike deal

TORONTO, Ont. - Goodyear and Pneus Lavoie have inked a deal involving facilities in Gatineau, Que. and Ottawa, with Lavoie becoming a Goodyear Authorized Retreader, a new Goodyear Truckwise dealer in ...

Repair info offered on Internet

KIRKLAND, Wash. - Kenworth has introduced a new breakdown tracking service through a password-protected Web site."This new service allows customers to view- in real-time-the status of any breakdown ma...

John Cyopeck honored as top courier executive

TORONTO, Ont. - John Cyopeck, the president and CEO of Canpar Transport, has been named the Canadian Courier Association's first-ever Courier Executive of the Year."The purpose of the Executive Of The...

PMTC honors vehicle designs

TORONTO, Ont. - The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada named the winners of its Vehicle Graphics Design awards for 2000 during a special luncheon at the council's annual meeting recently.Two awards...

Shootout at the Toronto Transportation Club

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - It may have been billed as a night in their honor, but some of the carriers attending the Transportation Club of Toronto's Road Carrier Night on Oct. 5 were fighting mad and they d...

Next step: E-pre-trips?

MONTREAL, Que. - To further exploit the potential of on-board computers, Societe de l'Assurance Automobile du Quebec, Transports Quebec, Transport Canada and the province's trucking industry have just...