Transportation A life of iron and wheels October 1, 2000 Truck is too small a word for the oversized configurations that Gene Gauthier hauls, and driver doesn't seem to go far enough to explain the skills he needs to handle the things. But whatever you call...
Transportation Gravel haulers force deal with ministry in axle weight dispute October 1, 2000 MILTON, Ont. - Aggregate haulers in the Greater Toronto Area reached an agreement with Transportation Minister David Turnbull late last month to bring an end to a dispute that sparked a four-day weigh...
Transportation National champs prove their skills October 1, 2000 LAVAL, Que. - By 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23 the clouds had parked just overhead, drenching trucks and drivers alike as those at the wheel attempted to watch barriers through the steady whap-whap of...
Transportation Quebec union threatens showdown October 1, 2000 MONTREAL, Que. - Word is emerging that the union representing 1,200 intermodal owner/operators, brokers and drivers in Montreal is preparing to take drastic measures to ink a collective agreement.Repr...
Transportation Sylvain named assistant editor October 1, 2000 DON MILLS, Ont. - Truck News, Truck West and trucknews.com are pleased to name Matthew Sylvain as assistant editor, filling a vacancy created by Julia Kuzeljevich's recent transfer to Motortruck, our ...
Transportation Ferries to be sold at a loss to B.C. October 1, 2000 VANCOUVER, B.C - British Columbia's New Democrat government is preparing to sell off three catamaran ferries that were purchased at a total cost of $460 million.One of the ferries, the PacifiCat Voyag...
Transportation Safety measures slowly coming October 1, 2000 QUEBEC CITY, Que. - Of 14 recommendations announced by the Government-Industry Consultation Committee on Heavy-Vehicle Safety in August 1999, several initiatives are becoming a reality.Besides the new...
Transportation Truck World counts 12,000 October 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Thw first Truck World trade show is now a memory, and organizers find themselves analyzing the number of visitors who stepped through the gates and onto the show floor.About 12,000 peo...
Transportation The grain train October 1, 2000 REGINA, Sask. - Ever since the federal government ended the Crow Rate in 1995, the Prairie trucking industry has enjoyed swelling freight volumes.The federal subsidy had ensured that farmers did not h...
Transportation Michigan to drop tax October 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - The State of Michigan introduced a legislative motion on Sept. 26 to eliminate Canadian trucking companies from having to pay its Single Business Tax, the Financial Post reported as Tr...
Transportation The Bride and the Chrome October 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont.- The bride wore white, the groom wore a black tux, and the Freightliner in the background was decked out in polished chrome.The Truck World 2000 trade show became the backdrop on Sept. 1...
Transportation The industry needs a survival plan for difficult times October 1, 2000 Ontario's economic development minister, Al Palladini, has been working with the National Truckers' Association and the Ontario Trucking Association to develop an action plan to begin to address some ...
Transportation Delivering steel and lumber, she found the secret to life October 1, 2000 GUELPH, Ont. - What does a typical 42-year-old divorced mother of two teenage girls do when she feels she has reached a crossroad in her life after spending 20 years as a wife and mother? She becomes ...
Transportation Mark Dalton: Owner/operator Just in Time, Part 1 October 1, 2000 Mark Dalton spent two more days in Collingwood, Ont., driving the cast and crew around to different locations in the production company van, and using his Pete to move the wind machines twice. When th...
Transportation Trimac’s founding family looks to buy back the fleet October 1, 2000 CALGARY, Alta. - Trimac Corporation - one of Canada's few publicly traded trucking operations - announced Sept. 22 that it has a proposal to remove the company from the Toronto Stock Exchange and take...