Transportation

Parked in Havelock

Dear Editor,I have had my truck parked since Oct. 14, 1999 because I am fed up. The company that I worked for out of Montreal closed its doors and started up the next day under a new name, and left me...

Moving Downtown

REGINA, Sask. - Barry Marchand has been dogged by a shortage of heavy-duty mechanics at Frontier Peterbilt in Regina, but you could say he answered some of his problems by moving Downton.Bert Downton ...

So what makes him such an authority?

It takes more than a clipboard and a stern expression to stop trucks at the scales to perform safety inspections. Inspection officers are now required to be certified and undergo specific training und...

Saskatchewan ferry is open

REGINA, Sask. - The Riverhurst Ferry, which crosses Lake Diefenbaker west of Riverhurst, opened for the season in late April. The Riverhurst Ferry is the only ferry in the province that can carry full...

Columnist, former student, remembers Art Joosse

Maybe it's a product of age or the fact I was born and raised in Hamilton, Ont. and that I attended school there. But I went straight to the obituaries in the Hamilton Spectator that Friday night.It j...

Michigan’s tax questions unanswered

The taxation of Canadian motor carriers by U.S. states operates much like a minefield. There are 48 different continental states, and each has its own rules for taxing truckers from outside its border...

Transport Canada announces latest recalls

OTTAWA, Ont. - Transport Canada has unveiled its latest lists of recalls, this time focusing on selected Mack, Peterbilt, Kenworth and Volvo models.1998-99 Mack CX chassis: These trucks do not comply...

Construction to lead to duty-free

NORTH PORTAL, Sask. - Construction on the road leading to Saskatchewan's busiest border crossing will begin May 1 to make room for a new duty free shop.Construction begins at Hwy. 39 in North Portal, ...

Art will be missed

Dear Editor,The trucking industry lost a good friend on April 7 when Arthur Joosse passed away. Art was an inspiration to many of us who worked side by side with him on any number of committees for th...

Windsor adds Canpass lanes

WINDSOR, Ont. - The federal government has expanded a 19-month-old program that's meant to help ease traffic congestion at this city's international border crossings. Two new Canpass lanes have been a...

CP cites diesel costs in rate hike

CALGARY, Alta. - The transportation industry as a whole continues to reel from the high costs of diesel fuel. Canadian Pacific Railway boosted its freight rates by three per cent on new and renewed tr...

Trucks an unfair target

Dear Editor,Re: Trucking unfairly targeted (TN, April 2000)Dave Holleman's column questioning 24-hour truck scales makes sense. This is a politically motivated action to gain votes and popularity. Uns...

Get organized

Dear Editor,As March began, the current truckers' dispute over the price of diesel fuel was still in the news. As the wife of a long-distance trucker, I do sympathize with their plight, but I think th...

Don’t lash out at us

Dear Editor,Premier Mike Harris is way off base on his comments about professional drivers using Hwy. 401 as a zone of protest. The highway is our work zone, and, as such, is funded more by the trucki...

Cummins Ontario hosts Punjabi day

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Cummins Ontario continued to focus on a high-profile community of ethnic truckers in its region with its second Punjabi Trucking Appreciation Day.More than 100 people attended the...