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CTA Tells Feds To Avoid Duplication With Security Programs

OTTAWA, Ont. - The Canadian Trucking Alliance is pushing for the federal government to avoid "further duplication and overlap" as Canada considers adding further transportation security measures to an...

Fontaine Offers ‘Revolution’ In Flatbed Trailer Design

ORLANDO, Fla. - Fontaine Trailers has unveiled a new aluminum flatbed trailer that promises lighter weights, higher strengths and a stiffer construction than competing models. And the multi-axle desig...

Teamsters, Western Provinces Not Keen On Speed Limiters

TORONTO, Ont. - The Teamsters Canada union, which represents thousands of Canadian truckers, says it is not a fan of Ontario's speed limiter law. The union says Bill 41, which mechanically caps truck ...

Nissan Rolls Into Canadian Commercial Vehicle Market

TORONTO, Ont. - Nissan has leapt into the Canadian commercial vehicle market, with a full-sized van it says will inject life into the traditionally "boring" segment.

Behind The Headlines (March 01, 2009)

Transportation Media Research has just published its first annual Inside the Numbers report on transportation trends. The report includes Canadian data on a variety of items of direct interest to truc...

Truck News/Chevron Golf Tourney To Benefit Trucking For Wishes Charity

TORONTO, Ont. - The fourth annual Truck News/ Chevron charity golf tournament will return this year, benefiting a new charity.

Glenncoe Transport To Cease Operations

KELOWNA, B. C. - Truckload carrier Glenncoe Transport is being shut down, due to the loss of a major customer and slowing demand for trucking services.

Kriska Buys Van Operations Of BMD

PRESCOTT, Ont. - Kriska Holdings has announced it intends to purchase certain assets of the van division of BMD Transportation. BMD is a truckload carrier based in Lansdowne, Ont. which provides domes...

Teamwork Drives New Progress In Humane Livestock Transportation

CALGARY, Alta. - Livestock producers, transporters and meat processors each deal with different business challenges but all share a critical interest -the welfare of livestock under their care.

Progress And Potholes

CALGARY, Alta. - "Are we there yet?" was the theme of the Livestock Transport Conference in Calgary, Alta., which brought together over 120 people including transporters, livestock producers, research...

Building ‘Team North America’ For Livestock Transport

CALGARY, Alta. - Canada and the US share the longest undefended border in the world. As evidenced at the recent Livestock Transport Conference in Calgary, Alta., the livestock and transport industries...

Fergus Truck Show Announces Entertainment

FERGUS, Ont. - After a tumultuous few months of establishing a new show site, which is only slightly smaller than the original and at the same location, the Fergus Truck Show has now announced its ful...

Victoria Fleet Buys New Hybrid Delivery Truck

VICTORIA, B. C. - Thanks to support from the B. C. Ministry of Environment and the Fraser Basin Council's Green Fleets B. C. program, Victoria-based R&B Trucking (a delivery agent for Clark Freigh...

Industry Welcomes Federal Budget Rich In Infrastructure Spending

OTTAWA, Ont. - The feds introduced a much-anticipated budget in late January that was rich in infrastructure spending.

Bison Tops TCA Safety List Once Again

WINNIPEG, Man. - Bison Transport, a three-time award winner of the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) National Fleet Safety Award, has placed first in the over 100 million miles category with the lo...