Features

CN strike a train wreck

MONTREAL, Que. - Following a tumultuous two-week labour dispute, CN Rail reached a tentative settlement with the United Transportation Union (UTU) bringing 2,800 workers back on the job and easing con...

Customs and bridge team up for “service and security”

WINDSOR, Ont. - It's the only project of its kind, and it's directly because of the uniqueness of the Detroit-Windsor border crossing that it is being implemented.

Reeling in the right driver

MONTREAL, Que. - Like buying the proverbial pig in a poke, there is an element of faith in hiring truck drivers without track records that demonstrate their aptitude and taste for the job. Toss into t...

A dream comes true on Canadian ice roads

INUVIK, N.W.T. - One night a few years ago while watching a television documentary in his German home town of Arnsberg, Joachim Hilmerich witnessed the wonder of the ice roads in Northern Canada.

Alberta schools test drive new program

RED DEER, Alta. - A number of stakeholders have grabbed the wheel of a new training program for truckers, which is aimed at providing new drivers with more classroom theory and experience behind the w...

Think Again

TORONTO, Ont. - The old saying, "You get what you pay for," is a phrase most fleets tend to take seriously when buying new equipment - especially when it involves safety. Load securement components, w...

Industry Issues: Were lessons learned during fuel shortage?

At the time of writing, in Central Canada, particularly in Ontario, the trucking industry was coping the best it could, with a shortage of diesel, brought on the oil producers say by a fire in the Nan...

NSTSA appoints new director

KENTVILLE, N.S. - After spending 30 years assisting injured workers and their families, Linda Corkum will be taking her occupational health and safety expertise to the trucking industry as the new exe...

Trailers (April 01, 2007)

Thermo King has launched the SPECTRUM SB Multi-Temperature System with SmartReefer2 (SR-2) controller for trailers. The SPECTRUM SB featuring the SR-2 controller with enlarged display screen, allows c...

Did you know? (April 01, 2007)

Is retread use - long considered one of the smartest spec'ing decisions a fleet or owner/operator can make - declining among Canadian fleets and owner/operators? In our latest annual Equipment Buying ...

Reader of the Month: Arnie Vaughan

"Hi! My name is Arnie Vaughan and I'm a driver with SLH Transport out of Bedford, N.S. I live in New Minas, N.S. with my wife, Bonny.

Components (April 01, 2007)

Ridewell Suspensions has developed a new captured axle suspension system . The model RAR-247 has a capacity rating of 25,000 lbs and is a low-mount, heavy-duty underslung trailer suspension. The syste...

Meal Tax Deduction Limit Restored

OTTAWA, Ont. - Canadian truckers were big winners with the new federal budget, announced Mar. 19, which restores the meal tax deductibility for long-haul truck drivers to 80%. The Canadian Trucking Al...

Viewpoint: The only certainty is continued uncertainty

Any of us lulled into a false sense of security about diesel prices when they started to drop at the tail end of last year were in for a rude awakening with the latest price spikes.

Ontario’s finest drivers knighted by OTA

TORONTO, Ont. - The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) has named 10 professional truck drivers to the 2007-2008 OTA Road Knights Team, a select group of drivers who share their knowledge of how all ro...