Transportation Private Links: Two important days for private carriers April 1, 2006 The dates of the 2006 annual conference of the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada are June 15-16, and I encourage each of you involved in any way with the operation of a private fleet to be part of...
Transportation Voice of the O/O: Closing the gap April 1, 2006 Seems OBAC is making its mark in the trucking world; I'm proud to tell you that I've just been named to the board of directors of the Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council (CTHRC), one of several...
Transportation Industry Issues: Harper gov’t needs deft hand, political will April 1, 2006 The Canadian economy is in the midst of a transition to new economic realities. High energy prices are pushing up the value of energy exports to the U.S. This is exaggerating the overall trade numbers...
Transportation Meltdown (April 01, 2006) April 1, 2006 CALGARY, Alta. - While a relatively balmy winter right across Canada has renewed heated debates about global warming, the trucking industry is reeling from the hidden costs of a mild winter....
Transportation Viewpoint: Time for an intelligent conversation on fuel pricing April 1, 2006 What's the best price you think you could get for a portable DVD player? $100, $80, maybe even as low as $50? Well, university students this year went off to school with a $39 DVD player packed in the...
Transportation Consistency key to success, advises YRC’s Zollars April 1, 2006 LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Stressing that a "confused customer is an ex-customer", Bill Zollars, the highly-touted leader of Yellow Roadway Corp., believes that for carriers communicating what they can't or wo...
Transportation Do you think mandatory speed limiters are a good idea? March 1, 2006 CALGARY, Alta. - The "need for speed" was immortalized in 1986 by Tom Cruise in the classic movie Top Gun. But, fighter pilots and truck drivers operate by a different set of rules. Now, 20 years late...
Transportation Behind the headlines (March 01, 2006) March 1, 2006 Editorial director Lou Smyrlis was the keynote speaker at the 3rd annual GPSNet Technologies User Group conference in Las Vegas last month....
Transportation The Last Resort: Part 3 March 1, 2006 The story so far...While recovering from a near-death experience in a blizzard on the way to Timmins, Mark's dispatcher Bud gives Mark a ticket to an all-inclusive resort on Mexico's Yucatan P...
Transportation National Trucking Week dates announced March 1, 2006 OTTAWA, Ont. - Canada's trucking industry will roll out National Trucking Week 2006 Sept. 17 - 23. The event is held annually to spotlight the important contributions made by the 400,000 Canadians who...
Reader of the Month: Phyllis Jordan preview image Transportation Reader of the Month: Phyllis Jordan March 1, 2006 "Hi! My name is Phyllis Jordan and I'm a truck driver with Kindersley Transport out of Saskatoon, Sask. I make my home in Moose Jaw and I've been driving team with my husband Phil for about nine years...
Transportation Truck inspection station upgrade rattles community March 1, 2006 WINDSOR, Ont. - The Ontario Ministry of Transportation is moving ahead with the reconstruction of its truck inspection station on Hwy. 401 just outside Windsor, despite calls by local municipal offici...
