How do you maximize your fuel mileage? preview image Transportation How do you maximize your fuel mileage? March 1, 2006 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Whether you like it or not, high fuel prices appear here to stay. But rather than throwing up your hands and throwing in the towel, many drivers are choosing to use common sense co...
Transportation Avian flu March 1, 2006 OTTAWA, Ont. - It's the kind of image most North Americans might expect to see as part of some Hollywood sci-fi thriller: a terrifying and incurable disease sweeps the globe leaving a trail of sicknes...
Transportation Ontario improves licence security March 1, 2006 TORONTO, Ont. - In a move to strengthen security, the identification documents accepted when applying for a driver's licence in Ontario have been changed by the Ministry of Transportation and went int...
Patrolling the west preview image Regulations Patrolling the west March 1, 2006 CALGARY, Alta. - In a back room of the Calgary Police Service facility in the city's northeast, is the headquarters for the boys in blue who are responsible for enforcing the commercial vehicle laws w...
Transportation Road cameras available online March 1, 2006 EDMONTON, Alta. - A new system of camera-equipped road weather information stations will enable travellers to see what conditions are like on Alberta's highways before taking to the road....
All in the family preview image Transportation All in the family March 1, 2006 CLARESHOLM, Alta. - In today's world of box stores, brand names, franchise opportunities and multi-national corporations, maintaining a family-owned business can be a difficult task. But in a small co...
Transportation Dana enhances tire pressure control March 1, 2006 LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A new advancement in the Dana Spicer's Tire Pressure Control System (TPCS), has put tire pressure adjustment at arm's length....
Fergus Truck Show donates to local groups preview image Transportation Fergus Truck Show donates to local groups March 1, 2006 FERGUS, Ont. - The directors of the Fergus Truck Show recently presented cheques totaling almost $35,000 to 25 area groups who assisted with last year's 20th anniversary event, bringing the total rais...
Key indicators preview image Transportation Key indicators March 1, 2006 SUDBURY, Ont. - To state the obvious, there is a cost to every truck and trailer - many owner/operators would be justified to think of themselves as subsidiaries of their respective financing companie...
Taking the bite out of winter preview image Transportation Taking the bite out of winter March 1, 2006 CALGARY, Alta. - The use of road salt has become an institutional solution to creating safe and drivable roadways during the snow-filled winter months - but it comes at a cost to equipment operators....
AMTA continues efforts to raise new STARS in the sky preview image Transportation AMTA continues efforts to raise new STARS in the sky March 1, 2006 CALGARY, Alta. - The Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) is rekindling its relationship with the Alberta Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS), in attempts to help raise funds for the Vision...
Cummins introduces ’07 ISL for vocational customers preview image Transportation Cummins introduces ’07 ISL for vocational customers March 1, 2006 LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Cummins has introduced its lightweight 2007 ISL to the vocational market....
Big rig racing champ gears up for another season preview image Transportation Big rig racing champ gears up for another season March 1, 2006 CALGARY, Alta. - Many drivers will not actively seek out situations which require taking left turns at 90 km/h, but Kevin McMeckan not only puts in a great effort to find himself in those situations,...
Michelin invests $92 million in Nova Scotia tire plant preview image Transportation Michelin invests $92 million in Nova Scotia tire plant March 1, 2006 WATERVILLE, N.S. - Michelin is investing $92 million in its Waterville, N.S. plant to accommodate production of its X One wide single truck tire....
Transportation Cummins gives away tankers of of diesel fuel March 1, 2006 COLUMBUS, Ind. - Owner/operator Simon Giguere of St. Hyacinthe, Que. Has won 9,000 gallons of diesel fuel thanks to Cummins....
