Transportation Maintenance Manager of the Year June 1, 2005 TORONTO, Ont. - The winner of the 2005 Volvo Fleet Maintenance Manager of the Year award, Bob Gibson, sat humbly unaware that the list of career accomplishments being read during the award's presentat...
Transportation Grand Prairie dealership wins Mack award June 1, 2005 GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - Nortrux Inc. of Grande Prairie, Alta. has been named Mack Trucks' top Canadian parts dealer for 2004....
Transportation Volvo rewards best parts personnel June 1, 2005 WINNIPEG, Man. - The top service and parts personnel from Volvo Trucks North America, Inc.'s dealer network gathered to choose the North American winners of the Volvo International Service Technical A...
Transportation A rose (or lube company) by any other name June 1, 2005 TORONTO, Ont. - Castrol/BP and the owners of Wakefield Canada are banking on their entrepreneurial approach to serving the Canadian market paying off, for them, for their product and for their custome...
Transportation AMTA elects new board of directors June 1, 2005 BANFF, Alta. - The Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) recently elected new members to its board of directors, but not before speaking briefly about the recent challenges facing the association...
Transportation Bradley: Industry can survive the ‘Perfect Storm’ June 1, 2005 BANFF, Alta. - "Perhaps nowhere in Canada is the combination of strong economic growth and a severe shortage of truck drivers straining capacity in the trucking industry more than in Alberta," said CT...
Transportation Alberta carriers recruit from abroad thanks to PNP June 1, 2005 BANFF, Alta. - Alberta is facing a crisis. With more than $107 billion in projects in the works over the next seven years, there simply aren't enough workers to get the jobs done....
Transportation AMTA doles out awards June 1, 2005 BANFF, Alta. - The Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) recently took some time to recognize some of the industry's finest members at its recent annual management conference:...
Transportation Is your ABS working? Many are not June 1, 2005 TORONTO, Ont. - One in every three trailers and one in 10 tractors are operating without working ABS warning systems, a recent study by the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has...
Transportation Oberg addresses AMTA June 1, 2005 BANFF, Alta. - Alberta's Infrastructure and Transportation Minister, Lyle Oberg, recently told Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) members that major infrastructure projects are in the works. B...
Transportation New training standard inches closer to reality: TT&DA June 1, 2005 BANFF, Alta. - New training standards for professional drivers in Alberta have received much publicity in recent weeks. The 35-week training program has been front-page news in Alberta and has also ga...
Transportation Let’s talk nsurance: A look behind the captive sales pitch June 1, 2005 We've received incredible response from our January 2005 article regarding trucking captives - a self-insurance concept where you ultimately take on your insurance risks. In particular, we've been ask...
Transportation Extending your battery life June 1, 2005 VANCOUVER, B.C. - Electrical systems have become a focus for OEMs as well as truck drivers. Why? As engine-off electrical loads have increased, the old electrical systems are hard pressed to keep up -...