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Retention or Driver Shortage? Only Carriers Know

TORONTO, Ont. - Some say the driver shortage looming over the trucking industry is not due to poor recruitment strategies but rather the lack of retention practices within companies - the lesser of two evils, at least according to one speaker at t...

Preventive Maintenance: An Apple a Day Keeps Dr. Away

It's true: an apple a day can keep the doctor away! Hidden inside that shiny apple peel is a bundle of nutrition.

Let’s Talk Insurance: How to Influence Your Insurance Rates

One of the most common insurance myths is that your rate is all about your losses. It's not.

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Public Insurance Not So Bad

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TOWES Receives Rave Reviews at CTHRC Conference

CALGARY, Alta. - Pre-employment testing is a crucial part of the hiring process and the Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council (CTHRC) has introduced a test to the trucking industry to help in that regard.

Getting the Most Out of Your Telematics Data?

CALGARY, Alta. - So you've finally bought into a telematics system that allows you to track your assets and know where your people are at all times. Hell, you can even tell if they're speeding or driving the company truck to the grocery store duri...

Discussing Emerging Trends

Truck News spoke to Cummins Diesel of Canada's general manager Alasdair McNellan, on the field performance of the '02 engines, plans for the '07 engines and why another pre-buy is not a smart idea. The following is the third part of McNellan's exc...

Aging Trucker Blues

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Big Time O/O: Part Two

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Michelin Opens Retread Franchise

LAVAL, Que. - Michelin Retread Technologies has added Canadian Treads as its fifth MRT franchise in Canada.

Great Dane Presents FREEDOM Flatbed at GATS

DALLAS, Tex. - Great Dane's FREEDOM Flatbed was on display at the 2004 Great American Trucking Show.

A Trucker’s Wife: Trials of a Trucker’s Wife

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Law and The Border: On Cabotage and Trailer Switching

Everybody knows what happened in the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001.

Beta Testing of Automated Arrival and Departure Begins

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Cancom Tracking recently announced that several customers have formally agreed to beta test the new automated arrival and departure functionality. This new feature will automatically determine arrival and departure events both...