Features

Keeping Eyes on the Road Three

CALGARY, Alta. - Calgary's East West Express is the first trucking company in the world to implement a new vision-based safety system that combines a Lane Departure Warning (LDW) system with Forward Collision Warning (FCW) capabilities as well as...

Recruiting Foreign Drivers Can Help in Face of Driver Shortage

WINNIPEG, Man. - Foreign recruitment is as easy as local recruitment, but with a higher success ratio as drivers are recruited from the greater global labour market pool.

Let’s Talk Insurance – Delay Now: Pay Up Later

They say time is money. And when it comes to reporting accident claims, nothing could be truer.

Save the Planet

CALGARY, Alta. - Much has been made of the transportation industry's ongoing battle to reduce emissions, but the folks at Greenpeace would be pleased to know there's also an effort to 'save the forests' in many fleet maintenance shops across the c...

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

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Roadcheck Out-Of-Service Rate Up Slightly From ’03

MILTON, Ont. - Seventy-eight per cent of vehicles inspected during the 2004 Roadcheck safety blitz passed inspections and were considered to have a high level of mechanical fitness, according to a report released by the Canadian Council of Motor T...

Voice of the O/O: National O/O Month – August 2004

Yes, you've read the title correctly: August is National Owner/Operator Month, a time to recognize those who've chosen one of the most difficult, time consuming and labour intensive ways imaginable to make a buck (and sometimes not much more than...

Future Looks Bright for Canadian Inverter/Charger Manufacturer

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Xantrex Technology, a Canadian provider of inverter/chargers for heavy-duty trucks, recently completed its first quarter as a public company while continuing to double its OEM sales every year since it entered the business four y...

B.C. to Enhance Roadside Rest Areas

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The Province of B.C. is investing $2.4 million to improve more than 100 rest areas along the province's highways.

Does Your Family Read Truck West or Keep Up With What’s Going on in the Industry?

GUELPH, Ont. - The Canadian trucking industry is powered by 250,000 drivers and each one of them needs a support system to overcome the challenges that come with life on the road. That support system often includes the fleet dispatcher, manager, t...

BCTA Recognizes Province’s Driver of the Year

LANGLEY, B.C. - Gary Patrickson of Northwest Tank Lines has been named B.C.'s professional Driver of the Year by the B.C. Trucking Association (BCTA).

Leckie Pleads Guilty for Fraud Over $5,000

OSHAWA, Ont. - Former OBAC accountant Tony Leckie pleaded guilty before the Oshawa provincial court in July to a charge of fraud over $5,000. Leckie allegedly absconded with funds belonging to OBAC (Owner-Operators Business Association of Canada)...

Trucking Industry Sweeps National Trucking Awards

TORONTO, Ont. - Ontario's trucking industry swept the recent National Transportation Week awards.

Minden Truck Pull Winners Announced

MINDEN, Ont. - The Minden Kinsmen Truck Pull and Show'n Shine was held at the Minden Fairgrounds on June 19 and the winners are as follows:...

CTHRC: Demand for Drivers to Rise

OTTAWA, Ont. - Economic growth and attrition will combine to require an infusion of nearly 224,000 qualified commercial drivers in the trucking industry by 2008, according to a study conducted for the Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council.