Features

MacKinnon Celebrates 75th B-Day

GUELPH, Ont. - Four hundred people joined MacKinnon Transport in its 75th birthday celebration May 29, held in conjunction with the company's bi-annual family fun day.

MTA Names Driver of the Year

WINNIPEG, Man. - The Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) and Volvo Trucks Canada has named Michael Chudobiak of Gardewine North the MTA Driver of the Year.

18 Wheels, 23 Discs: Is Your Back at Risk for Injury?

As this is my first article for Truck West, please allow me to introduce myself. I am a Doctor of Chiropractic, and it is my intention to inform and educate my readers about health concerns that pertain to professional drivers and to others in sim...

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished – Part Two

The story so far...

MTI Offers One-Week Mountain Course

CASTLEGAR, B.C. - Mountain Transport Institute (MTI) has launched a new week-long Mountain Driver Training course for truckers looking to gain mountain driving experience. Currently there is no requirement for drivers licensed in Canada to learn h...

New Products Help Reduce Fuel Consumption, NOx: West Tech

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Western Technologies International Inc., a new manufacturer of fuel enhancers and a distributor of fuel and emissions reduction devices, introduced a new muffler and fuel enhancement agent at the Mid-America Trucking Show. Kevin...

Cab Comfort Solution for Truck Drivers

TORONTO, Ont. - The Ortho-Cusion is a total body support system designed and manufactured to your body contour and fits only you for optimum comfort and spinal wellness.

Voice of the O/O: OBAC Meets, Joins With Newfoundland Group

One of OBAC's primary goals is to establish working relations with provincial and regional trucking groups across Canada.

Seeing the Light: High-Powered Lasers to the Rescue

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - If you get stranded on the side of the highway in Alaska in winter (or many parts of Northern Canada for that matter), you'd better get help fast.

Editor’s Comment: This Column Has Nothing to Do With Trucking

Oh, so close.

Tire Inflation System Keeps Drivers Safe While Out on the Roads

TORONTO, Ont. - Fleet managers are constantly under pressure to reduce costs and increase efficiency while ensuring the safety of both drivers and the public.

Publisher’s Comment: Up in Smoke: Smoking Ban Is Bound to Hurt Business

Tuesday, June 2. For me, it was business as usual. Come 5 p.m., I pulled out of the company parking lot. I guess my truck sensed I had had a stressful day because, before I knew it, I was at my local watering hole. Ahh, life was good.

Bison Serves It Up Cold

WINNIPEG, Man. - Bison Transport has launched a new refrigerated division that will provide transborder and domestic services for shippers within Canada.

One Year Later, Still No End to Cattle Ban in Sight

CALGARY, Alta. - A year after the U.S. closed its border to Canadian beef due to a single case of Mad Cow disease, there is less optimism than ever before among cattle haulers.

NDP’s Layton Infuriates Trucking Industry

TORONTO, Ont. - New Democrat Party leader Jack Layton's anti-truck comments on the May 26 CTV broadcast of Canada AM provoked no little response from the trucking industry.