Tax Terror: Should You or Shouldn’t You Claim for Meals? preview image Transportation Tax Terror: Should You or Shouldn’t You Claim for Meals? April 1, 2004 DON MILLS, Ont. - Truck drivers are going to have trouble come tax time trying to figure out whether to claim deductions for meals they bought last year in the course of their daily travels.
Transportation TWNA Awards Coming March 25 at Mid-America March 1, 2004 LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Truck Writers of North America will host its annual TWNA Trucking Industry Awards banquet Thurs. March 25, from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Transportation Are You Complying With the Federal Privacy Act? March 1, 2004 TORONTO, Ont. - Effective Jan. 1, every provincially-regulated private sector organization that handles personal information in the course of commercial activities became regulated by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Ac...
Heavy Trucks Set to Roll Into Moncton preview image Transportation Heavy Trucks Set to Roll Into Moncton March 1, 2004 MONCTON, N.B. - The fifth biannual Atlantic Heavy Equipment Show is just around the corner and organizers expect it will bring in just as many, if not more attendees than previous shows.
Transportation Bank of Canada Lowers Key Interest Rate March 1, 2004 OTTAWA, Ont. - The Bank of Canada's move to cut its key overnight interest rate to 2.5 per cent in January was hailed as a step in the right direction by Canada's transborder trucking industry.
Transportation Mad Drivers Returning Alta. Licence Plates March 1, 2004 CALGARY, Alta. - Alberta drivers with the letters BSE on their licence plates have been given the opportunity to exchange their plates free of charge.
Day & Ross Opens New Terminal preview image Transportation Day & Ross Opens New Terminal March 1, 2004 WOODSTOCK, Ont. - Day & Ross Inc., the general freight division of the Day & Ross Transportation Group, has opened a new terminal at 645 Athlone Place here.
WAHC Presents Virtual Trucking Exhibition Via Web preview image Transportation WAHC Presents Virtual Trucking Exhibition Via Web March 1, 2004 HAMILTON, Ont. - The Workers' Arts and Heritage Centre (WAHC) has launched a new virtual exhibit on it's newly-created Virtual Museum of Canada Web site at www.virtualmuseum.ca....
Transportation Survey Shows Few Truckers Buckle Up March 1, 2004 WASHINGTON, Ont. - A national study released by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) found only 48 per cent of all commercial vehicle drivers wear safety belts.
Clear Shot: Behind Every Trucker… preview image Transportation Clear Shot: Behind Every Trucker… March 1, 2004 Behind many a good trucker is a woman who can do just about everything else: accounting, home reno and child rearing.
Transportation ATA Launches Trucking Image Campaign March 1, 2004 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The ATA has unveiled a new campaign designed to build respect for the trucking industry by focusing on its qualities.
Transportation Western Border Crossings Join FAST Program March 1, 2004 COUTTS, Alta. - The Coutts, Alta., North Portal, Sask. and Emerson, Man. border crossings are the latest to join the Free and Secure Trade (FAST) program.
Do New U.S. Hours Mean More Bucks for Canucks? preview image Transportation Do New U.S. Hours Mean More Bucks for Canucks? March 1, 2004 TORONTO, Ont. - Are new hours of service regulations and the resulting decline in driver productivity south of the border resulting in pay raises for Canadian drivers?
The Trouble With Windsor preview image Transportation The Trouble With Windsor March 1, 2004 The following is the first installment of a three-part series on border-related traffic problems in Windsor.
BCTA Opposes Increasing Speeds preview image Transportation BCTA Opposes Increasing Speeds March 1, 2004 LANGLEY, B.C. - The B.C. Trucking Association (BCTA) is opposing a provincial report that suggested raising the province's speed limits.
