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Truck Financing: Does Your Lender Give You Proper Credit?

CALGARY, Alta. - Canadian motor carriers often approach the subject of financing with a certain amount of dread.

Wi-Fi Hopes

TORONTO, Ont. - There's something new hanging in the air over hundreds of North American truck stops, and it has nothing to do with the smell of coffee or exhaust fumes.

Executive View: The Challenges of Transborder Trucking, As Seen By ViaSafe

Truck News met with ViaSafe International Trade Services president, Oryst Dydynsky, for an exclusive interview to discuss electronic reporting and the challenges facing the transborder trucking industry.

Girl Made Early Switch From Barbies to Trucks

ORILLIA, Ont. - Amanda Stagg was five when she switched from Barbie dolls to trucks.

Trucker Found Guilty Of GST Scam

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Truckers who buy rigs are entitled to a special refund of Goods and Services Tax, but to claim that credit, you have to genuinely purchase a truck.

Five Key Reasons to Maintain A/C

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Keeping the lid on air conditioning costs has been a challenge for truck fleet managers for a number of years. And recent economic and regulatory developments in the trucking industry are expected to increase the pressure. Here a...

Landscapers Consider New Truck and Trailer Buys for Spring

TORONTO, Ont. - The white stuff may still be thick on the ground but truck buyers in the landscape and horticulture industries are already thinking "spring."...

Coping With Suicide by Truck

TORONTO, Ont. - At one time or another, we've all been in situations where we thought we could have altered an outcome if we had just done things a little differently.

FERIC Striving for Forest Trucking Efficiencies in the East

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Mark Brown, of the Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada's (FERIC's) eastern division, attended the institute's recent western conferences, to shed some light on the work that's being done in the east.

Back Behind the Wheel: Don’t Stress Out Over It

We have all experienced stressful situations in our lives: being stuck in traffic, meeting deadlines, ongoing financial worries, relationship and family problems, trying to do too many things in too little time.

Preventive Maintenance: Your guide to having healthy winter skin

Do you realize that we have about two square metres of skin, and two billion skin cells? Skin is our most extensive organ, and our first defense against the harsh environment.

Industry Issues: Tune Into This Reality Show and Be a Survivor

It has been said that there are few, if any, industries that have less control over their destiny than trucking. Economic conditions, currency fluctuations, world oil markets, insurance industry machinations, demographics, borders, laws, regulatio...

Private Links: PMTC Celebrates the Best in Trucking

This is an exciting time of year at the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC). We're now accepting entries for our annual awards programs and collecting data for our annual Private Fleet Compensation Survey. The awards programs collectively...

Voice of the O/O: Establishing the Real Value of Drivers

There has been a lot of speculation about the impact of the new hours of service regulations on rates and payscales for owner/operators and drivers. As of this writing, the rules in the U.S. have been in effect for almost a month and, despite the...

Let’s Talk Insurance: Where Have All the Truck Insurers Gone?

Shopping for trucking insurance just isn't what it was in the late 1990s.