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When Must Prior Notice Be Submitted?

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Prior notice must be received and confirmed electronically by FDA no more than five days before arrival and, as specified by the mode of transportation below, no fewer than:1) two h...

CTA Lobbies for Interest Rate Cuts

OTTAWA, Ont. - The Bank of Canada must moderate the value of the Canadian dollar or risk damaging export growth, says CTA CEO David Bradley.Bradley says it is essential that the central bank cut inter...

2004 Critical for Border: Bradley

OTTAWA, Ont. - In a recent speech to Canada's trade community, CTA CEO David Bradley cautioned against complacency in the face of border tie-ups."Complacency amongst our governments, the public and ev...

Alberta Scraps Settlement Cap for Injured Drivers

EDMONTON, Alta. - Alberta's controversial plan to overhaul its insurance industry by implementing a settlement cap for small injuries has been put on hold.The province had been touting a proposal that...

Minister Officially Opens Queen Elizabeth II Bridge

GLENWOOD, Nfld. - Works, Services and Transportation Minister Jim Walsh officially opened the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, located on the Trans- Canada Highway between the communities of Glenwood and Ap...

CTA and CTHRC Welcomed at APTA Convention

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. - The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) and the Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council (CTHRC) both held their annual general meetings in St. John's Nfld., just prior to the Atlant...

Bubble Bubble Forum Troubles

MONTREAL, Que. - The last three years of labour peace in Quebec may be partly thanks to the fact that carriers, owner/operators and the government have been able to air their concerns at the Forum of ...

B.C. Eyes Higher Speed Limits

VICTORIA, B.C. - The province of B.C. is considering raising speed limits, while at the same time hiring up to 100 new police officers to enforce traffic laws. Rich Coleman, Solicitor General for the ...

Crash Data Recorders on the Horizon for Trucking Industry

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. - Crash Data Recorders (CDRs) are mandatory for air, rail and marine transport, but not for highway carriers. That is likely to change in the near future, predicts Joe Osterman, dire...

Private Links: CTHRC Research Benefits Us All

Private and for-hire fleet operators have identified human resource issues as being among the most serious concerns that they face. In the Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council (CTHRC), major indu...

Let’s Talk Insurance: Hauling in Higher Profits

Most of you know this statistic: Canadian carriers have averaged only a two to three cent profit margin on each dollar of revenue since 1997. For a select few, maybe as much as four per cent in a real...

Law and the Border: Law and Better Understanding the I-94 Card

The I-94 card issued at the U.S. border is a source of much confusion. Some people get one and some don't. Some people get one for a short duration and only one entry, while others get one that is val...

Driver Shortage Doesn’t Exist

Dear Editor,I vowed several months ago that I wouldn't write any more trucking letters because I am an inveterate writer. I have composed, literally, hundreds of very serious letters over the past 12 ...

Kudos to Armour

Dear Editor,(With regards to "Walk for a Cure Results Triple With Help From Trucking Biz" which appeared in the Sept. issue of Truck News.)I just finished reading the article concerning the Armour's f...

Preventive Maintenance: Don’t Catch Cold – ‘Tis the Season

Driving down the road this fall, you couldn't help but enjoy the scenery.The bright colours of the leaves looked great!But, now most of them have dropped, and so has the temperature.Winter is on its w...