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Mexico Announces Partial Lift on Beef Ban

CALGARY, Alta. - Mexico in August followed the lead of the U.S. in allowing some Canadian beef products into its country. Boneless meat cuts from cattle under 30 months of age and lamb and goats under...

Quebec and Feds Hope to Conclude Highway Agreement Quickly

OTTAWA, Ont. - Transport Minister David Collenette and Quebec Minister of Transport, Yvon Marcoux, recently agreed to conclude an agreement under the SHIP program for Quebec as quickly as possible.The...

Annual APTA Driver Appreciation Days In the Works

TRURO, N.S. - The Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association's Safety Council will be holding its annual Driver Appreciation days at the Truro Heights Irving, from noon Sept. 9 to Sept. 10.This event wil...

Churchill Sees First Shipments

CHURCHILL, Man. - The shipping season has begun at the beleaguered Port of Churchill.The first ship of the year arrived at the port in July, loaded with 43,000 tonnes of wheat for delivery to Belgium....

Potential Benefits Of FAST Membership Mounting

OTTAWA, Ont. - While the importance of being FAST accredited appears to be increasing, the trucking industry is being slow to catch on.Numbers obtained from U.S. Homeland Security show that just 339 c...

More Delays for Canadian Hours of Service Regs

OTTAWA, Ont. - The good news is, thanks to your basic provincial/federal legislative set-up, truck drivers won't have to adjust to the new Canadian hours of service regulations for another six months,...

OTA To Host U.S. HOS Seminar

TORONTO, Ont. - The Ontario Trucking Association is planning to host a seminar on the new U.S. hours of service rules Tuesday, September 23.The rule marks the first time since 1939 that the hours of s...

Walk for a Cure Results Triple With Help From Trucking Biz

MONCTON, N.B. - Over $100,000 was raised this past June at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's (JDRF) Walk for a Cure in Moncton, N.B.Armour Transportation Systems played a special role in the...

Kriska Transportation Helps Make Teacher Retirement Special

PRESCOTT, Ont. - Kriska Transportation stepped in to help make two Boundary Street Public School staff members' retirement memorable.After 30 years of teaching at various schools throughout Ontario, S...

Wildfires Hamper Log Haulers

CROWSNEST PASS, Alta. - Log and lumber haulers in B.C. and Alberta now have another challenge to deal with - hundreds of wildfires that are wiping out prime forests.Fires have raged in the two western...

Island Marine Service Maintained

LEWISPORTE, Nfld. - The Works, Services and Transportation department recently announced the MV Trans Gulf would make a freight run from Lewisporte, with freight destined for the north coast of Labrad...

Trust Funds or Bonds? Carriers and Brokers Quibble…

TORONTO, Ont. - To put money in trust or to post a bond? That is the question ...In the wake of Bill 179 revisions in Ontario, industry players are quibbling over which would be the best way to protec...

TT&DA Making Progress Towards New Training Standards

RED DEER, Alta. - After five years of haggling with the provincial government in hopes of launching a superior, well-rounded training program for truck drivers, the Transportation Training & Developme...

Government Treatment, Pay, Keep Truckers in Sour Mood

DON MILL, Ont. - They say time heals all. Apparently, however, the Canadian drivers and owner/operators require more time to get over their disenchantment with the industry.Truck News has tallied up t...

A Unified National Voice for Carriers

With cross-border trucking frustrations at an all-time high, carriers are feeling the need for a unified national voice. The Canadian Trucking Alliance's new chairman - MacKinnon CEO Evan MacKinnon, j...