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Pay day – simplifying payroll for small fleets

OSHAWA, Ont. - Payroll is just one management practice where trucking industry players are forced to be creative to stay competitive."Payroll is one area that is progressively changing and constantly ...

Fact and fiction at the border

Things are not always what they appear to be when the subject is Immigration rules. Let me give you three examples.The first example is something that happens quite often. A Canadian citizen driver in...

CFMS Report: How long can they go?

In the wake of the October, 2002 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emission standards, there have been and still are many questions surrounding the implementation of low-emission engines.Many EPA-...

Automated weigh scales deliver convenience and accuracy

Canadian company, Data Audit Industries (DAI) Truck Scales, is expanding into new regions with its program that's aimed at simplifying the truck weighing process.DAI currently has about 40 scales in C...

Operation Air Brake out in full force

CASTLEGAR, B.C. - The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) held a surprise National Air Brake Inspection Day May 1 across North America.As part of Operation Air Brake, the CVSA launched its rando...

Border tie-ups must end soon

Dear Editor,I am sending this e-mail to express my frustration with the ludicrous wait times at border crossings into the U.S. For example, I left on Sunday for a 7:30 a.m. delivery appointment in Whe...

Western Star rolls out extreme-duty 6900 XD (June 01, 2003)

WILLOUGHBY, Oh. - Western Star has begun production of its extreme-duty 6900 XD - the largest and most powerful of the company's offerings.The 6900 XD features steering and suspension advances, which ...

Transportation company ranked London’s best

LONDON, Ont. - Voyageur Transportation Services is the winner of this year's London Chamber of Commerce Large Business of the Year Award.The London business community recently honored its top achiever...

Truck market rebounding, OEMs foresee growth in ’03

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Despite a sluggish start to 2003, Kenworth general manager, Bob Christensen, says he's optimistic the market will begin to recover in the second or third quarter.Christensen says tru...

Your MLA should hear about this…

Dear editor,After reading February's issue of Truck News, my blood was boiling to no end.I am 60 years old, going through the hoop for a waiver for health reasons but with that said I know of stories ...

Caterpillar ready to roll out ACERT engine lineup (May 01, 2003)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The battle of competing engine technologies is heating up now that Caterpillar's ACERT-technology driven engines are coming up for certification and the engine maker came out guns bl...

IdleAire launches fourth electrified travel centre

ATLANTA, Ga. - IdleAire Technologies Corporation recently opened the first phase of its planned $2.5 million advanced travel centre electrification (ATE) system at the Petro Stopping Centre on I-285.A...

NAIT, Finning team up to bring ThinkBIG to Canada

EDMONTON, Alta. - While much has been made about the shortage of qualified drivers in the trucking industry, there's a parallel industry that's also starved for skilled workers.For several years now, ...

Right on, Don

Dear editor,This topic may have passed its shelf life as an item of interest, however, I feel I must write about it since no other response has appeared in Truck News. The letter entitle Aging drivers...

Link introduces two new lift axles

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Link Manufacturing has introduced two new liftable suspensions.The DuraLift is a self-steer, 13,200 lb.-capacity liftable suspension. The DuraMax is a non-steer, 20,000 lb.-capacity ...