Preventive Maintenance: Don’t add another nail in your coffin preview image Transportation Preventive Maintenance: Don’t add another nail in your coffin March 1, 2003 Your rig has a great diagnostic tool that sometimes gets taken for granted.Wondering about your RPMs? Look at your dash.Time to fuel up?Look at your dash.Overheating?You know where to look.Many roadsi...
Transportation Thanks, Dad March 1, 2003 Dear editor:There is a man I know who, over the years, has taught me a thing or two.He is a man just doing his job, a job that doesn't always include praise and accolades but instead a job that is don...
Port moves record containers, but slips in other areas (March 01, 2003) preview image Transportation Port moves record containers, but slips in other areas (March 01, 2003) March 1, 2003 VANCOUVER, B.C. - The Port of Vancouver moved a record number of containers in 2002, increasing overall container traffic by 27 per cent.Containerized imports were up 34 per cent over the previous yea...
Grain haulers could benefit from wet spring preview image Transportation Grain haulers could benefit from wet spring March 1, 2003 WINNIPEG, Man. - Grain haulers can expect to move more grain this year, according to the head of Agricore United.Agricore's chief executive officer, Brian Hayward, recently told local media that recen...
Transportation Tunnel to be built on Hwy.101 March 1, 2003 HANTSPORT, N.S. - The deadly intersection of Highway 101 and Ben Jackson Road near Hantsport will be replaced with a tunnel when highway twinning from St. Croix to Avonport is complete.Original plans ...
Transportation Newfoundland get-together just around the corner March 1, 2003 ST. JOHN'S Nfld. - The Newfoundland and Labrador Carriers Association (NALCA) will be holding it's annual general meeting on Mar. 1 at the Chateau Park hotel in Mount Pearl.The NALCA was formed three ...
Transportation Please explain this one, Mr. Collenette March 1, 2003 The following is an open letter to Transport Minister David Collenette:Dear Minister Collenette:In the February 2003 issue of Truck News, when your office was queried about a petition, that I initiate...
Publisher’s Comment: Diesel debate – adding fuel to the fire preview image Transportation Publisher’s Comment: Diesel debate – adding fuel to the fire March 1, 2003 No more complaining about Highway 407, I promise.Last month I received several calls and e-mails from truckers supporting my 'just say no' protest.One caller, an owner/operator who was using Highway 4...
Lifted bylaw gets logging trucks rolling through town again preview image Transportation Lifted bylaw gets logging trucks rolling through town again March 1, 2003 CHALK RIVER, Ont. - A controversial bylaw restricting logging trucks from this village's Main Street is expected to be lifted soon, following months of procedural wrangling at the municipal level.The ...
Executive Publisher’s Comment: Facts, not emotion, should determine actions preview image Transportation Executive Publisher’s Comment: Facts, not emotion, should determine actions March 1, 2003 You can't pick up a paper these days without having the headlines scream at you about the impending war with Iraq.I'm not sure how the rest of you feel but I for one am really struggling with this war...
Uncertainty about visa requirements worries fleets preview image Transportation Uncertainty about visa requirements worries fleets February 1, 2003 TORONTO, Ont. - Carriers who in recent weeks feared that U.S.-bound trucks driven by landed-immigrant drivers without visas may grind to a halt at the Windsor-Detroit border can relax, at least for no...
Transportation Winnipeg begins handing out photo radar fines February 1, 2003 WINNIPEG, Man. - Winnipeg Police have begun fining drivers caught speeding under the city's photo radar program.For the past two months only warnings have been issued, with more than 15,000 violations...
Transportation Crossroads offering wheel-service course (February 01, 2003) February 1, 2003 KINGSTON, Ont. - The Crossroads Truck Training Academy will be holding a Commercial Wheel Service course.It is scheduled for Feb. 1 at 8 a.m. and the cost is $185 per person. Space is limited, so it i...
Happy birthday, little brother preview image Transportation Happy birthday, little brother February 1, 2003 I've just hung up the phone after a long call with my sister-in-law, Pam Light, the original editor of Truck News (1981-1987).Pam and I were finalizing the date for my brother Brian's birthday party. ...
Transportation Long awaited Hanwell-TCH interchange still pending February 1, 2003 FREDERICTON, N.B. - Members of the Hanwell Road Action Committee are still waiting patiently for the first move to be made in their pursuit for a ramped interchange at the Trans-Canada Highway and Han...
