Mullen declares dividend (January 01, 2003) preview image Transportation Mullen declares dividend (January 01, 2003) January 1, 2003 ALDERSYDE, Alta. - Mullen Transportation has declared a semi-annual cash dividend of 20 cents per share.The dividend will apply to each of the outstanding common shares of the corporation to sharehold...
Transportation GE Fleet buys Wells Fargo Fleet (January 01, 2003) January 1, 2003 EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - Completion of an acquisition deal between GE Fleet Services and Wells Fargo Fleet Services is expected by the end of this month.GE Fleet Services has signed an agreement to purch...
Back to the basics – understanding back pain preview image Transportation Back to the basics – understanding back pain January 1, 2003 Are you one of the eight in 10 people who has experienced back pain at some point in your life?Has your pain interfered with your work or kept you from doing the things your enjoy?Did you know that al...
Stealing home – Part 4 preview image Transportation Stealing home – Part 4 January 1, 2003 The story so far...Mark is watching a baseball game in a bar outside Toronto. He has several choice loads lined up on a run to the West Coast and back again. Best of all, when he returns to Toronto, h...
Valusoft releases latest in Hard Truck computer game series preview image Transportation Valusoft releases latest in Hard Truck computer game series January 1, 2003 CALGARY, Alta. - Computer gamers can now enjoy all the challenges of being an owner/operator with none of the associated risks, thanks to a new computer game released by Valusoft.Hard Truck - 18 Wheel...
Holiday train travels Canada to fight hunger preview image Transportation Holiday train travels Canada to fight hunger January 1, 2003 WOODBRIDGE, Ont. - Consolidated Fastfrate, one of Canada's largest freight carriers, will join forces with Canadian Pacific Railway to raise funds and awareness for the needy this holiday season.Conso...
Transportation Michelin’s retread business growing January 1, 2003 GREENVILLE, S.C. - Michelin has started aggressively marketing its retread business and is dramatically growing its number of points of sale.Michelin says its retread division, Michelin Retread Techno...
Transportation Pacbrake appoints Eastern Canada master distributor January 1, 2003 WOODBRIDGE, Ont. - In order to better service Eastern Canada, Pacbrake has expanded its Eastern division by establishing Tran-Steer Inc. of Woodbridge as a master distributor.The product line includes...
Going nuts over nuts – a healthy choice preview image Transportation Going nuts over nuts – a healthy choice January 1, 2003 Well the Christmas season is over. Trying to squeeze into your pre-holiday jeans? Wish you'd eaten just a little less? No wonder - all those tasty temptations lying around just had to be sampled. You ...
Focus on security of U.S. homeland beginning to take shape preview image Transportation Focus on security of U.S. homeland beginning to take shape January 1, 2003 The concentration on homeland security in the U.S. shows no signs of abating. In fact, the security climate now is significantly more in evidence than it was in the immediate aftermath of September 20...
People (January 01, 2003) preview image Transportation People (January 01, 2003) January 1, 2003 The Ontario Safety League (OSL) has enlisted two new representatives. John Le Feuvre and Ron McIntyre will play a key role in restructuring the Commercial Services and Program Development departments....
Transportation O/Os will be hit hard by WSIB premiums: OTA January 1, 2003 TORONTO, Ont. - As the new year starts, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) premiums for Ontario's trucking industry have jumped 5.9 per cent, and the Ontario Trucking Association(OTA) says th...
Chiropractor opens unique clinic with truckers’ backs in mind preview image Transportation Chiropractor opens unique clinic with truckers’ backs in mind January 1, 2003 WOODSTOCK, Ont. - The doctor is now in - right on site at a popular truck stop - for truckers whose backs are killing them every time they get out of the cab.It's the first solo practice for 30-year-o...
Transportation Ottawa, Alberta to spend $63 million on Hwy. 43 January 1, 2003 EDMONTON, Alta. - Ottawa and the province will jointly fund $63 million in improvements to Highway 43 northwest of Edmonton, which is an important trade route through Alberta."Highway 43 is a key part...
Transportation Three options for new mid-peninsula highway to be looked at (January 01, 2003) January 1, 2003 HAMILTON, Ont. - The provincial government says it has listened to the public and will study three routing options for a new superhighway through the Hamilton-Halton Region area.In addition to the ori...
